Demet Evgar

Demet Evgar (born 18 May 1980) is a Turkish actress known for her roles in feature films and TV series. She also pursues an active career as an actress in theatre where she had made her debut. She has founded theatre institutions such as "Pangar", "Hata Yapım Atölyesi", "Müşterek", "Multi Arts Production".[1]

Demet Evgar
Born (1980-05-18) 18 May 1980
Nationality Turkey
EducationIstanbul University
OccupationActress
Years active2000–present

Evgar was born in Manisa in 1980. Her paternal family is of Albanian origin. While Ottoman Empire was collapsing, other part of her family is of Turkish descent who immigrated from Thessaloniki, today part of Greece.[2][3] Her brother is director Yiğit Evgar.[4][5]

She starred in the rom-com 1 Kadın 1 Erkek for 8 seasons. She also starred in the hit army comedy series "Emret Komutanım", "Avlu(The Yard)" and played the role of "Kara Fatma" (guest star) in Vatanım Sensin. Currently she is playing in the TV series Alev Alev.[4][6]

Filmography

Demet Evgar
Cinema
Year Title Role Notes
2005 Banyo Hülya
2006 Beyza'nın Kadınları Beyza Türker, Rabia Çınar, Dilara, Ayla
  • Nominated – Best Actress / 39th Turkish Film Critics Association Awards
2009 I Saw the Sun Havar
2010 Yahşi Batı Suzan Van Dyke
2010 Vay Arkadaş Nil
2013 Sen Aydınlatırsın Geceyi Yasemin
  • Nominated - Best Actress / 46th Turkish Film Critics Association Awards
  • Won - Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama / 19th Sadri Alışık Theatre and Cinema Awards
2015 Yok Artık! Ceyda
2016 Kötü Kedi Şerafettin Misket ve Tacettin (voice)
2017 Aşkın Gören Gözlere İhtiyacı Yok Handan
  • Nominated - Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy / 24th Sadri Alışık Theatre and Cinema Awards
2017 Sofra Sırları Neslihan
  • Won - Best Actress / 37th Istanbul International Film Festival
  • Nominated - Best Actress / 51st Turkish Film Critics Association Awards
2017 Aile Arasında Solmaz
  • Nominated - Best Actress / 50th Turkish Film Critics Association Awards
  • Won - Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy / 23rd Sadri Alışık Theatre and Cinema Awards
2019 Topal Şükran'ın Maceraları Şükran
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2000 Bir Demet Tiyatro
2000 Yedi Numara Yeliz
2002 Aslı ile Kerem Yeliz
2002 Tatlı Hayat Defne - İhsan Yıldırım's secretory
2003 Yuvam Yıkılmasın Hülya
2003 Çınaraltı Nilüfer
2004 Bütün Çocuklarım Eyşan
2005 Emret Komutanım Üsteğmen Çiğdem
2006 Erkekler Ağlamaz Zeynep
2008–2015 1 Erkek 1 Kadın 2 Çocuk Zeynep Yıldırım
  • Won - Best Actress in a Comedy Series / 1st Antalya Television Awards (2010)
  • Won - Best Actress in a Comedy Series / 37th Golden Butterfly Awards (2010)
  • Won - Best Actress in a Comedy Series / 3rd Antalya Television Awards (2012)
  • Nominated - Best Actress in a Comedy Series / 4th Antalya Television Awards (2013)
2017 Vatanım Sensin Kara Fatma
2018–2019 Avlu Deniz Demir
2020– Alev Alev Cemre

Theatre

Theatre
Year Title / Venue Writer Notes
2000 Takanlar ve Takılanlar / Tiyatro Kılçık
Kadınlar da Savaşı Yitirdi
(Women Lost the War Too)
Curzio Malaparte
2003 The Blue Room
(staged under the title, Aşk ÇemberiThe Circle of Love) / Kent Oyuncuları
David Hare
2005 The Night Season / Kent Oyuncuları Rebecca Lenkiewicz
  • Won - Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Drama / 10th Afife Theatre Awards
2006 Anna Karenina / Kent Oyuncuları Leo Tolstoy
  • Won - Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Drama / 12th Sadri Alışık Theatre and Cinema Awards
2006 Ayşegül Hindistan'da / Tiyatro Kılçık
2007 39 Steps / Kent Oyuncuları John Buchan
  • Nominated - Best Actress in a Leading Role - Musical or Comedy / 13th Sadri Alışık Theatre and Cinema Awards
2009 The Miser / Kent Oyuncuları[7] Molière
  • Nominated - Best Actress in a Leading Role - Musical or Comedy / 15th Sadri Alışık Theatre and Cinema Awards
2012 Macbeth / Pangar William Shakespeare
2014 King Lear / Altıdan Sonra Theatre & Pangar William Shakespeare
2016 39 Steps / Müşterek John Buchan
  • Nominated - Best Actress in a Leading Role - Comedy, Dark Comedy or Musical / 22nd Sadri Alışık Theatre and Cinema Awards
2016 Kozalar / Pangar Adalet Ağaoğlu
2019 Hedda Gabler / Pangar Henrik Ibsen

Discography

Singles

  • "Bu Şarkıyı Dinliyorsan" (with Multitap) (2019)
  • "Nanay" (2020)

Footnotes

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