Binnur Kaya (born 19 April 1972) is a Turkish actress.
Biography
Kaya graduated in theatre from
Bilkent University
Bilkent University ( tr, Bilkent Üniversitesi) is a private university located in Ankara, Turkey. It was founded by Prof. İhsan Doğramacı in 1984, with the aim of creating a center of excellence in higher education and research. It is constan ...
in 1995. She went to Istanbul where she worked at the Ankara Sahnesi and Karatahta Child Theatres and then at the Bakırköy Municipal Theatre.
Through a friend she met at the Bakırköy Municipal Theatre, she made her television debut as Asiye on the Hülya Avşar Show.
She joined the BKM troupe and appeared with them in series such as ''Bir Demet Tiyatro'', ''Bekarlar'' ve ''Bana Bir Şeyhler Oluyor''. Later, she appeared in the series ''Dış Kapının Mandalları'' directed by her close friend
Engin Günaydın in 1998 and then in other popular series like ''Çarli'',
Yabancı Damat
''Yabancı Damat'' (literally: ''The Foreign Groom'') is a Turkish television drama distributed by Erler Film with 106 episodes in total. It deals with the relationship between a young Greek man Niko and a Turkish girl Nazlı, and the problems (a ...
ve ''Baba Evi''. In 2003, she appeared in the film ''İnşaat'' directed by
Ömer Vargı. Then she acted in the films ''
Babam ve Oğlum'', ''
Küçük Kıyamet'' and ''
Hayatımın Kadınısın''.
Between 2007 and 2008, she played two roles as Dilber and Şahika Koçarslanlı in the hit sitcom ''
Avrupa Yakası
''Avrupa Yakası'' (''European Side'') is a Turkish sitcom, produced by Sinan Çetin and written by Gülse Birsel. The series was shot at Plato Film studios and its first episode was broadcast on ATV on 11 February 2004.
Although the cast of '' ...
''.
Kaya received a lot of acclaim for her role in the 2009 film ''
Vavien'', winning several awards including the
SİYAD award for Best Actress and the Yeşilçam award for Best Actress.
Filmography
References
External links
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1972 births
Living people
People from Ankara
Turkish film actresses
Turkish stage actresses
Turkish television actresses
Bilkent University alumni
20th-century Turkish actresses
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