Çiğdem Selışık Onat Explained

Çiğdem Selışık Onat
Birth Name:Çiğdem Selışık
Birth Date:14 May 1939
Birth Place:Ankara, Turkey
Occupation:Actress

Çiğdem Selışık Onat (born 14 May 1939) is a Turkish actress.

Life and career

Selışık Onat was born in Ankara in 1939. After finishing her studies at Robert College, she enrolled in Istanbul University's School of Literature. While continuing with her studies, she became one of the founders of, a movement focused on bringing together young stage actors from different universities and schools across Turkey.[1] She subsequently started working at Kenter Theatre and Ankara State Theatre. She got her master's degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[1] She continued her doctorate program on comparative drama studies at the same university.[1] She continued her career in the United States by both appearing and staging a number of plays at Lincoln Center and the New York University Tisch School of the Arts.[1] In Turkey, she worked as a director at the Istanbul City Theatres.[1] Her portrayal of Signora Fioria in the play The Time of the Cuckoo, which was staged at Lincoln Center, earned her a nomination for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play in 2000.[1]

During her nearly forty-year career as an educator she taught various theatre and acting courses at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and graduate acting classes at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts.[1] She also taught acting and drama courses at Koç University for about 4 years.[1]

Selected filmography

Film
YearTitle RoleNotes
2015ÇırakMakbule
2016İstanbul Kırmızısı[2] Süreyya Soysal
2017Yol AyrımıFirdevs
2019 Çiçero
Television
2018Ufak Tefek CinayetlerTomrisTV series
2018AzraNetflix original series
2019Kardeş ÇocuklarıRezzanTV series
2020–2021Seferiye HatunTV series
2021HamletAmelia original series
2022AlefİsmihanBluTV original series
2023Ne Gemiler YaktımNerimanTV series

Awards and nominations

YearAwardWorkCategoryResultNotes
2000Drama Desk AwardThe Time of the CuckooOutstanding Featured Actress in a Play
201552nd Antalya International Film FestivalÇırakBest Supporting Actress[3]
201627th Ankara International Film FestivalBest Supporting Actress[4]
201750th Turkish Film Critics Association AwardsYol AyrımıBest Supporting Actress[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Çiğdem Selışık Onat kimdir? Çiğdem Selışık Onat nereli ve kaç yaşında?. Sözcü. 22 March 2019. 2 November 2022.
  2. News: İstanbul Kırmızısı setinden ilk fotoğraflar. 5 December 2016. NTV. 4 June 2016. Turkish.
  3. News: 52'nci Uluslararası Antalya Film Festivali'nde Altın Portakal'ın ilk sahipleri belli oldu.. 5 December 2016. Hürriyet. 6 December 2015. Turkish. https://web.archive.org/web/20161202165538/http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/52nci-uluslararasi-antalya-film-festivalinde-altin-portakalin-ilk-sahipleri-belli-oldu-40023458. 2 December 2016.
  4. News: 27. Ankara Uluslararası Film Festivali Sona Erdi. 5 December 2016. Milliyet. 8 May 2016. Turkish.
  5. News: SİYAD'da 2017 yılı adayları belirlendi. 4 February 2018. CNN Türk. 10 January 2018. Turkish. https://web.archive.org/web/20180205072549/https://www.cnnturk.com/video/tv-cnn-turk/programlar/afis/siyadda-2017-yili-adaylari-belirlendi. 5 February 2018.