Fatma Karanfil

Born

3 February 1952

Place of birth

Eskişehir

Died

3 June 2024 (aged 72)

On Avşar Film

appeared in 1 movie

Fatma Karanfil was born on 3 February 1952 in Eskişehir. She studied at LCC. Finishing third in a competition organized by Ses magazine in 1968 paved the way for her move into cinema.

In the same year she received the artist of the year award from the Izmir Journalists Association, and in 1972 the same award from the Ankara Journalists Association. In 1972 she was named best supporting actress at the 9th Antalya Altın Portakal Film Festival for the film Üvey Ana; in the same period she played Fatma in the film Keloğlan Aramızda. Between 1976 and 1980 she was in London to study textiles.

Returning to the stage in 2001, Karanfil worked intensively on television in the following years. She reached wide audiences with the roles of Necla in Çocuklar Duymasın, Şayeste Hanım in Aşk-ı Memnu and Müzeyyen Kervancıoğlu in Adını Sen Koy; she also appeared in the series Kınalı Kar and Huzur Sokağı. She died in Istanbul in June 2024.

Karanfil played Servet in Avşar Film's 2018 film Bizi Hatırla.