Birsen Dürülü

Birsen Dürülü — Biography

Turkish character actor Birsen Dürülü has been acting since 1985 and has worked across theatre, film and television. Born in Ankara, she stands out for playing Nergis in Çocuklar Sana Emanet (2018) and for appearing in several seasons of the series Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu.

Her training began in the acting department of the Ankara Art Theatre; she later studied office management at Hacettepe University, earned a French language and culture certificate and took drama workshop training at the Sorbonne, and took Yıldıray Akıncı's acting classes. Her first screen credit was Düttürü Dünya (1988); from the early 2000s she appeared on television in three seasons of Küçük Kadınlar, four seasons of Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu between 2009 and 2013, two seasons of İffet and, from 2014, three seasons of Kertenkele. In cinema she played Nükhet in Kirpi (2008), the mother in Geriye Kalan (2012) and Nebahat in Aşk Sana Benzer (2015).

Over the last decade she has joined series including Altınsoylar, Siyah İnci (2017) and Benim Adım Melek (2019), and films such as Beginner, Halef, Dünya Hali and Nalan; in 2024 she also appeared in Lohusa.