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Ülkü Duru

Ülkü Duru

Actor · 69 years old

Platonik: Mavi Dolunay Otel series

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Age69
Birth dateApril 20, 1957
BirthplaceIstanbul
ProfessionActor
Eye colorBrown
EducationMimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Theatre Department
Spouseİştar Gökseven

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Ülkü Duru — Biography

Ülkü Duru is an actress who for more than half a century has combined the stage of the Istanbul State Theatre with film and television. She is remembered for the film Eşkıya and for Nusret in the series Aliye, and most recently appeared in Netflix's Platonik: Mavi Dolunay Otel in 2025.

She first stepped on stage as a child in 1971 in the State Theatres' children's production Mavi Kuş, and that year also made her screen debut in Sindrella Kül Kedisi. She had started ballet at the Municipal Conservatory at five and later finished its theater department. Within the State Theatre company she then played in works such as Limon, Oresteia, Miss Margarida Yöntemi, Kır, Yangın Duası and Vahşet Tanrısı. Her first major screen role was Terbiye Kaygısız in the first two seasons of Kaygısızlar (1994-96), followed by Eşkıya (1996), Aliye (2004), Son (2012), Kızlarım İçin (2017) and Kaderimin Oyunu (2021).

In İyi Seneler Londra, where she shared the lead with Zuhal Olcay, she won Best Actress at the Strasbourg International Independent Film Festival. On stage she won Sadri Alışık Awards for Vahşet Tanrısı and the Yeni Tiyatro Dergisi Actress of the Year award for Yaşamak Denen Bu Zahmetli İş. She is married to the actor İştar Gökseven and is the sister of the writer Orhan Duru.

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

With Emel's Mother in Eşkıya and Mehtap in Gölge Oyunu, Ülkü Duru appears in two Yavuz Turgul films; she is Fatoş in C-Blok, Zeki Demirkubuz's first feature, and Melahat in Uğur Yücel's Yazı Tura. In my view this line shows Duru as an actress whom auteur directors have kept calling back since the 1990s.

Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humor and heart.

Ülkü Duru's comedies Olanlar Oldu and Yol Arkadaşım 2 suit watching together: one is a light small-town story built around a mother and son, and both are star-comedian vehicles. Eşkıya is a crime-drama mix for older viewers, and Aliye deals with a husband's infidelity, so it is not one to watch with children.

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

Terbiye Kaygısız in Kaygısızlar was Ülkü Duru's first significant screen role, and with Nusret in Aliye she moves from comedy to family melodrama. In my view this shift shows a stage actress who can take part both in a comedy series and in a heavy household drama on television.

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