Sumru Yavrucuk

Sumru Yavrucuk (born 18 June 1961) is a Turkish theatre, TV and movie actress best known for her many theatre plays. Outside of Turkey, she is known for playing Songül Yenilmez in Room Number: 309, Feride in The Foreign Groom, and Meryem Aksoy in What is Fatmagül's crime? She has also starred in several movies, most notably Are We OK?

Sumru Yavrucuk
Born (1961-06-18) June 18, 1961
Ankara, Turkey
OccupationActress
Years active1982–present
Children1
Parent(s)Sami Yavrucuk

Education and Career

Sumru Yavrucuk was born on the 18th of June 1961 in Ankara. She studied at the Department of Singing and Theatre of the Istanbul Municipal Conservatory before transferring to the Ankara State Conservatory. After finishing her studies, Yavrucuk moved to Istanbul where she started working as an actress at the Istanbul State Theatre in 1982. Over the years she acted in many plays including classics such as Lysistrata, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Epic of Gilgamesh, Macbeth and many others.[1] Her latest play is Shirley; adapted to Turkish from Willy Russell's play Shirley Valentine.[2][3]

Yavrucuk started acting in television shows in 1988. She starred in several Turkish shows, most notably Yabancı Damat which proved to be a hit in other countries as well like Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria and North Macedonia.[1] Her most recent television show is Baraj which started airing in 2020.[4] She also played a main role on the hit TV show Room Number: 309.

Yavrucuk started acting in movies during the 90s and since then has starred in Annem (2019), Bizi Hatırla (2018), Are We OK? (2013), Luks Glück (2010), Seni seviyorum Rosa (1992) and others.[1]

Personal life

Sumru Yavrucuk lives in Istanbul with her adopted son Yağmur.[5][6] In 2003, she married Erdinç Ünlü but they divorced in 2005.

TV shows
TV showYear(s)Notes
Baraj2020–presentRole: Zerrin
Room Number: 3092016-2017Main role: Songül Yenilmez
Acil Aşk Aranıyor2015Role: Nisan's mother
Ağır Roman Yeni Dünya2012Role: Tina
Fatmagül'ün Suçu Ne?2010-2012Role: Meryem Aksoy
Bahar Dalları2009Role: Güzide
Sevgili Dünürüm2007Role: Yıldız
Yabancı Damat2004-2007Role: Farida; Nazli's (main role's) mother
Mars Kapıdan Baktırır2004Role: Yıldız
Bizim Otel2001Role: Eva
Parça Pinçik2000
Dostlar Pasajı1997
Tutkular1995
Ayaşlı ve Kiracıları1989Main role: İffet
Önce Canan1988

Films
MovieYearNotes
Annem2019Main role
Bizi Hatırla2018Role: Leman
Tamam mıyız?2013Role: Temmuz's mother
Patroniçe2004TV movie
Halk Düşmanı2004TV movie
Sır1997
Yer Çekimli Aşklar1995
İş1994
Seni Seviyorum Rosa1992Main role: Rosa
Çıplak1992Role: Ayla
Yorum Yok1990

Awards
  • Hopeful Player (1984)
  • Golden Orange (1991)
  • Golden Cocoon (1992)
  • Promising Actress” award (1984)
  • Barcelona World II. Pantomime Festival, the “Best Director” (1985)
  • Turkish Deaf and Dumb Mime Festival, the “Best Director” (1986)
  • Avni Dilligil Awards the “Best Actress” (1988-1994-1997)
  • Altın Portakal Award (1991)
  • Altın Koza Award (1992)
  • Afife Theatre Awards, the “Most Successful Actress – Musical / Comedy” (1997)
  • Afife Theatre Awards, the “Best Actress of the Year” (2001)
  • Communication Faculties Top Awards for the “Best Theatre Actress” (2001)
  • Association of Theatre Critics Awards for the “Best Actress of the Year” (2012, 2013)
  • Sadri Alisik Theatre and Cinema Acting Awards, the “Best Actress of the Year” (2013)[1]

References
  1. "Sumru Yavrucuk Biography". Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  2. "Shirley - Sumru Yavrucuk". Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  3. Geven, Eda. "Kalbim Shirley ve Sumru Yavrucuk'ta Kaldı". theMagger. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  4. "Sumru Yavrucuk". IMDb. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  5. "Sumru Yavrucuk: I forgot that I did not give birth to Yağmur". Haber Turk. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  6. "Ağlatan sohbet! 'Ben Yağmur'u doğurmadığımı unuttum'". CNN Turk. Retrieved 20 April 2020.


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