Şennur Nogaylar

Şennur Nogaylar — Biography

Şennur Nogaylar, born in Istanbul in 1957, is an actress of theater, film, television and commercials who also works as a creative-drama instructor and serves in the Actors' Union. In recent years she has been seen in series such as Bir Derdim Var, Gaddar, Sahipsizler and Kıskanmak.

She graduated in 1989 from the theater-instruction department of the Ministry of National Education's Art School and trained in creative drama at the Contemporary Drama Association. After 1991 she began teaching, including at the Müjdat Gezen Art Center, and after 1995 she concentrated on acting. On screen she appeared in Omuz Omuza (2004) and Binbir Gece (as Firdevs), and in cinema in Döngel Karhanesi and Hokkabaz. The 2010s brought productions such as Aşk ve Ceza (Leyla), Ağır Abi, Kalbim 4 Mevsim, Şimdi Onlar Düşünsün (Saniye), Yeni Dünya and Hayat Sevince Güzel (Hasine Özkan).

More recently she has played in Vuslat (Gülten Şahin), Hayatta Olmaz, Senden Daha Güzel (Zarife), Bir Derdim Var (Nimet), the web series Yaratılan (Seher), Gaddar (Hüsniye Hoca), Sahipsizler (Vahide Işıksoylu) and Kıskanmak (Gülizar). In the theater she acted in Mi Minör, and she continues to sit on the Actors' Union's Supervisory Board.