Ayta Sözeri

Ayta Sözeri (born 31 March 1976) is a Turkish actress and singer. She is also a human rights and LGBT activist.[1][2]

Ayta Sözeri
Sözeri at the premiere of Aile Arasında in 2017
Born (1976-03-31) 31 March 1976
West Germany
NationalityTurkish
EducationEge University
Dokuz Eylül University
OccupationActress, singer
Years active2000–present

Life

Ayta Sözeri was born on 31 March 1976 in West Germany.[3] Her mother was of Circassian descent.[4] Her family settled in İzmir in 1982 and she underwent sex reassignment surgery at the age of 20.[5][6] She graduated from the Ege University Business Administration Department[7] and took Turkish classical music at Dokuz Eylül University. Later she started performing as a backing vocalist for a number of artists, including Sezen Aksu.[8][9]

Filmography
Movies
Year Title Role Notes
2009 Güneşi Gördüm Tuana
Teslimiyet Aygül
2010 Kukuriku (Kadın Krallığı) Beton
2016 Koca Dünya Hayat kadını
2017 Aile Arasında Behiye
2020 Eltilerin Savaşı
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2000 Dadı Singer
Hayat Bağları Prison Director
2006 Arka Sokaklar Aydan Guest appearance
2007 Kuzey Rüzgârı Okşan
Dudaktan Kalbe Convict Guest appearance
2008
2009 Akasya Durağı Naciye, Zümrüt
Kahramanlar Arzu
2010 Parmaklıklar Ardında Convict
2011 Papatyam Şebnem
2012 Acayip Hikayeler Cansu
Kayıp Şehir Duygu
2014 Ulan Istanbul Umay
2015 Paramparça Nezaket

Discography
Singles
  • "Büklüm Büklüm" (2018)
  • "Yanayım Yanayım" (2018)
  • "Gülü Susuz Seni Aşksız Bırakmam" (Aşkın'ın Şarkıları) (2019)
  • "Rustik" (ft. Uraz Kaygılaroğlu) (Eltilerin Savaşı soundtrack) (2020)
  • "Anılarıma Yazık" (2020)

Awards
  • 50th Cinema Writers Association Awards, Best Supporting Actress Performance, Aile Arasında, 2018[10]

References
  1. "Ayta Sözeri" (PDF). gzone.com.tr. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  2. "Bu da Benim Proust Anketim: Ayta Sözeri". artfulliving.com.tr. Archived from the original on 11 November 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  3. "Arka Sokakların Biblosu: Ayta Sözeri". kaosgl.org. Archived from the original on 11 November 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  4. "Ayta Sözeri: Filmden sonra evlenme teklifleri arttı". Posta. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  5. Gence, Hakan (25 August 2014). "İlk trans oyuncu Ayta Sözeri: Çok güzel sevişir ve öpüşürüm!". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  6. Heja Bozyel (13 January 2013). "Seks işçiliği yapmadım". Habertürk. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  7. Bahar Çuhadar (18 April 2009). "Travestiyi oynamak zor!". Radikal. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  8. Asu Maro. "Sezen Aksu ile sahne aldı". Milliyet. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  9. "İçimizde namazında niyazında olan da var, milliyetçi de, solcu da". t24.com.tr. Archived from the original on 11 November 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  10. "50. SİYAD ödülleri sahiplerini buldu". Arti Gerçek (in Turkish). Retrieved 8 July 2019.
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