Tuba Büyüküstün

Born

5 July 1982 (aged 44)

Place of birth

Istanbul

On Avşar Film

appeared in 1 movie and 2 series

Tuba Büyüküstün was born on 5 July 1982 in Istanbul. During the years she studied costume design, she began acting in television commercials, and then moved on to series and film projects. For the title character in the film Gülizar, she received the best actress award at an international television festival held in Serbia-Montenegro.

In 2007-2009 she starred as the character Asiye Kozcuoğlu in the series Asi, which stayed on air for those years. For the role of Melek she played in the series 20 Dakika, she was nominated in the best actress category at the 42nd International Emmy Awards. She played Sühan Korludağ in Cesur ve Güzel and Elif Denizer in Kara Para Aşk; in cinema she took the role of Neval in the film İstanbul Kırmızısı.

She played Mara Brankovic in the English-language production Rise of Empires: Ottoman and the character Ada in the series Zeytin Ağacı. She was named best actress at the Giuseppe Sciacca International Awards in Italy. She also serves as a national goodwill ambassador for UNICEF.

Büyüküstün played Filiz Tekiner in Ihlamurlar Altında, Aysun in Babam ve Oğlum and Nesrin in Sultan Makamı, all Avşar Film productions.