Rüçhan Çalışkur

Rüçhan Çalışkur — Biography

Rüçhan Çalışkur is an actress whose career runs from the State Theatres stage into film and television. She won an award for her part in Yeşim Ustaoğlu's Bulutları Beklerken (Waiting for the Clouds), and in recent years reached a wide audience as Afet in the series Bir Gece Masalı.

She graduated from the Theatre Department of the Ankara University State Conservatory and joined the State Theatres company in 1979. Her stage work began in Ankara and continued at the Istanbul State Theatre, in plays such as Deli Dumrul, Lisistrata, Danton'un Ölümü, Afife Jale and Leenane'in Güzellik Kraliçesi; for the last she was named best supporting actress at the 2001 Afife Theatre Awards. She moved in front of the camera around 2003, and Bulutları Beklerken brought her the best actress prize at the Istanbul Film Festival in 2004. On television she first drew notice as Irazca in Yılanların Öcü, followed by Parmaklıklar Ardında, Avlu and Bir Gece Masalı. Her films include Zenne, Elveda Katya, Zerre, Borç and Evcilik.

In 2020 she was awarded best actor in Delhi for the short film Tor. She also works as a voice actress and is the elder sister of the stage actor Cüneyt Çalışkur.