Türkan Şoray, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Türkan Şoray

Turkish actress

Date of Birth: 28-Jun-1945

Place of Birth: Eyüpsultan, Turkey

Profession: screenwriter, actor, film director, film actor

Nationality: Turkey

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

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Türkan Soray (born 28 June 1945) is a Turkish actress, writer and film director.
She is known as "Sultan" of the Cinema of Turkey.
She started her career in 1960, and won her first award as the most successful actress at the 1st Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival for the movie Aci Hayat.
Having appeared in more than 222 films, Soray has starred in the most feature films for a female actress worldwide.
On 12 March 2010, Soray was chosen as a UNICEF goodwill ambassador in Turkey, about which she said: "I think there is nothing that cannot be done with love.
If we combine power with love, we can overcome many problems".Together with Hülya Koçyigit, Filiz Akin and Fatma Girik, she is an icon for a golden age in Turkish cinematography and is regarded as one of the four most important actresses in Turkish cinema.
Out of these actresses, Soray is the only one who also pursued a career in film directing, and directed the movies Dönüs (1972), Azap (1973), Bodrum Hâkimi (1976), Yilani Öldürseler (1981), and Uzaklarda Arama (2015).