Işıl Yücesoy

Born

2 October 1945 (aged 81)

Place of birth

Kırklareli

On Avşar Film

appeared in 1 series

Işıl Yücesoy was born on 2 October 1945 in Kırklareli. She grew up as the daughter of a music teacher father; the theatre artist Muazzez Kurtoğlu is her paternal aunt and the actor Cem Kurtoğlu is her cousin. After graduating from the Ankara State Conservatory, she began her career in 1969 at the State Theatres.

In 1975 she began appearing on stage as a singer; her first record, Çalamazsın Mutluluğu, was also released that year. In 1978 she founded her company Orient Plak and performed in nightclubs and gazinos. From 1981 she returned to acting; her first series was Dokuz Sütuna Sekiz Manşet, written by Attilâ İlhan. In the 1980s she wrote nearly fifteen radio plays for Arkası Yarın, broadcast on TRT radios, and acted in these plays.

She became known to wide audiences through the roles of Hanımağa in the series Üvey Baba, Sema Bayraktar in Çemberimde Gül Oya and Nedret in Kara Para Aşk. In Çağan Irmak's film Unutursam Fısılda she played Hanife in old age; she also appeared in the series Ben Bu Cihana Sığmazam and Siyah Kalp.

She taught drama classes at Eyüboğlu Koleji for sixteen years. After a break of thirty-five years, in 2016 she released her album Zamansız, which features duets.

Yücesoy played Hamiyet Hancıoğlu in Avşar Film's 2010 series Yer Gök Aşk.