Hülya Koçyiğit

Born

12 December 1947 (aged 78)

Place of birth

Kuzguncuk

On Avşar Film

appeared in 1 movie

Hülya Koçyiğit was born on 12 December 1947 in Istanbul. At a very young age she was admitted to the ballet department of the Ankara State Conservatory through an exam. When she returned to Istanbul at her father's wish, she enrolled at Atatürk Girls' High School; during her school years she also appeared on stage at the City Theatres and continued her education again at the conservatory in Ankara, this time in theatre.

She stepped into cinema after placing second in a beauty contest organized by Ses magazine. Her first film, Susuz Yaz, won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, becoming the first Turkish film to receive this award. Besides the films Gelin, Düğün and Diyet, Derman, which was screened on five continents, and Kurbağalar, which was sold to foreign television, are also among the prominent productions of her career. Having acted in around 180 films in total, Koçyiğit is known, together with Türkan Şoray, Fatma Girik and Filiz Akın, as the four-leaf clover of Yeşilçam.

The artist, who received numerous awards at national and international festivals, chiefly the Antalya Altın Portakal, was given the title of State Artist in 1991. She served for four years as president of the Cinema Actors Association (SO-DER), of which she was one of the founders. In later years she also appeared before audiences in the role of Fatoş Hoca in the film Hababam Sınıfı Merhaba.

Koçyiğit played Gülseren in Avşar Film's 2006 film Bir Kış Masalı.