Dilek Çelebi

Dilek Çelebi — Biography

Dilek Çelebi is an Ankara-born actress whose path runs from the stage to television. She is known for her theater background and as one of the founders of the improvisation troupe Mahşer-i Cümbüş; on screen she stood out as Nurdagül in the series Tutunamayanlar.

She first met theater at 17, as a trainee at Ankara Sanat Tiyatrosu, and in 1999 joined the Tiyatro Onuncu Köy company. She graduated from the Theatre Department of Ankara University's Faculty of Language, History and Geography in 2003. In 2001 she founded Mahşer-i Cümbüş with classmates, and the group is said to have brought improvisational theater to Turkey for the first time. Alongside this she taught drama at private schools and nurseries and worked at a voice-over studio from 2003 to 2005. On stage she appeared in plays such as Bernarda Alba'nın Evi, Kral Lear and Kafkas Tebeşir Dairesi.

She entered television with the series Ferhunde Hanımlar, appeared in the children's program Matematik Oyunu, and in 2005 co-hosted the prank show Zoka with Burak Satıbol. She went on to appear in series including 24 Saat, Artı 18, Başrolde Aşk, 6 Mantı, Bebek İşi, Bugünün Saraylısı, Kadim Dostum, No:309, Oyunbozan, Dengi Dengine and Tutunamayanlar. In film she was in Yahşi Batı, Halam Geldi and Vezir Parmağı.