
Suna Selen
Acting
🎂 1939-07-01
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.
Cast credits(93)

2011

2004

2006

Makbule
2021

2011

2006

Kevser
1989

Zeliha
2017

Gülten'in Annesi
2007

2001

1987

Müfide Adıgüzel
2018

1983

2009

Mara Kilerci
2014
2004
2006

1987

Yaşlı İris
2008

2010

Jale
2025

2019

İffet's aunt
1982

Gazino Şarkıcısı
1976

Karadul
2013

Mizgin
2007

Grandma
2008

Fatoş
1970

1973

1961

Babaanne
2017

2018

1997

Kamer
1974

Kötü Cadi (Wicked Witch of the South)
1971

Zeynep
1971

1971

Sıdıka
1991

Ayşe Hatun
2017

2022

2016

1973

Gurbet Hala
1992

Şaziye
1973

Sema
1960

2011

1987

2023

2016

1986

1967

1990

1971

La strega, seconda regina
1971

Woman in the villa
1982

Rahşan Ecevit
2007

Türkan
1961

Lale
1979

Elif
1977

Ayşen
2018

Füruzan
1992

1993

Gül
2005

Selma
2014

1971

Hauptrolle
2014

2004

Samime
2015

1992

1994

1971

1990
1994

Nevin
1967

1961

1988

Deli Havva
1971

Selma
2003

Cadı
1972

Ayşe
1983

2021

1983

2003

2020

1966

Hacer
2010

1965

1982

Şaziment
1974

2014

1981

1986
2008