Nihan Okutucu

Nihan Okutucu — Biography

Nihan Okutucu is a Turkish actress who has worked between television series and cinema for more than twenty years. Trained at the theater department of the Müjdat Gezen Art Center, she is best known on screen for strong supporting characters, and in recent years she has also found a place in feature films.

She first appeared on camera in the 2000 series Ayrılık and took a part in Ezo Gelin in 2006. The years 2010 and 2011 were among the busiest of her career: she played Hülya Orhun in the Önce Vatan episode of Güneydoğudan Öyküler, Sabiha in Mor Menekşeler, joined the cast of Kuzey Güney, and appeared in the film Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da (Once Upon a Time in Anatolia). She carried on in cinema in 2012 with Görünmeyenler.

In the years that followed she played Uğur Birmay in the series Baba and Sibel in İkizler Memo - Can, the latter counted among the standout roles of her career. More recently she has acted in the films Uzun Zaman Önce, Kör Noktada and Savrulan Zaman, which had its Turkish premiere in autumn 2024. She shared the projects Uzun Zaman Önce and Savrulan Zaman with the actor Ümit Çırak.