Suna Selen
Acting • Born 1939-07-01
Biography
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.
Filmography
97 credits
Waiting for the Clouds
Movie • 2003
Selma
Once a Year
Movie • 1971
Zeynep
Kocakarılar
Movie • 1990
Yellow Smile
Movie • 1992
Güzin
Strike the Interests
Movie • 1982
A Nation Awakens
Movie • 1966
Dokunma Bozulurum
Movie • 1965
Vatikan'ın Şifresi: Bir Temel Macerası
Movie • 2023
Zincirbozan
Movie • 2007
Rahşan Ecevit
Fake Gangster
Movie • 1976
Gazino Şarkıcısı
Piano Piano Kid
Movie • 1991
Sıdıka
Yusuf and Kenan
Movie • 1979
Lale
Silahları Ellerinde Öldüler
Movie • 1967
Nevin
Paprika Gaddar'ın Aşkı
Movie • 1973
Büyü
Movie • 2004
Su da Yanar
Movie • 1987
Kurt Kanunu
Movie • 1992
Gurbet Hala
Yaz Yağmuru
Movie • 1994
Bir Tren Yolculuğu
Movie • 1988
Dikenli Gül
Movie • 1961
Cavidan
Yüreğimde Yare Var
Movie • 1974
Şaziment
Sevgili Ortak
Movie • 1993
İki Ruhlu Kadın
Movie • 1971
Sıcak Tatlı Yaz
Movie • 1986
Taş Yastık
Movie • 2008
Ara
Movie • 2008
Grandma
Dertli
Movie • 1973
Şaziye
Beyond the Nights
Movie • 1960
Sema
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Movie • 1971
Cadı Kraliçe
The Impeccables
Movie • 2014
Selma
Time of Death
Movie • 1990
Daydreams of Miss Cazibe
Movie • 1992
Füruzan
Gönderilmemiş Mektuplar
Movie • 2003
The Letter
Movie • 1997
8 (Sekiz)
Movie • 2021
MC Dandik
Movie • 2013
Karadul
Basilisk
Movie • 1994
Cemalım
Movie • 2005
Gül
Somuncu Baba: Askin Sirri
Movie • 2016
Kürtaj
Movie • 1981
Yunus Emre: Aşkın Sesi
Movie • 2014
Sürtüğün Kızı
Movie • 1967
Yeni Başlayanlar İçin Hayatta Kalma Sanatı
Movie • 2017
Babaanne
Tur Rehberi
Movie • 2025
Jale
Don't Look Too Far
Movie • 2015
Samime
Şipşak Anadolu
Movie • 2014
Hauptrolle
İffet
Movie • 1982
İffet's aunt
The Horse
Movie • 1982
Woman in the villa
After the Revolution
Movie • 2011
Küçük Hanımın Şoförü
Movie • 1970
Fatoş
The Charming Bandit
Movie • 1961
Kayıp İnci
Movie • 2016
Vezir Parmağı
Movie • 2017
Ayşe Hatun
Fatoş Sokakların Meleği
Movie • 1971
Mahalle Arkadaşları
Movie • 1961
Türkan
Beyaz Melek
Movie • 2007
Mizgin
Ev Kira Semt Bizim
Movie • 2018
Çoçuklar Çiçektir
Movie • 1983
Ayşe
Miracles Of Love
Movie • 2019
Hürmüz with Seven Husbands
Movie • 1971
Deli Havva
Son İstasyon
Movie • 2010
Hacer
İstanbul Muhafızları: Ab-ı Hayat Çeşmesi
Movie • 2018
Ayşen
Cinderella
Movie • 1971
Esir Hayat
Movie • 1974
Kamer
The Poet
Movie • 2020
Hınç
Movie • 1977
Elif
Aysecik in the Land of the Magic Dwarfs
Movie • 1971
Kötü Cadi (Wicked Witch of the South)
Can Kurban
Movie • 1983
Kerem ile Aslı
Movie • 1971
Oteldeki Cinayet
Movie • 1986
Binbir Gece Masalları
Movie • 1972
Cadı
Para
Movie • 1973
Bir Türk Masalı
Movie • 2022
Five Minarets in New York
Movie • 2010
Gecelerin Kadını
Movie • 1983
Kuyruklu Yıldız Altında Bir İzdivaç
Movie • 1987
Sensiz Yaşayamam
TV • 2010
Üç İstanbul
TV • 1983
Hayat Devam Ediyor
TV • 2011
Girls Dormitory
TV • 2006
Tozkoparan: İskender
TV • 2021
Makbule
The Rose and the Thorn
TV • 2004
Doktorlar
TV • 2006
My Little Girl
TV • 2018
Müfide Adıgüzel
Kış Masalı
TV • 2009
Başrolde Aşk
TV • 2011
Babaanne
Ateşten Günler
TV • 1987
Aşkım Aşkım
TV • 2001
Kadim Dostum
TV • 2014
Mara Kilerci
Uzaylı Zekiye
TV • 1987
Tutkunum Sana
TV • 2006
Gençler
TV • 1989
Kevser
Kayıp Prenses
TV • 2008
Yaşlı İris
Parmaklıklar Ardında
TV • 2007
Gülten'in Annesi
Yadigar
TV • 2004
Our Story
TV • 2017
Zeliha
Bugünün Saraylısı
TV • 1985
Berrin