Hülya Koçyiğit

Hülya Koçyiğit (1964)

Hülya Koçyiğit (born December 12, 1947 in Istanbul ) is an important Turkish actress . She has won several awards at the Antalya Film Festival and has appeared in over 190 films, some of which have received international attention.

Life

Koçyiğit comes from a Bulgarian immigrant family. She grew up in Ankara and Istanbul. After attending school, she studied ballet at the Ankara State Conservatory.

She had her first appearances in theaters in Istanbul. After a beauty contest, she made her debut in Turkish film in 1964 . The film Trockener Sommer won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1964 . As a result, she played in numerous, internationally acclaimed, films and some TV series. From 2009 she was an actress in the Turkish version of the US sitcom Golden Girls .

In April 2013, it was by the then Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a "committee of wise men" appointed commission specified that the then sought peaceful end to the conflict with the Kurdish PKK civil society should accompany ultimately remained but quite ineffective.

Since 1968 she has been married to the soccer player Selim Soydan , with whom she has a daughter.

Awards (selection)

Koçyiğit was named best actress five times at the most important film festival in Turkey in Antalya :

• 1964: Woman of the Year by the Turkish Women's Association
• 1969: Golden Orange Award, Best Actress (International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival)
• 1973: Golden Boll Award, Best Actress (International Adana Golden Boll Film Festival)
• 1973: Golden Orange Award, Best Actress (International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival)
• 1975: Golden Orange Award, Best Actress (International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival)
• 1983: Golden Orange Award, Best Actress (International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival)
• 1987: Most Successful Actress Award (Three Continents Festival)
• 1988: Best Actress Award (Amiens International Film Festival)
• 1990: Golden Orange Award, Best Actress (International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival)
• 1991: State artist of Turkey
• 1996: Golden Orange Life Achievement Award (International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival)

Filmography (selection)

• 1963: Saskin baba
• 1963: Dry summer (Susus yaz)
• 1970: Zeyno
• 1971: Üç Arkadaş
• 1975: It started at midnight (Çirkin Dünya)
• 1976: Ilyas' daughter-in-law (Gelin)
• 1983: Consolation (Derman)
• 1985: The Frogs (Kurbagalar)
• 2001: The waterfall (Sellale)
• 2003: The chaotic class (Hababam sinifi merhaba)
• 2007: Hicran sokagi

literature

• Terri Ginsberg, Chris Lippard: Historical Dictionary of Middle Eastern Cinema . Scarecrow Press, Plymouth 2010, ISBN 978-0-8108-6090-2 , p. 238.

Web links

Commons : Hülya Koçyiğit  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Hülya Koçyiğit in the Internet Movie Database (English)