Nevra Serezli

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Nevra Serezli
Born
Nevra Şirvan [1]

(1944-08-09) 9 August 1944 (age 80)
Ankara, Turkey
Alma mater Robert College
Occupation(s)Film, stage, television and voice actress
Years active1965–present
Notable workZübük (1980), Kılıbık (1983), Hisseli Harikalar Kumpanyası (1988), Sihirli Annem (2003–2011), Altın Kızlar (2009)
Spouse
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(m. 1968;died 2013)​
Children2 [2]
Parent(s)Mehmet Abdülkadir Süreyya Şirvan
Ulya Şirvan [3]

Nevra Serezli (born 9 August 1944) is a Turkish film, stage, television and voice actress. Following her graduation from Robert College, she went on to study theatre. [3] In 1965, she started working as a professional stage actress at the Dormen Theatre. [3] Two years later, she appeared at the Ankara Art Theatre. [4] Between 1971 and 1978, she performed in numerous plays with Altan Erbulak and Metin Serezli. In 1984, she registered with Devekuşu Kabare Tiyatrosu (Ostrich Cabaret Theatre) as an actress. She served at the Devekuşu Kabare until 1989. After reprising her duties at the Dormen Theatre in 1990, she joined the theatrical assembly called Tiyatro İstanbul. She gave lessons at the Language and Culture Centre (LCC). [5]

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Whilst a student at American College for Girls, she was spotted by college coaches with her role in the musical My Fair Lady . She took lessons from Müşfik Kenter, Melih Cevdet, Haldun Taner and Haldun Dormen. At the age of 22, she played in Cengiz Han'ın Bisikleti at the Dormen Theatre. She participated in theatre festivals in Italy and England. [6]

Nevra Serezli's first film appearance was in the 1966 film Kara Tren and she went on to appear in the comedy films Ne Olacak Şimdi? (1979), Zübük (1980), Kılıbık (1983), Atla Gel Şaban (1984), Aşık Oldum (1985) and Şendul Şaban (1985).

She provided the Turkish voice of a character in the U.S. film Of Mice and Men . She has also starred in the films Unutulmayanlar (2006) and Senin Hikâyen (2013), amongst others. In 2015, she was cast as Peyker in Şebnem Burcuoğlu's adaptation of Kocan Kadar Konuş (2015).

Serezli's television work includes appearances in Ahududu (1974), Kavanozdaki Adam (1987), Sonradan Görmeler (1994–1996), Yerim Seni (1997), Vay Anam Vay (2001), Anne Babamla Evlensene (2005), Sevgili Dünürüm (2007), Altın Kızlar (2009), Başrolde Aşk (2011), Salih Kuşu (2013), Bebek İşi (2013) and Diğer Yarım (2014) before starring as Süreyya Üstün in the Star TV series Gönül İşleri in 2015.

She portrayed Dudu for five seasons in the Turkish television series Sihirli Annem from 2003 to 2011.

Nevra Serezli was married to the prominent actor Metin Serezli from 1968 until his death in 2013. Their son, Murat Serezli, is also an actor in Turkey. [7]

Early life and marriage

Nevra Serezli was born in 1944, in Ankara, Turkey. [8] Her father, Mehmet Abdülkadir Süreyya Şirvan, was a businessman. [3] Her paternal grandfather was from Şirvan, Azerbaijan. [1] Her mother, Ulya Şirvan, was an ethnic Circassian. [1] Before she turned one year old, her parents moved from Ankara to the yalı of her mother's family in Bebek, Istanbul. [3] [1] Nevra Serezli spent a vast majority of her childhood in Istanbul where she attended the American College for Girls. [1] She lived in the neighbourhoods of Bebek, Arnavutköy, Teşvikiye and Kavacık, respectively. [1] Nevra Serezli has a younger sister. [9]

On 7 March 1968, she married the eminent actor and director Metin Serezli, whom she had met in 1966 and got engaged to in 1967. [3] The couple had two sons, Murat and Selim, and two grandchildren. Metin Serezli died of lung cancer on 10 March 2013. [10] He was buried at the Zincirlikuyu Cemetery following a religious funeral held at the Teşvikiye Mosque two days later. [11]

Stage career

Nevra Serezli's stage work includes appearances in Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Gredy's Çetin Ceviz (1996–1996; Tiyatro İstanbul) and Acaba Hangisi (1988–1999; Tiyatro İstanbul), [12] Refik Erduran's Cengiz Han'ın Bisikleti (Dormen Theatre), Turgut Özakman's Paramparça (Dormen Theatre) and Deliler (1984–1989, Devekuşu Kabare Tiyatrosu), Richard Alfieri's Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks (Tiyatro İstanbul), A. R. Gurney's Sylvia (1999–2000; Tiyatro İstanbul), Jacques Deval's Tovaritch (Şahane Züğürtler), [13] Lerner and Loewe's My Fair Lady , Aşk Münir Özkul Theatre, Hisseli Harikalar Kumpanyası (Şan Tiyatrosu), Işıklar Neden Karardı? (Çevre Tiyatrosu), Çılgın Sonbahar, Çıplak Ayaklı Kontes (Dormen Theatre), Durdurun Dünyayı İnecek Var, Geceye Selam, Gönül Hırsızı (Tiyatro İstanbul), Olur Böyle Vakalar (Çevre Tiyatrosu), Sait Hop Sait, Şen Sazın Bülbülleri and Yolun Yarısı (1990).

Filmography

Film

YearFilmRoleNotes
1966Kara TrenKibar Ana
1976Ah Ne Güzel Nane ŞekeriMeloşVoice of Alev Sururi
1976Aman Karım DuymasınNurten
1976Bülbül AilesiNevin
1976Saffet Beni AffetFahriye Başaran
1976İntikam Meleği: Kadın HamletTheatre player
1977Özgürlüğün BedeliTelevision film
1979Ne Olacak Şimdi?Özden
1979Şark BülbülüFethi Bey's sisterVoice of Ayşen Gruda
1980Gerzek ŞabanLaleVoice of Ülkü Özen
1980Renkli DünyaMeral
1980ZübükYektane
1983Dönme DolapLamia
1983 Kılıbık Mihrimah
1983MetresMüzeyyen
1984Atla Gel ŞabanNiyazi's wife Zehra
1985Aşık OldumGüzin "Güziş" Bostancı
1985Şendul ŞabanNecla
1989Ekran Aşıkları
1994Çılgın SonbaharTelevision film
1994Şahane ZüğürtlerTatianaTelevision film
2006UnutulmayanlarLeyla
2013Senin HikâyenMeral
2015Kocan Kadar KonuşPeyker

Television

YearFilmRoleNotes
1974Ahududu
1977ŞıpsevdiEleni
1987Kavanozdaki Adamİnci
1988Güler Misin Ağlar MısınNevra
1988Hisseli Harikalar KumpanyasıSüheyla DenizMusical television series
1988Önce Canan
1994–1996Sonradan GörmelerŞükran Partal
1997Yerim Seni
1999Kadınlar Kulübü
2000Melek KarımMelek
2001Vay Anam VayKibar Ana
2002Anne Babamla EvlenseneLeman
2003Mühürlü GüllerGuest
2003–2011Sihirli AnnemDudu
2007Sevgili DünürümGüneş
2009 Altın Kızlar Gönül
2011Başrolde AşkGönül Hanım
2013Bebek İşiSuzan Candan Anne
2013Salih KuşuZakkum
2014Diğer YarımZeynep
2015Gönül İşleriSüreyya Üstün

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