Suna Selen
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1939-07-01 (85 years old)
Place of Birth
Istanbul, Turkey
Suna Selen
Biography
Suna Selen (born 1 July 1939) is a Turkish actress of theatre, film and television. She has appeared in numerous plays at the Istanbul State Theatre.
Selen was born in 1939 in Istanbul. Her father was lawyer Hüsamettin Selen, and her mother, Nimet Selen, was a granddaughter of scholar Ahmed Cevdet Pasha and daughter of Fatma Aliye Topuz.
She finished her high school education at the Beşiktaş Atatürk Anadolu Lisesi. During her high school years she also attended the Theatre Department of Beşiktaş Municipal Conservatory. In 1956, she started studying law at the request of her family. At the same time she started to work at the Dormen Theatre. A year later, she left the law school and started her painting education at the Istanbul Academy of Fine Arts. In 1957, she married the painter Cem Kabaağaç and together they had a son. After her marriage, she left the Academy and pitched out her role at the Dormen Theatre. She began her professional career in the theatre season of 1959–60 with Alexandro Casona's Woman Coming at Dawn. During the same season she soon became famous as Nicole Cerusier in Alber Husson's comedy The Pavements in the Sky.
In addition to theatre plays, she also starred in a number of motion pictures and series. For her role as the Witch in Pamuk Prenses ve 7 Cüceler she won the Best Supporting Actress award at the 1971 International Antalya Film Festival. She was the recipient of the Best Supporting Actress award at the Ankara International Film Festival for her role as Füruzan in Cazibe Hanımın Gündüz Düşleri. For her role as Elmas in Gönderilmemiş Mektuplar, Selen won the Best Actress award at the International Istanbul Film Festival.
Selen's second marriage was to Münir Özkul, from which she has a daughter, named Güner Özkul. In 1974, she divorced Münir Özkul and married play writer Güner Sümer. She later gave birth to her third child and second son Sinan Sümer.
In 2016, "because of the dignity she gained in acting profession during her long life as an artist", she became the first recipient of the Lifetime Nadide Küntay Award at the İsmet Küntay Theatre Awards ceremony.
Acting
(2025)
(2023)
(2021)
(2020)
(2019)
(2018)
(2018)
(2017)
Vezir Parmağı
as Ayşe Hatun
(2017)
Yeni Başlayanlar İçin Hayatta Kalma Sanatı
as Babaanne
(2016)
(2016)
(2015)
Don't Look Too Far
as Samime
(2014)
(2014)
Şipşak Anadolu
as Hauptrolle
(2014)
The Impeccables
as Selma
(2013)
MC Dandik
as Karadul
(2011)
(2010)
Son İstasyon
as Hacer
(2008)
Ara
as Grandma
(2008)
(2007)
Beyaz Melek
as Mizgin
(2007)
Zincirbozan
as Rahşan Ecevit
(2005)
Cemalım
as Gül
(2004)
(2003)
Waiting for the Clouds
as Selma
(2003)
(1997)
(1994)
(1994)
(1993)
(1992)
Daydreams of Miss Cazibe
as Füruzan
(1992)
Kurt Kanunu
as Gurbet Hala
(1992)
(1991)
Piano Piano Kid
as Sıdıka
(1990)
(1990)
(1988)
(1987)
(1986)
(1986)
(1983)
Çoçuklar Çiçektir
as Ayşe
(1983)
(1982)
İffet
as İffet's aunt
(1982)
(1982)
The Horse
as Woman in the villa
(1981)
(1979)
Yusuf and Kenan
as Lale
(1977)
Hınç
as Elif
(1976)
Fake Gangster
as Gazino Şarkıcısı
(1974)
Esir Hayat
as Kamer
(1974)
Yüreğimde Yare Var
as Şaziment
(1973)
(1973)
(1973)
Dertli
as Şaziye
(1972)
Binbir Gece Masalları
as Cadı
(1971)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
as La strega, seconda regina
(1971)
(1971)
(1971)
Once a Year
as Zeynep
(1971)
Aysecik in the Land of the Magic Dwarfs
as Kötü Cadi (Wicked Witch of the South)
(1971)
(1971)
Hürmüz with Seven Husbands
as Deli Havva
(1971)
(1970)
Küçük Hanımın Şoförü
as Fatoş
(1967)
(1967)
Silahları Ellerinde Öldüler
as Nevin
(1966)
(1965)
(1961)
(1961)
Mahalle Arkadaşları
as Türkan
(1961)
(1960)
Beyond the Nights
as Sema