Farah Zeynep Abdullah

Farah Zeynep Abdullah — Biography

Farah Zeynep Abdullah moved from television to cinema to become one of the most talked-about box-office names in Turkey, and she also sings and produces. Her biggest success is Bergen, which she both starred in and produced: it was the most-watched film of 2022 and ranks among the most-watched in Turkish cinema. She holds two SİYAD awards.

While preparing for university in England she was offered the part of Aylin in Öyle Bir Geçer Zaman Ki, which earned her a supporting actress prize at the 2011 Antalya Television Awards. In cinema, playing Mediha in Yılmaz Erdoğan's Kelebeğin Rüyası won her best supporting actress at the Sadri Alışık and SİYAD awards; she played the young Hatice in Çağan Irmak's Unutursam Fısılda, and on television Şura in Kurt Seyit ve Şura and Farya Bethlen in Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem. She then played Ajda Pekkan in Arif V 216, Begüm Atman in Bizim İçin Şampiyon and the arabesk-fantezi singer Bergen in Bergen.

She began school at the Lycée Français Saint-Michel and continued in England because of her father's work; in 2013 she took a French and Drama degree at the University of Kent.