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Hümeyra

Hümeyra

Actor · 79 years old

Maide in the series Paramparça

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Age79
Birth dateOctober 15, 1947
BirthplaceIstanbul
ProfessionActor, Singer
Zodiac signLibra
Eye colorBrown

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Hümeyra — Biography

Hümeyra, born Fatma Hümeyra Akbay on October 15, 1947, in Istanbul, is a Turkish singer, composer, lyricist, and actress. After a difficult youth marked by family pressure, she began working in the 1960s as a graphic designer at the Melodi Plak record company, designing album covers. While singing one of her own compositions there, she was noticed by the company's owner, received her first record offer, and entered the music world.

She released a string of 45 rpm singles in 1969 and 1970, and during the 1970s scored enduring hits such as Kördüğüm, Sessiz Gemi, and Otuz Beş Yaş, songs that remain beloved today. Alongside music she moved into cinema, appearing in productions including Adsız Cengaver (1970), Talihli Amele (1980), Kırık Bir Aşk Hikayesi (1981), Mine (1982), and Asiye Nasıl Kurtulur? (1986).

A frequent collaborator of director Çağan Irmak, she took major roles in Babam ve Oğlum (2005), Dedemin İnsanları (2011), and Unutursam Fısılda (2014). In the 2000s her role as İffet Sütçüoğlu in the hit sitcom Avrupa Yakası won her a new generation of fans; she also appeared in Gülse Birsel's Yalan Dünya, in Melekler Korusun, and in the International Emmy-winning Şahsiyet. She played Maide in the series Paramparça and appeared as Nezihe in the 2020 film Biz Böyleyiz.

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Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

Hümeyra is best known in cinema through Çağan Irmak: Nuran in Babam ve Oğlum, Meryem / Rabia in Ulak, a two-named part in Unutursam Fısılda. Moving between Irmak's family drama under the shadow of 1980 and his fairy-tale storytelling, this partnership shows, in my view, that the director trusts her expression.

Series Binger A series devotee tracking character arcs, cast chemistry and season pacing.

Hümeyra's best-known television work is İffet Sütçüoğlu in Avrupa Yakası, and Gülse Birsel's Yalan Dünya is the same kind of work. In my view the sitcom is where she shows her comic measure most easily, and a part in a crime drama like Şahsiyet keeps her from being limited to it.

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