Yasemin Szawlowski

Yasemin Szawlowski — Biography

Yasemin Szawlowski is an actress who came to television and film from a background in ballet and stage performance. She currently plays Vera in the series Sahipsizler, and viewers first got to know her as Eleni in Vatanım Sensin. She was born in London, is of Polish descent and is described as a British-Turkish actress.

She began on stage. After graduating from the ballet department of Istanbul University State Conservatory, she finished the same conservatory's theater department as well. For thirteen years she worked as a dancer and actress in ballet, opera and children's productions, and she was a contracted dancer with the Children's Ballet of the Atatürk Cultural Center in Taksim.

Her first on-camera work was the 2014 series Büyük Sürgün Kafkasya. She then joined Vatanım Sensin on Kanal D, took roles in the series Kapı, Akis and Mucize Doktor, and played Sonya in the international production Midnight at the Pera Palace.