Yelda Reynaud

Born

17 January 1972 (aged 54)

Place of birth

Vienna

On Avşar Film

appeared in 1 movie

Yelda Reynaud was born on 17 January 1972 in Vienna, the capital of Austria. She spent her school years in Germany, lived in Italy in her youth and worked as a diving instructor in Egypt. She later settled in Paris and studied for six years in the theatre and cinema department of the Paris Academy of Fine Arts; during this period she took part in various plays.

She first stood in front of the camera in 1998 with Yara, written and directed by Yılmaz Arslan; this role brought her the best actress award at the 35th Antalya Film Festival. She also appeared in the films Les filles ne savent pas nager and Roberto Succo. In 2005, with her performance in Anlat İstanbul, she was named best actress at the 24th Istanbul Film Festival; the same year she played Tezer Özlü in the film Yolda.

She became known to wide audiences through the role of Aliye Yalçın in the series Parmaklıklar Ardında, broadcast from 2007 to 2010. Together with Özlem Düvencioğlu she founded the production company Başıbozuk Ltd. and directed the 2016 production İnan Caddesi.

Reynaud played Zeynep in Avşar Film's 2005 film Gece 11:45.