Zerrin Tekindor (born 5 August 1964) is a Turkish actress and painter.

Biography

In 1985 she graduated from the Hacettepe University State Conservatory, School of Theater. In that year, she began to work at the Adana State Theatre as an intern. After two years she was charged with a duty in Ankara at the State Theatre and performed in numerous plays such as: ''Laundry, Ferhad and Sirin'', ''A Noisy and Clamorous Story'', ''Death'', ''Istanbul Efendisi'', ''Last of the Red Hot Lovers'', ''Skylight'', ''From War to Peace, From Love to Quarrel'', ''Love Kills'', ''The Government Inspector'', ''A Place in the Middle of the Earth''. In 2003 she moved to

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to work at the Istanbul State Theatre. In 2004 she performed in ''

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'' ( N. V. Gogol) as Anna Andreyevna. She won an Afife Theatre Award for Best Supporting Actress in Comedy. Besides her theatre career, Zerrin Tekindor also studied painting as a special student at the

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School of Fine Arts between 1990-1994 in the Halil Akdeniz Workshop. The heroes of many plays are settled on her canvas as Tekindor's figures by using mixed technique. With their costumes, actions, lines, and even with their appearances under the stage light, they become paintings, being filtered through Tekindor's interpretation who is also part of that particular action on the stage. Zerrin Tekindor has a son with actor Çetin Tekindor. At present, Zerrin Tekindor continues her career as an actress and a painter in Istanbul. Since 1992, she has held nineteen personal exhibitions.

Theatre

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- ID İletişim & BKM - 2017 *

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- Oyun Atölyesi - 2013 *

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- Oyun Atölyesi & Shakespeare's Globe - 2012 * God of Carnage :

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- Istanbul State Theatre - 2009 * Dünyanın Ortasında Bir Yer : Özen Yula - Istanbul State Theatre - 2007 *

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- Istanbul State Theatre - 2003 * Love Kills : Vladimir Volkoff -Ankara State Theatre - 1999 * Savaştan Barışa, Aşktan Kavgaya : Recep Bilginer - Ankara State Theatre - 1999 * Geyikler Lanetler : Murathan Mungan - Ankara State Theatre - 1999 *

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: David Hare - Ankara State Theatre - 1997 * İstanbul Efendisi : Musahipzade Celal - Ankara State Theatre - 1995 * Last of the Red Hot Lovers :

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- Ankara State Theatre - 1995 *

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- Ankara State Theatre - 1994 * İstanbul Efendisi : Musahipzade Celal - Ankara State Theatre - 1993 * Gürültülü Patırtılı Bir Hikaye : Savaş Dinçel - Ankara State Theatre - 1993 * Ferhat ile Şirin :

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- Ankara State Theatre - 1992 * Laundry : D. Durvin\H. Prevest - Ankara State Theatre - 1991 * Woman in Mind : Alan Ayckbourn - Ankara State Theatre - 1987

Filmography

TV series

* ''Cafe Casablanka'' * ''Mars Kapıdan Baktırır'' * '' Aşk-ı Memnu'', Mademoiselle Deniz de Courton - 2008–2010 * '' Yaprak Dökümü'', Gişe Memuru (guest appearance) - 2010 * '' Kuzey Güney'', Gülten Çayak - 2011–2013 * '' Kurt Seyit ve Şura'', Yazar - 2014 * ''

Kara Sevda ''Endless Love'' (, literal translation ''Dark Love'') is a Turkish drama series produced by Ay Yapım and broadcast on Star TV between 2015 and 2017. Directed by Hilal Saral, it stars Burak Özçivit, Neslihan Atagül and Kaan Urgancıoğlu. ...

'', Leyla Acemzade - 2015–2017 * ''Şahin Tepesi'', Tuna Akdora - 2018 * '' Zemheri'', Aliye Pınar - 2020 * ''Mucize Doktor'', Vuslat Kosoğlu - 2021 * ''Between the World and Us'' - Burçin - 2022 * ''Yüz Yıllık Mucize'' - Süreyya - 2023

Film

* '' Pek Yakında'' - 2014 * ''İkimizin Yerine'' - 2016 * '' İstanbul Kırmızısı'' - 2017 * ''Müslüm'' - 2018 * '' Three Thousand Years of Longing'' - 2022

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tekindor, Zerrin 1964 births Living people Turkish film actresses Turkish television actresses Turkish artists People from Burhaniye Hacettepe University alumni