Elit İşcan
Elit İşcan (born 12 January 1994) is a Turkish actress. Her credits include the film Mustang and the television show Küçük Kadınlar. She has received the IFFI Best Actor Award (Female) at the 46th International Film Festival of India.
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Elit İşcan
- Name
- Elit İşcan
- Born
- 12 January 1994
- Birthplace
- Istanbul, Turkey
- Occupation
- Actress
- Nationality
- Turkey
- Languages
- Turkish
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Elit İşcan (born 12 January 1994) is a Turkish actress. Her credits include the film Mustang and the television show Küçük Kadınlar. She has received the IFFI Best Actor Award (Female) at the 46th International Film Festival of India.
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Elit İşcan (born 1994) is an actress and film director, of Turkish nationality. The actress was born in Istanbul. Languages used include Turkish.
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• Name — Elit İşcan • Born — 12 January 1994 • Birthplace — Istanbul, Turkey • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 2006–present
Life and career
Life and career
İşcan's father was an architect and her mother was a computer programmer. She has one sibling. She finished her studies at the Istanbul Kemer College. After Reha Erdem's visit to her school, she auditioned for the movie Beş Vakit and was cast in a supporting role, which marked her cinematic debut. With her role in the TV series Küçük Kadınlar she gained popularity. Later in 2008, she appeared in Reha Erdem's movie Hayat Var and portrayed the character Hayat. For this role, she was nominated for Cahide Sonku Best Performance by an Actress Award at the 42nd SİYAD Awards. In 2015, she had a leading role in Deniz Gamze Ergüven's movie Mustang. The film was selected as France's submission, and was nominated for, the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards.
Filmography
Filmography
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2006 — Beş Vakit — Yıldız — Promising Young Actress - 13th Altın Koza International Film Festival, 2006 Honorable Mention - 12th Nuremberg Turkey / Germany Film Festival, 2007 • 2008 — Hayat Var — Hayat — Young Witch - 12th Flying Broom International Women's Film Festival, 2009 Best Young Talent - 3rd Yeşilçam Awards, 2010 Nomination – Cahide Sonku Best Performance by an Actress Award, SİYAD Awards, 2009 • 2008–2010 — Küçük Kadınlar — Bilge Gezici — TV series • 2009 — Dersimiz: Atatürk — Küçük Afet İnan • 2009 — Ölü Yaprak Vuruşu — Nurhan Güneyli • 2012 — Taş Mektep — Mina • 2013 — A.Ş.K. — Semra — TV series • 2015 — Mustang — Ece — 21st Sadri Alışık Theater and Cinema Acting Awards Selection Committee Special Award • 2019 — Kurşun — Zeynep — TV series - Guest appearance on the first episode. • 2019 — Baumbacher Syndrome — Fida • 2021 — Hamlet — Web series
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Elit İşcan is recorded with the occupation film director. Recorded with the occupation actor. Recorded as actress and film director.
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1994
Elit İşcan was born on 1 January 1994.
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- 1.Parande, Shweta. IFFI 2015: Award winners list at the 46th International Film Festival of India (In pics). 1 December 2015.
- 2.Sinem Vural. Popüler olmak istemiyorum. Hürriyet. 15 April 2009.
- 3.Fırat Karadeniz. Şanslıyız ama biz de baskı hissediyoruz. Milliyet. 24 October 2015.
- 4.Ford, Rebecca. Oscar Nominations: The Complete List. The Hollywood Reporter. 14 January 2016.
- 5.Richford, Rhonda. Oscars: France Selects 'Mustang' As Foreign-Language Submission. The Hollywood Reporter. 22 September 2015.
- 6.Umut Veren Genç Kadın Oyuncu Elit İşcan. Sabah. 24 June 2006.
- 7.12. Türkiye / Almanya Film Festivali.
- 8.Uçan Süpürge. Bu sene 'Genç Cadı' kim olacak?. 6 April 2011.
- 9.Yeşilçam ödülleri dağıtıldı. Hürriyet. 25 March 2010.
- 10.Siyad.org. 42. Siyad Ödülleri'nde Toplam 20 Film Adaylar Arasında.
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