Hümeyra
Birthday: Born in 1947-10-15 in Ankara, Turkey
Deathday: Alive
From Wikipedia Hümeyra Akbay (Turkish pronunciation: [hymejˈɾaː akˈbaj]) (born 15 October 1947) is a Turkish actress, singer, composer, and lyricist. In the 1970s she was a noted singer and actress. Her popularity with the new generation rose in the 2000s with the sitcom Avrupa Yakası and the feature drama My Father and My Son directed by Çağan Irmak. In the 1970s, her songs "Kördüğüm", "Sessiz Gemi", "Otuz Beş Yaş" were very successful. Her later albums Tutkulardan İntihar, Beyhude were outside the mainstream. "Tutkulardan İntihar" was one of the first examples of Turkish rap songs. She debuted in theater. Her debut acting in a feature film was Talihli Amele. In 1985, with Ferhan Şensoy's "Ortaoyuncular" troupe, she took part in the stage play İçinden Tramvay Geçen Şarkı. In 1986, she won the Golden Orange for Best Supporting Actress Award with her performance in Asiye Nasıl Kurtulur? at Antalya Film Festival. She was also awarded the honorary "Illuminating Apollo" award at the 10th İstanbul International Meeting of Cinema-History in 2007.
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Yüz Yıllık Mucize
Character: Müzeyyen
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Sıla
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A young woman's forced marriage to the agha of a tribe in Southeastern Turkey leads to tragedy and social change....
Avrupa Yakası
Character: İffet Sütçüoğlu
The life and times of rather traditional Sutcuoglu family and their comedic struggles to adapt the high-profile contemporary life of Nisantasi....
Yalan Dünya
Character: Çiğdem Alsancak
Yalan Dünya produced by Gülse Birsel and directed by Jale Atabey at 2012....
Melekler Korusun
Character: Melek
Girl decides to move to another city to chase her dreams without her mother's knowing....
Üzgünüm Leyla
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The story of Leyla, who starts a new life with her daughter after her husband cheats on her....
Kelebek Çıkmazı
Character: Nilgün
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Annem Uyurken
Character: Gül
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Estağfurullah Yokuşu
Character: Fazilet
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Sıla
Character: Neşe
A young woman's forced marriage to the agha of a tribe in Southeastern Turkey leads to tragedy and social change....
Şahsiyet
Character: Feza Yurtgil
After being diagnosed with Alzheimer's, a retired judicial officer decides to commit a murder that he had been planning for years....
Muhteşem Yüzyıl
Character: Remmal Elmas
At the age of 26, when his reign began, Sultan Süleyman sought to build an empire more powerful than Alexander the Great and to render the Ottomans invincible. Throughout his 46-year reign, his fame as the greatest warrior and ruler of his age spreads both to the East and West. With his companion Pargalı İbrahim, Süleyman achieves great victories, and makes his name known in the Muslim World. Süleyman called İbrahim his brother, friend and advisor. The television series shows Süleyman's consoli...
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The Messenger
Character: Meryem / Rabia
In a place where there is no time, a traveler comes to an unnamed village where we do not know where on the map. The weary traveler is a messenger. They have stories to tell, words to say....
My Grandfather's People
Character: Peruzat
A feature film that tells the story of the director's grandfather who was forced to leave Crete in the 1920s during the Greek-Turkish population exchange....
Heist School
Character: Fatma Hoca
Five high school students plans to steal University Entrance Exam booklets....
Kurt Kanunu
Character: Perihan Hanım
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The 80th Step
Character: Yetimhanenin hademesi
The story of a group of former activist friends who came together after September 12 and questioned the past....
How to Save Asiye
Character: Zehra
After receiving a letter from a woman named Asiye asking for help to save her, the President of the Associations Against Prostitution visits the brothel to save Asiye. However, she finds herself in a strange musical show....
Mine
Character: Perihan
Mine is a gorgeous woman who gets the attention of all the men in town as well as the jealous glances of the ladies around her. She is married to an old station chief. She is lonely and miserable in her marital life. İlhan, the brother of her only friend Perihan, arrives in town, and everything changes. Ilhan and Mine, who quickly become friends, begin to be gossiped about around town....
Whisper If I Forget
Character: Old Hatice / Old Ayperi
An old pop singer who has Alzheimer's returns to her old house where she remembers her old days of climbing the stairs of fame and fortune while trying to deal with her older sister who holds her responsible for her ruined life....
Bir Kadının Anatomisi
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Husband Factor: Resurrection
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A girl tries to manage the demands of her traditional family's wishes and her own as she embarks on a journey to marry the love of her life....
My Father and My Son
Character: Nuran
A left-wing journalist whose wife died while giving birth to his son during a military coup returns to his family's farm. Estranged from his father for turning his back on the family and wasting his life with political activism instead, he tries to reconnect with him so that his son will have a place to live as his health is deteriorating due to the extensive torture he had to endure....
Parasız Yaşamak Pahalı
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House of Nightmares - The Last Dance
Character: Müyesser
Müyesser is a disabled old woman dependent on her daughter-in-law's care. She can neither walk nor speak. In the mansion where they have just moved due to her son's new occupation, Müyesser meets a mysterious guest awaited for years, who proposes a last dance with her....
A Son of the Sun
Character: Saadet Şemsigil
Although it sounds good in theory, the miracle of becoming the Son of the Sun doesn't in practice turn out the way Fikri Şemsigil expects. His whole life depends on this one "big" day, but the consequences of this miracle disappoint Fikri as his life is turned upside down. To rid himself of this so-called miracle, Fikri decides to explore its source but there's still the big problem with the woman in the building across the street!...
Devlerin Ölümü
Character: Konsomatris/Yeni Dünya/Çilli/Hanende Melek
About a director who fights for making a different film about relationships between the sexes....
A Broken Love Story
Character: Aysel
Fuat is forced into an "advantegeous" marriage to a rich girl due to his family financial lowness. He, however loves another, Aysel. After he loses his best friend, Bedri, to suicide, he rebels against the system with heartbreaking results....
The Way We Are
Character: Nezihe
A group of old friends get together to be with their beloved aunt/grandmother who took care of them when they were kids for her last days. And things get complicated....
Talihli Amele
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A depiction of social satire, Talihli Amele [The Lucky Worker] (1980) shows the transformation of a young man who immigrated to Istanbul to provide a better life for his family. With hopes to become a successful mason, he suddenly finds himself the star of a TV commercial. Drawing attention to the rising consumerism culture and its effects on individuals in Turkey, the film was allowed to be shown with a State Council verdict....
Köşe Dönücü
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İçinden Tramvay Geçen Şarkı
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Do Not Forget Me Istanbul
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Several directors from countries of the region were invited to create stories taking place in and around the beautiful city of Istanbul, in the vein of “Paris, je t’aime” and “New York, I love you”. They come together to remind viewers that Istanbul’s history does not belong only to the people of Turkey....
The Nameless Knight
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Unlike all other films of Cuneyt Arkin, this film picture is taken by a highly skilled team with quite a lot of preparations. The scenario is a fairy tale which is pleasantly supported by some high quality visual effects (prepared in a visual lab in England). The scenes are all supported with high quality decorations of the old times of the tale. Cuneyt Arkin with his athletic capabilities enables the hero of this tale to be brought to life in his act. It is really unlucky for the film team to ...