Şebnem Dilligil

Şebnem Dilligil — Biography

Şebnem Dilligil is an actress who moved from the State Theatres stage to widely watched television series. Today she is best associated with Halime Kaya in the TRT 1 series Gönül Dağı, while a stage background of nearly twenty-five plays underpins her screen work.

She finished the higher department of the Ankara State Conservatory in 1981 and joined the State Theatres that same year. She took leading roles in plays such as Küçük Prens, Yaban Ördeği, Babayiğit, Sevgili Doktor, Salıncakta İki Kişi, Fil Adam and Romanoff'la Juliet, and in 1988 was named best actress of the year by the Ankara State Theatre. She came to television around 2004 with Büyük Buluşma, then appeared in productions such as Şöhret, Son Bahar, Kuzey Güney and Yılanların Öcü. Her role as a mother in Karadayı brought her to a wide audience and earned her a Golden Butterfly Award in 2014.

In later years she took part in the series Cesur Yürek, Son Destan, Ateş Böceği and Bir Zamanlar Çukurova. In cinema she played Gülderen in Karanlıktakiler and Kadife in Ceviz Ağacı, and she also does voice-over work. She is married to the theatre artist Rahmi Dilligil.