Selin Saime Hizli (also credited as Seline Hizli) (born 1989) is an English actress from

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, Hertfordshire, best known for her starring role in the second and third series of the

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drama '' Land Girls''.

Early life and education

Hizli was born in

Oxford Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the Un ...

, Oxfordshire and raised in

in Hertfordshire. Her mother, Liz Hizli, is a community fundraiser. As a child Hizli attended

Roundwood Park School Roundwood Park School is a mixed, 11-18 secondary school with academy status situated in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, UK. Opened in 1956, it currently has around 1300 pupils, most of whom live in the local area and surrounding villages (e.g. Mar ...

Harpenden Harpenden () is a town and civil parish in the City and District of St Albans in the county of Hertfordshire, England. The population of the built-up area was 30,240 in the 2011 census, whilst the population of the civil parish was 29,448. H ...

followed by the

BRIT School The BRIT School is a British performing and creative arts school located in Selhurst, Croydon, England, with a mandate to provide education and vocational training for the performing arts, music, music technology, theatre, musical theatre, dan ...

Croydon Croydon is a large town in south London, England, south of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Croydon, a local government district of Greater London. It is one of the largest commercial districts in Greater London, with an extens ...

. After a four-stage application process, she was one of only 34 young actors to be accepted for a place at the

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA; ) is a drama school in London, England, that provides vocational conservatoire training for theatre, film, television, and radio. It is based in the Bloomsbury area of Central London, close to the Sena ...

in 2007 to do a three-year acting degree. She graduated in July 2010.

Career

After graduating from the Royal Academy, Hizli won the part of Connie Carter in the second series of the

wartime drama '' Land Girls''. To prepare for the role, she researched the work of the

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. She returned to the series for its third run of episodes in 2011. In September 2011, Hizli appeared as Mae West in ''

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'', a two-part drama based on the events surrounding the arrest of serial killer

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. Later in the year she also appeared in an episode of the sixth series of '' Law & Order: UK''. Hizli's first professional stage role was the part of Katie in the play ''One Night in November'' at the

Belgrade Theatre The Belgrade Theatre is a live performance venue in Coventry, England. It was the first civic theatre to be built in Britain after the Second World War and is now a Grade II listed building. Background Coventry was the fastest growing city in B ...

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. Further credits include a starring role as The Bride in an adaptation of

Federico García Lorca Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca (5 June 1898 – 19 August 1936), known as Federico García Lorca ( ), was a Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblemat ...

's ''

Blood Wedding ''Blood Wedding'' ( es, link=no, Bodas de sangre) is a tragedy by Spanish dramatist Federico García Lorca. It was written in 1932 and first performed at Teatro Beatriz in Madrid in March 1933, then later that year in Buenos Aires, Argentina. ...

'' which was performed at the 2012

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. She has also appeared as Amelia in the play ''

House of Bernarda Alba ''The House of Bernarda Alba'' ( es, La casa de Bernarda Alba) is a play by the Spanish dramatist Federico García Lorca. Commentators have often grouped it with '' Blood Wedding'' and ''Yerma'' as a "rural trilogy". Garcia Lorca did not in ...

'', also by Federico García Lorca, which was performed between 19 January and 10 March 2012 at the

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, London.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hizli, Selin Date of birth missing (living people) Living people 1989 births Actresses from Hertfordshire Actresses from Oxfordshire Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art English people of Turkish descent English television actresses People from Flamstead Actors from Oxford