Selen Soyder

Born

26 December 1986 (aged 39)

Place of birth

Izmir

On Avşar Film

appeared in 2 series

Selen Soyder was born on 26 December 1986 in Izmir's Alsancak district, the only child of a family of immigrants from Ioannina. She completed her primary and secondary education in Izmir, and then studied in the history department of Istanbul Bilgi University.

In 2006 she was chosen first in the Miss Model of Turkey contest and, representing Turkey at Miss Bikini of the Universe, held in China, took first place. In 2007 she won the Miss Turkey crown, the same year represented her country at Miss World and was among Vakko's models. After language training in Canada, she returned to Turkey in 2009; she received announcer training and worked on Star TV's news team and presented the news for a short time.

She left news anchoring to turn to acting. In 2014 she played the character Dr. Zeynep, in the lead role alongside İbrahim Çelikkol, in the series Reaksiyon, broadcast on Star TV. She played Itır Yeşil in Hangimiz Sevmedik and Sinem Devran in Kendi Düşen Ağlamaz; in cinema, she took the role of Eda in the film Rüyanda Görürsün. She also acted in Ali Kemal Güven's short film Cahide Devekuşu'nun Açık Evliliği.

Soyder appeared in the Avşar Film productions Yer Gök Aşk (Toprak Karagül Ilgaz) and Lale Devri.