Ayşe Selen

Born

28 July 1955

Place of birth

Ankara

Died

30 December 2017 (aged 62)

On Avşar Film

appeared in 1 series

Ayşe Selen was born on 28 July 1955 in Ankara. In 1973 she finished the Istanbul Austrian Girls' High School, then graduated from the theater department of the Faculty of Languages and History-Geography at Ankara University. Continuing her academic work in the same field, she completed her master's on cabaret theater in 1985 and in 1989 her doctorate examining the plays of G. E. Lessing from the standpoint of semiotics.

She began her artistic career as a theater actress and did extensive work in children's theater. She was among the founders of Tiyatrotem, established in 2000.

In front of the camera, she appeared in 1984 in the series Devekuşu Kabare and the film Beyoğlu Beyoğlu. In later years she appeared in the series Gülpare and Kapalıçarşı and played the character Sevim Yılmaz in Leyla ile Mecnun. In cinema, she appeared in the films Usta and Hayatboyu, and on television in the series N'olur Ayrılalım in the role of Nazife. She died on 30 December 2017.

Selen appeared in Avşar Film's 2008 series Aşk Yakar.