Şebnem Dönmez

Born

17 May 1974 (aged 52)

Place of birth

Salzgitter

On Avşar Film

appeared in 1 movie

Şebnem Dönmez was born on 17 May 1974 in Salzgitter, Germany. When she was only six months old, she returned to Turkey with her family and grew up here. She began her career as a model.

Her real breakthrough on screen came in 1996 with Sabah Şekerleri, in which she took the host's seat alongside Murat Başoğlu; this program became one of the pioneers of morning music and entertainment shows. A year later, the duo moved to Star TV's screen with the competition Görevimiz Tehlike. In 1998 Dönmez appeared on the same channel in the program Cumartesi Gecesi Ateşi.

In the 2000s she focused on acting. She played Aslı in the series Aslı ile Kerem; she took leading roles in the films Neredesin Firuze, Hacivat Karagöz Neden Öldürüldü? and Vali. She took the role of Roxelana in the foreign production İnternet'te Av 2.0, shot in Istanbul. She played Melda Yalgın in the series Kuzey Güney and Sude Beylice in Medcezir; she returned to the screen with the character Heves Şifacıgil in the series Kızılcık Şerbeti.

On stage, in 2007 she took one of the leading roles in Michael Frayn's Oyunun Oyunu, staged at BKM.

Dönmez played Hülya in Avşar Film's 2002 film Kolay Para.