Hülya Şen

Hülya Şen — Biography

Hülya Şen is a theatre, film and television actress whose work has moved from the stage into series and cinema over more than thirty years. She has won a number of awards for her stage and screen roles, and in spring 2026 she joined the cast of Gönül Dağı as Nurten.

Her first brush with acting came in middle school. Born in the Edremit district of Balıkesir and raised in İzmir, she played the French teacher in a school staging of Molière's Kibarlık Budalası. While studying theatre at Dokuz Eylül University she was granted special leave in her second year to play the daughter in a film by Tekin Akmansoy. Her television career began in the early 1990s, with Kaygısızlar, Böyle mi Olacaktı and Reyting Hamdi among the early series; the 2000s brought Kayıtdışı, Sevda Tepesi and Küçük Kadınlar. In the 2010s she was seen in Yedi Güzel Adam, Serçe Sarayı, O Hayat Benim and, as Naciye, Avlu, which she left in February 2019. Later came Cevher in Kırmızı Oda and Nesrin in Çöp Adam. On the big screen she appeared in Komik Bir Aşk Hikayesi, Atçalı Kel Mehmet and Benim Babam Bir Kahraman.

She has kept working in theatre, in plays such as Paramparça, Terzinin Türküsü and Ah Evlendim, Vah Evlenemedim, and in 2015 worked at Ahmet Çevik Tiyatrosu. She married the stage actor Cengiz Küçükayvaz and later divorced; they have a daughter.