Güler Ökten

Born

14 November 1941 (aged 84)

Place of birth

Isparta

On Avşar Film

appeared in 2 movies

Güler Ökten was born on 14 November 1941 in Isparta. She is the daughter of Kani Kıpçak, who was a theatre and film actor as well as a director. She received conservatory training and was among the first graduates trained by Yıldız Kenter.

She first appeared in front of the camera in 1947 in a children's film, and stepped onto the theatre stage in 1960. In the Yeşilçam era she acted in the films Şaban Oğlu Şaban and Kapıcılar Kralı. Television viewers know her best as Doktor Türkan, nicknamed Kızıl, in the series Bizimkiler. In later years she played Cevriye Başsoy in Yaprak Dökümü, Sedef's grandmother in Leyla ile Mecnun and Elvan in Kara Para Aşk; she took on the role of Ani Misirciyan in the film İtirazım Var.

Outside of acting, she has worked on the dubbing of many films and series; in some productions she served as dubbing director and took part in art departments.

Ökten appeared in the Avşar Film productions Kızım İçin and Tanıdık Yabancı (Derya's mother).