Dolunay Soysert

Dolunay Soysert
Born	(1973-03-25) 25 March 1973 (age 50) Adana, Turkey
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1995–present
Spouse	Sinan Tuzcu ​ ​ (m. 2006;div. 2016)​

Dolunay Soysert (born 25 March 1973) is a Turkish actress.

Soysert first rose to prominence with her role as Latife Hanım in the series Cumhuriyet . She had leading role in other popular series such as Benim Annem Bir Melek , Kayıp , Bebeğim, Omuz Omuza, and Başrolde Aşk. She appeared in various plays staged at Istanbul City Theatres, Dostlar Theatre, Craft Theatre, and Toy Theatre. She is also one of the founders of Istanbul Folk Theatre. For her performance on stage in an adaptation of Insignificance, she was given the Most Successful Actress award at the 9th Afife Theatre Awards. In addition to her career on stage and television, she has appeared in a number of movies. Her period roles are in Veda , Yol Ayrımı, Seddülbahir 32 Saat , Ya İstiklal Ya Ölüm , Mavi Gözlü Dev , Cumhuriyet, Kalbin Zamanı , Salkım Hanımın Taneleri , İlk Aşk , Yarım Kalan Mucize , and Muhteşem Yüzyıl . ^[1]

Life and career

Dolunay Soysert was born on 25 March 1973 in Adana. Her family is of Circassian descent. They moved to Ankara when she was three or four years old due to her father's job requirements. She spent her primary and middle school years in Ankara, and finished high school in Istanbul at Private Mode College. ^{[2] [3]}

After graduating from college, she simultaneously studied acting at the Müjdat Gezen Art Center and earned her bachelor's degree from the School of Art History and Archeology at Istanbul University. ^[2] She then worked as an actress at the Istanbul City Theatres for four years. She made her debut on stage in 1995 with a role in an adaptation of Blood Wedding , which was directed by Başar Sabuncu. She later received a nomination for the Most Successful Supporting Actress award at the 1st Afife Theatre Awards for her role in Silvanlı Kadınlar, which was staged between 1996 and 1997. ^[4]

Soysert made her cinematic debut with a role in Sekizinci Saat , which was directed by Cemal Gözütok. She then landed roles in comedy series such as Çılgın Bediş (1996), Kaygısızlar , and Baskül Ailesi. She subsequently moved to England and later to the United States to finish her studies. She studied drama and theatre at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. She lived in New York City for three years and worked different jobs. ^[2] Soysert received lessons on cinema and television acting at the Sally Johnson Studios. ^[5]

After returning to Turkey she appeared in various stage and television productions. Notably, she appeared in the series Sultan Makamı (2003) and Omuz Omuza (2004). She portrayed the character of Derya in Bir İstanbul Masalı and played the role of Leyla in Bebeğim (2006). In the movie Mavi Gözlü Dev , which tells the life of Nâzım Hikmet, Soysert portrayed the famous poet's wife Piraye  [ tr ]. ^[6] In an adaptation of Insignificance which was staged at Dostlar Theatre, Soysert portrayed Marilyn Monroe. ^[7] She also had the leading role of Ayşe in the operetta Ayşe, which went on stage at Gülriz Sururi-Engin Cezzar Theatre. ^[8] For her role in Insignificance, Soysert won the Most Successful Actress award at the 9th Afife Theatre Awards. ^[9]

In 2006, together with some of the Istanbul City Theatres artists, including Bahtiyar Engin, Yıldıray Şahinler, Levent Üzümcü and Kemal Kocatürk, Soysert founded the Istanbul Folk Theatre. She also took part in the community's first stage adaptation, Can Tarlası ^[10] In 2006, she married actor Sinan Tuzcu. The couple divorced in 2016. ^[11] In 2008, Soysert had a role in Sürmanşet, which was written by Tuzcu and staged by the Istanbul Folk Theatre and Beşiktaş Cultural Center. ^{[12] [13]} For her role in this play, she received a noination for the Most Successful Actress award at the 13th Afife Theatre Awards. ^[14]

In 2011, Soysert received her master's degree in advanced acting from Kadir Has University. ^[15] She continued her television career by appearing in the series Benim Annem Bir Melek , Adanalı , Başrolde Aşk (2011), Muhteşem Yüzyıl (2014), and Urfalıyam Ezelden (2014). ^[16] She also had roles in the movies Orada (2009), Veda (2010), Ölümden Kalma (2012), and Yarım Kalan Mucize (2012). Besides acting, Soysert also worked as an acting coach and did commercial voiceovers. ^[2] She has continued her career on stage and in 2010 had a role in the play Cam which was staged by Theatre Gaga and Aysa Production Theatre, ^{[17] [18]} followed by Contradictions in 2015 which was staged by Craft Theatre, ^[19] and the one-woman show Kul in 2018 which was an adaptation of Seray Şahiner's novel. ^[20]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
1995	Sekizinci Saat	Nurse Yasemin	Cemal Gözütok
1999	Salkım Hanımın Taneleri	Gülten	Tomris Giritlioğlu
2004	Zor Adam	Ayfer		TV film
	Yürek Çığlığı	Aslı
	Kalbin Zamanı	Belkıs (young)	Ali Özgentürk
2006	Tövbe	Cavidan		TV film
	İlk Aşk	Aysel	Nihat Durak
2007	Mavi Gözlü Dev	Piraye	Biket İlhan
2009	Orada	Neslihan Gümüş	Melik Saraçoğlu Hakkı Kurtuluş
2010	Veda	Zübeyde Hanım	Zülfü Livaneli
	Kavşak	Güven'in eşi	Selim Demirdelen
2012	Ölümden Kalma	Behrem	Okşan Dede
2013	Yarım Kalan Mucize	Mualla Eyüboğlu	Biket İlhan
2016	Kor	Zuhal	Zeki Demirkubuz
2018	Bücür	Umut'un annesi	Umut Kırca
2022	Masal Şatosu: Gizemli Misafir		Burak Kuka
	Hara	Melike	Atalay Taşdiken
	UFO	Deniz's mother
	Kal	Hande

Streaming series

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes
1998	Cumhuriyet	Latife Hanım	Tabii & TRT
2012	Yol Ayrımı		Tabii & TRT
2016	Seddülbahir 32 Saat	Hatice Çavuş	Tabii & TRT
2017	7 Yüz	Gökçe	BluTV
2020	Ya İstiklal Ya Ölüm	Halide Edib	Tabii & TRT
2021	Terapist	Berna	GAİN

TV series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Çılgın Bediş	Mihrace
1996–1997	Kaygısızlar	Hostess Kaygısız	Supporting role, season 3
1997	Baskül Ailesi	Arzum
1999	Kuzgun	Pınar
2003–2004	Sultan Makamı	Gülsün	Supporting role
2004	Avrupa Yakası	Melike	Guest appearance
	Omuz Omuza	Firdevs Alparslan	Leading role
2005	Bir İstanbul Masalı	Artist Derya	Guest appearance, episodes 56–67
	Kırık Kalpler Durağı	Ayşen
	Yine de Aşığım	Figen
2006	Hacı	Şeyda Gesili
	Bebeğim	Leyla Köroğlu	Leading role
2008–2010	Benim Annem Bir Melek	Ece Turuncu
2009	Açık Mutfak	Bahar
2010	Adanalı	Elif	Guest appearance, episodes 66–70
2011–2012	Başrolde Aşk	Ceyda	Leading role
2013–2014	Kayıp	Leyla Şarman Özdemir
2014	Muhteşem Yüzyıl	Gracia Mendes Nasi	Guest appearance, episodes 131–138
	Urfalıyam Ezelden	Selva Bozoğlu	Leading role
2015	Son Çıkış	Jülide	Supporting role
2016	Çifte Saadet	Hülya Saadet	Leading role
	Kehribar		Guest appearance
2016–2017	Bana Sevmeyi Anlat	Canan Güngör	Supporting role
2017	Kayıtdışı	Esra Ateş	Leading role
2018–2019	Elimi Bırakma	Sumru Güneş
2021	İkimizin Sırrı	Seylan Sorgun	Supporting role
2022	Tozluyaka	Derya Öztürk	Leading role
2023–	Yabani	Neslihan Soysalan	Leading role

TV programs

• Tam Kıvamında (cooking program)
• 7'den 77'ye (served as hostess in the program presented by Barış Manço)

Theatre

Year	Title	Writer	Director	Venue
	İki Kova Su			Akbank Children's Theatre
	Elma Dersem Çık
	İbiş'in Rüyası	Tarık Buğra		Istanbul City Theatres
	Le Bourgeois gentilhomme	Molière
1995	Blood Wedding	Federico García Lorca	Başar Sabuncu
1996–97	Silvanlı Kadınlar	İsmail Kaygusuz
2004–05	Insignificance	Terry Johnson	Genco Erkal	Dostlar Theatre
2006	Ayşe	Muhlis Sabahattin Ezgi Gülriz Sururi	Engin Cezzar	Gülriz Sururi-Engin Cezzar Theatre
2007	Can Tarlası	Kemal Kocatürk		Istanbul Folk Theatre
2008	Sürmanşet	Sinan Tuzcu	Arif Akkaya
2011	Cam	Levent Kazak	Laçin Ceylan	Theatre Gaga Aysa Production Theatre
2012	The Chekhov Machine [21]	Matei Vișniec	Müge Gürman	Istanbul State Theatre
2015	Contractions	Mike Bartlett	Çağ Çalışkur	Craft Theatre
2018	Kul	Seray Şahiner	Mert Öner	Toy Theatre
2019	Le Dieu du carnage	Yasmina Reza	Celal Kadri Kınoğlu	DasDas
2020	Güneyli Bayan	Bilgesu Erenus	Rutkay Aziz	Aysa Production Theatre

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Awards

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
1997	1st Afife Theatre Awards [4]	Most Successful Supporting Actress of the Year	Silvanlı Kadınlar	Nominated
2004	12th (ÇASOD) Contemporary Film Actors Association Acting Awards [23]	Promising Actress		Won
2005	9th Afife Theatre Awards [9]	Most Successful Actress of the Year	Insignificance	Won
2007	9th Eyüpoğlu Theatre Meeting	Best Theatre Artist of the Year		Won
2008	3rd Kemal Sunal Culture and Art Awards [24]	Best Film Actress	Mavi Gözlü Dev	Won
2009	13th Afife Theatre Awards [14]	Most Successful Actress of the Year	Sürmanşet	Nominated

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External links

• Dolunay Soysert at IMDb
• Dolunay Soysert ~ SinemaTürk Archived 29 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine