Bahar Şahin

Bahar Şahin — Biography

Bahar Şahin, whose full name is Elif Bahar Şahin, is an actress who works in theater, film, television and voice acting. She reached a wide audience through the role of Ceren in the series Zalim İstanbul, which brought her a best actress nomination at the 46th Golden Butterfly Awards. In 2019 she had won the Promising Actor award at the 2nd International İzmir Film Festival. She currently plays Beliz in the series Aynı Yağmur Altında.

In her first years she worked in television and cinema side by side. She began as Müge Atahan in O Hayat Benim, broadcast on Fox TV, and went on to play Işıl Yılmaz in Lise Devriyesi, which aired on TRT, and İnci in Kayıtdışı; on the big screen she appeared in Oha Diyorum, Yol Arkadaşım, Yol Arkadaşım 2 (as Cemre) and İyi Oyun. In 2018 she played Ferah Feza in Servet, and the following year she drew great attention as Ceren Yılmaz Karaçay in Zalim İstanbul. Later she took on Eda in Gülümse Kaderine, Aslı in the web series Duran and, from 2023, Sibel Kayahan in Tetikçinin Oğlu.

Born in the Altındağ district of Ankara, Şahin moved with her family to Istanbul at the age of 12 and continued her education there. She joined a theater group during her school years and then trained as an actress. She is also well known on social media.