Selen Uçer

Born: 1983-05-05

Leyla Selen Uçer (born 5 May 1983) is a Turkish actress, best known for her role in the movie Ara and the play Bug. Uçer's parents were chemical engineers. She studied at St. George's Austrian High School and graduated from Boğaziçi University with a degree in chemistry. During her university years, she joined the Boğaziçi University acting club. She also attended the Istanbul University State Conservatory Singing Department. She studied at the Academy Istanbul with a scholarship for a year. She also completed her master's degree at Roosevelt University in Chicago with a scholarship. The play she wrote, American Dream, was staged by Ensemble Theater on Off-Broadway. Upon returning to Turkey, she was cast in the movie Anlat İstanbul, written by Ümit Ünal, in 2004. She also appeared in Külkedisi, directed by Selim Demirdelen. She then took part in DOT's adaptation of Bug. With her performance in Haldun Dormen's Kantocu at Istanbul City Theatres, she was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress in a Musical or Comedy award at the Afife Jale Awards. She had a leading role in the 2007 movie Ara, directed by Ümit Ünal, portraying the character of Gül. For this role, she shared the Best Actress award at the 15th International Adana Film Festival with Ayça Damgacı. In 2008, she appeared as a prostitute in O... Çocukları. In 2009, she played the role of Emel in Binbir Gece. In the same year, she was cast in Hanımın Çiftliği as Asuman. In 2019, with her role in Ümit Ünal's Aşk, Büyü, vs. , she won the Golden Orange Award for Best Actress.


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A True Gentleman

as uncredited
Released: 2024-09-25

A charming male escort finds his life turned upside down when he starts to fall in love,...

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The Playroom

as uncredited
Released: 2024-12-27

Fırat and Filiz are a couple in their 30s, married for seven years. Their marriage has entered a...

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10 to 11

as Mahinur
Released: 2009-09-25

Mithat passionately collects newspapers in his Istanbul flat. The other tenants ridicule him and...

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Oregon

as Sermin
Released: 2023-04-28

Summer 1985, Istanbul. Hakan and Gaye want to give back a music tape to their friend Selen...

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Love, Spells and All That

as Reyhan
Released: 2021-07-21

In their youth, Eren and Reyhan, who grew up in Büyükada, had a great love. As soon as their...

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Dilberay

as Anne
Released: 2022-02-04

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O... Çocukları

as Selvi
Released: 2008-05-16

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Can

as Ayse
Released: 2012-05-11

Loving Istanbul couple Ayşe and Cemal need only a child to complete their life together, but...

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İstanbul Tales

as Rahşan
Released: 2005-04-11

Five interconnected stories set in modern-day Istanbul based on the fairytales Snow White,...

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Inflame

as Olcay Terken
Released: 2017-05-12

Hasret has been seeing the same nightmare for some time, but she keeps living unaware that what...

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Bornova Bornova

as Senem
Released: 2009-11-13

A story from Bornova, a neighborhood in Izmir. Two good friends Salih and Hakan spend their days...

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Zincirbozan

as Aynur
Released: 2007-04-11

The political drama "Zincirbozan" was written by journalist Avni Özgürel, and depicted the...

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Yabancı

as Nazmiye
Released: 2012-04-19

Ozgur is a young woman who is the daughter of a refugee family fled to France. She is born and...

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The Voice

as Ses
Released: 2010-03-05

Derya works in a bank's call centers to support her elderly mother. One day her life is suddenly...

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Apollon by Day Athena by Night

as Nazife
Released: 2024-11-02

Defne travels to the ancient Mediterranean city of Side and encounters a revolutionary, a...

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Ara

as Gul
Released: 2008-03-22

Ara is the story of four people and an empty house. These people are stuck between their past...

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Kutsal Bir Gün

as uncredited
Released: 2013-10-05

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Circle

as Emel
Released: 2014-02-07

In the hard-boiled world, where will the soft-shelled end up? A cozy kind of extermination is on...

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A Step into the Darkness

as Amire
Released: 2009-09-17

The film tells the tragic story of an Iraqi-Turkish girl, Cennet, who loses her entire family...

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The Stranger

as uncredited
Released: 2019-04-21

The life of a seven-member commune living in an old theatre building changes one morning with...

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Çekmeköy Underground

as uncredited
Released: 2015-03-13

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Erkek Adam

as uncredited
Released: 2010-03-01

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Death

as Ayla
Released: 2010-03-01

Emre's (8) parents have temporarily left him at his grandmother and grandfather's summer house....

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Leyla and Mecnun

as Feraye
First aired: 2011-02-09

Leyla ile Mecnun is a Turkish television comedy series. The show is set in Istanbul, Turkey and...

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The Agency

as Self
First aired: 2020-08-25

Dicle finds herself in an agency when she comes to Istanbul dreaming of becoming a filmmaker....

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Love Me as I Am

as Eda Karatepe
First aired: 2013-02-11

After wealthy college boy Ömer and lower class college girl Aysem fall in love and quickly...

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Böyle Bitmesin

as uncredited
First aired: 2012-09-21

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The Doors of Time

as Nilgün
First aired: 2024-05-23

The doors of the past open one by one when the path of the computer genius Sinan, who lives an...

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İffet

as Gülin
First aired: 2011-09-17

The young and beautiful Iffet lives with her father and younger sister, She is deeply in love...

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Lady's Farm

as uncredited
First aired: 2009-09-04

Hanımın Çiftliği is a Turkish drama series. It has been adapted from Orhan Kemal's novel Hanımın...

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The Blackboard

as Münevver Güngör
First aired: 2022-03-30

Being bullied by his friends during his high school years, Atlas has to leave his hometown with...

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Evlat Kokusu

as Belma
First aired: 2017-03-07

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Deli Saraylı

as Hizmetçi Kiraz
First aired: 2010-09-17

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Amor manchado

as Serpil Zengin
First aired: 2019-04-16

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Tainted Love

as Serpil Zengin
First aired: 2019-04-16

Yasemin's story began in Germany and found itself in the ups and downs of life. However, she was...

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Innocence

as Yelda Demirci
First aired: 2021-02-24

Masumiyet follows the story of Bahar, a married mother of two, whose life changes drastically...

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Light in the Dark

as uncredited
First aired: 2023-11-09

The series tells the story of Dr. Nilüfer Toska, a dedicated psychiatrist with a special talent...

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Koca Koca Yalanlar

as Nilgün
First aired: 2018-08-13

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Dicle

as uncredited
First aired: 2007-03-08

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Karınca Yuvası

as Zerrin
First aired: 2006-11-06

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Fedai

as Gülşen
First aired: 2007-11-16

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Tutar mı Tutar

as Piraye
First aired: 2015-03-01

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