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Sezin Akbaşoğulları

Sezin Akbaşoğulları

Actor · 45 years old

Defne in the series Kıskanmak

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Age45
Birth dateApril 22, 1981
Birthplaceİzmir
ProfessionActor
Zodiac signTaurus
Eye colorBrown
EducationBilkent University, Theatre Department
Awards17th Golden Boll Film Festival, Best Actress (Kavşak)

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Sezin Akbaşoğulları — Biography

Sezin Akbaşoğulları came to the screen from a theater education, and the Turkish actress has balanced television drama with film. The high point of her career is her role as Arzu in Selim Demirdelen's Kavşak, for which she shared the best actress prize at the 17th Altın Koza Film Festival with Nergis Öztürk. Her current work includes Defne in the series Kıskanmak.

She started acting in her high-school theater group, in the play Yine Başladılar Şarkılarına, and went on to finish the theater department at Bilkent University. Her first screen role was Doğa in Bizim Evin Halleri in 2000, and her real breakthrough came in 2005 as Ceren Aslanbaş in Beyaz Gelincik, the same year she played the teacher Zeynep in Eylül. Later came Sır Gibi, Derdest, Ah Kalbim and Küstüm Çiçeği, moving between lead and supporting parts; in 2011 she was Ceyda Sevi in Sen De Gitme. In 2012 she played Özgür in the film Yabancı and Eylül Fidan in Behzat Ç. Bir Ankara Polisiyesi. Her film work from this period includes Fakat Müzeyyen Bu Derin Bir Tutku (2014), opposite Erdal Beşikçioğlu.

She then moved into mainstream series with Racon, Hatırla Gönül and Cesur ve Güzel, in which she played Cahide Korludağ. In recent years she has joined historical productions (Uyanış: Büyük Selçuklu, Kudüs Fatihi Selahaddin Eyyubi) and projects such as O Kız, Tetikçinin Oğlu and the Disney+ series Aşkı Hatırla (2025). Alıkara, Babamın Günahları and Ağlama Anne are also on her slate.

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Series Binger A series devotee tracking character arcs, cast chemistry and season pacing.

I find Sezin Akbaşoğulları most at home in dark-toned series. Işıl in Fi and Elif Işık in Ufak Tefek Cinayetler come from that same vein: one a psychological thriller, the other a closed settling of old scores among former friends. Eylül Fidan in Behzat Ç. Bir Ankara Polisiyesi belongs to the same hard world. Anyone who watches the three together will see how comfortable she is in suspense.

Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

Film gives Sezin Akbaşoğulları more room: Arzu in Kavşak and Müzeyyen in Fakat Müzeyyen Bu Derin Bir Tutku are built on a single role and carry her theater training. In glossy revenge melodramas like Cesur ve Güzel, Cahide Korludağ falls in the shadow of other characters' schemes. In my view her mainstream series years used only a small part of what she can do; she is at her best in cinema.

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