Director

Türkan Şoray

Acting

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TMDB popularity

2.4

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Directed movies: 5Directed series: 0All crew credits: 6

TMDB ID: 556475

IMDb ID: nm0814734

Known for: Acting

Born: June 28, 1945

Age: 80

Place of birth: İstanbul, Türkiye

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1960 - 2019

Years active: 60

Average TMDB rating: 7.82

Wikidata: Q447589

Also known as

Тюркан Шорай • Turkan Soray

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Director (5)Writer (1)

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Biography

Türkan Şoray (born 28 June 1945) is a Turkish actress, writer and film director. She is known as "Sultan" of the Cinema of Turkey. Having appeared in more than 222 films, Şoray has starred in the most feature films for a female actress worldwide. She started her career in 1960, and won her first award as the most successful actress at the 1st Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival for the movie Acı Hayat (Bitter Life). On 12 March 2010, Şoray was chosen as a UNICEF goodwill ambassador in Turkey, about which she said: "I think there is nothing that cannot be done with love. If we combine power with love, we can overcome many problems".