Selin Genç

Selin Genç — Biography

Playing Gülten Taşkın Ciğerci in the series Bir Zamanlar Çukurova gave Turkish actress and model Selin Genç her best-known role. The show marked her first step onto the screen and her name stayed linked to it for years. More recently she has added music to her work and begun releasing songs.

Genç studied industrial engineering at Işık University, but her interest in acting, which began in the drama group of her secondary school, carried on after graduation: she trained in a theater department and worked at Akademi 35 Half Art House, run by actors Vahide Perçin and Altan Gördüm. She first appeared on stage in 2016 in Murder Ballad. From 2018 to 2022 she was in ATV's Bir Zamanlar Çukurova, a role that earned her a Best Supporting TV Actress nomination at the Turkey Youth Awards in 2020. In 2021 she played Bahar Atalay in Star TV's Sana Söz, and in 2022 she made her film debut as Elif Karaca in Garip Bülbül Neşet Ertaş. Later she appeared in tabii's web series Yangın Günleri: Independenta and as Sena in TRT 1's Teşkilat (2023-2024).

In spring 2026 she released her first single, Sevdanın 4 Hali, and said in interviews that she expresses herself far more openly through music. She married in Budapest in November 2025.