Gülçin Hatıhan

Gülçin Hatıhan — Biography

Gülçin Hatıhan is an actress who works on two tracks, screen and stage: on television she reached wide audiences as Handan Şadoğlu in Hercai, while in the theater she directs as well as acts. Across a career of more than thirty years she has combined television series with the stage, and in the 2020s she kept appearing on screen in Gül Masalı, Bambaşka Biri and Kara Ağaç Destanı.

She began acting at the Müjdat Gezen Art Center and worked at the E.S.E.K theater founded by Gökhan Semiz. Her first screen work was in 1990s television series: Kaygısızlar (1994), Çılgın Bediş and Kırık Hayatlar. In March 1999 she went to New York, where she lived for ten years and directed the first Turkish musical on Broadway, Hisseli Harikalar Kumpanyası (2009, Beacon Theater); she also performed on Broadway. From 2010 she appeared on screen in Çocuklar Duymasın, Avrupa Avrupa, Bir Günah Gibi and Hıyanet Sarmalı. She drew attention as Ümran in Poyraz Karayel, and Hercai (2019) carried her to her widest audience. She then played Canan Atabey in Gül Masalı (2022) and Şahinde Gediz in Bambaşka Biri (2023).

Since 2004 Hatıhan has directed alongside acting; her latest play, Televizyon Cumhuriyeti, was staged at the Bakırköy Municipal Theatres. She has served as head of the Theatre Executive Board of the Bakırköylü Sanatçılar Derneği and has taught a conservatory preparation class.