Güneş Emir

Güneş Emir — Biography

Güneş Emir is an actress best known for playing Deniz across 470 episodes of the FOX series Deniz Yıldızı. In the years that followed she took roles in series such as A.Ş.K., Paramparça and Tutsak, and in the film Erkekler, and she never lost her link with the theater stage.

Her path did not lead straight to acting. While studying fisheries engineering at Istanbul University (2002-2007) she met Ali Poyrazoğlu, took private acting lessons at the Müjdat Gezen Art Center and appeared on stage in Poyrazoğlu's theater; she then studied in the Acting Department of Hacettepe University's Ankara State Conservatory (2007-2011). Her screen career began in 2002 with the film O Şimdi Asker. The turning point came in 2009 with Deniz Yıldızı.

After that series she played Melis in Kanal D's A.Ş.K. and Hale in the film Erkekler in 2013, and Başak in İkinci Oğul Şüpheli in 2013-2014. In 2014 her role as Solmaz in Star TV's Paramparça raised her profile; in 2017 she played Bennu in Tutsak on Kanal D, and in 2020 Şahika in Kuzey Yıldızı İlk Aşk on Show TV. In 2017 she also appeared in the film Yol Ayrımı. On stage she performed in the Ali Poyrazoğlu Theatre's Beni Yeniden Sev (2011-2013) and Babam Dokuz Doğurdu (from 2014), and she continued private lessons at Tobav Oyunculuk Atölyesi, Basat Oyunculuk and İstasyon Sanat Evi.