Elit İşcan (born 12 January 1994) is a Turkish actress. Her credits include the film ''

Mustang The mustang is a free-roaming horse of the Western United States, descended from horses brought to the Americas by the Spanish. Mustangs are often referred to as wild horses, but because they are descended from once- domesticated animals, t ...

'' and the television show ''

Küçük Kadınlar Küçük means "small" in Turkish and may refer to: People Epithet * Küçük Ali (died 1804), also known as ''Ali Đevrlić'', Ottoman janissary and civil servant * Kuchuk Hanem (fl. 1850–1870), Ghawazi famed beauty and dancer * Küçük M ...

''. She has received the

IFFI Best Actor Award (Female) The IFFI Award for Best Actress (officially known as the Silver Peacock for the Best Actor Award (Female)) is an honor presented annually at the International Film Festival of India since 2010 to an actress for the best performance in a leading ...

at the

46th International Film Festival of India The 46th International Film Festival of India was held on 20 to 30 November 2015 in Goa. The International Jury was headed by the chairperson, Shekhar Kapur along with UK based director, Micheal Radford, Palestinian based Israel director, Ms. Su ...

Life and career

İşcan's father was an architect and her mother was a computer programmer. She has one sibling. She finished her studies at the Istanbul Kemer College. After

Reha Erdem Reha Erdem (born 1960 in Istanbul) is a Turkish film director and screenwriter. Biography He attended Galatasaray High School and studied history at Boğaziçi University before leaving to study film in 1983. He obtained a B.A. in Cinema Studie ...

's visit to her school, she auditioned for the movie '' Beş Vakit'' and was cast in a supporting role, which marked her cinematic debut. With her role in the TV series ''

'' she gained popularity. Later in 2008, she appeared in Reha Erdem's movie ''

Hayat Var Hayat or Hayet is an Arabic word which means "life". People * Hayat Boumeddiene, common law wife of Amedy Coulibaly, who perpetrated the Montrouge shooting in France in 2015 * Hayat Kabasakal, Turkish management academic * Malik Asif Hayat, cha ...

'' and portrayed the character Hayat. For this role, she was nominated for Cahide Sonku Best Performance by an Actress Award at the 42nd SİYAD Awards. In 2015, she had a leading role in

Deniz Gamze Ergüven Deniz Gamze Ergüven (born 4 June 1978), is a Turkish-French film director best known for her debut feature film ''Mustang''. Early life and education Ergüven was born in Ankara, Turkey but moved to France in the 1980s. She grew up and went to ...

's movie ''

''. The film was selected as France's submission, and was nominated for, the Best Foreign Language Film at the

88th Academy Awards The 88th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2015 and took place on February 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, 5:30 p.m. PST. Du ...

Filmography

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* 1994 births Living people Actresses from Istanbul Turkish film actresses 21st-century Turkish actresses Turkish child actresses {{Turkey-actor-stub IFFI Best Actor (Female) winners