Yasemin Kay Allen (born 10 July 1989) is an English-Turkish actress.

Early years

Yasemin Kay Allen, born 10 July 1989, in

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, is the daughter of an English father Dudley Allen and

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- Turkish actress and singer Sonja Eady. Eady has been known as

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following her first marriage in 1974 to the Turkish actor Kayhan Yıldızoğlu, upon which she also gained Turkish

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. Her mother's adopted Turkish citizenship means that Yasemin is a

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Turkish-British citizen despite not being ethnically Turkish. She stated that she is of English 50% descent and of Australian 25% descent. She has a brother named Kaan. Her family moved to

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when she was three months old. She went to Australia with her mother after she completed her elementary school. There she took cinema, television, drama and Japanese courses. She earned scholarship from

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. She returned to Turkey when she was eighteen. Then graduated from Müjdat Gezen Konservatuarı with degree of Theater Arts.

Career

Television series

The same year she played the leading role in the Turkish television series '' Elif''. In 2010 she starred as Elena in the series ''

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'' (Turkish version of Dawson's Creek), and Juliette in another TV series '' Yerden Yüksek''.She performed French and Russian accents for this roles. She can do various accents in Turkish and English. She played with her mother for third time in "Elif", "Yerden Yüksek", "46 Yok Olan". In 2011 she played Pelin Akça in ''

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''. In 2013 she played Irmak Tunalı in the series ''

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'' based on novel. She then starred as Defne Sultan in the epic drama series ''

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''. In the same year she played the character Sibel in the gang drama series ''

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''; the character was shot to death in the 21st episode, thus ended her role of the series.

Web series

With her mother

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, she played in mini series 46 Yok Olan about genetic professor. She had guest role in series "Fi" based novel. As of January 2019, Allen co-stars in season 7 and 8 of the

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action drama series '' Strike Back'' as Russian agent "Katrina Zarkova".

Films

In 2013, Yasemin Allen starred alongside Turkish singer

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in her film debut '' Su ve Ateş'', playing the leading role Yağmur Efe. She played in romantic comedy "Dönerse Senindir" with

Murat Boz Murat Boz (born 7 March 1980) is a Turkish people, Turkish singer, songwriter and actor. Boz began his solo career by releasing his first single, "Aşkı Bulamam Ben", in 2006. In the following year his first studio album titled ''Maximum (Mura ...

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Commercial

Yasemin Allen was a finalist in the

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' competition. With

's co-star

Aras Bulut İynemli Aras Bulut İynemli (born 25 August 1990) is a Turkish actor. He is best known for his performances in ''Öyle Bir Geçer Zaman ki, As Time Goes by'' (2010–2013)'', İçerde, Insider'' (2016–2017)'', Çukur, The Pit'' (2017–2021), ''Miracle ...

, she played in "Sprite: Acımasız Gerçekler". In 2013, she appeared in the shopping site advertisements of N11.com.

Filmography

Awards

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Allen, Yasemin 1989 births Living people Actresses from London Turkish television actresses Turkish film actresses English television actresses English film actresses Turkish people of English descent English people of Australian descent English people of Turkish descent