Filiz Akin
Movie Actress
During the 1960s and '70s, this Turkish actress appeared in over one hundred films in her native country. She received the 1971 Golden Orange Award for her role in the film Ankara Ekspresi.
After studying archaeology at Ankara University, she made her screen debut in the 1962 film Akasyalar Acarken.
One of her scenes in the 1973 movie Kareteci Kiz became the subject of a 2012 viral YouTube video titled "Worst Movie Death Scene Ever."
Her first marriage, to movie director Turker Inanoglu, resulted in an actor son named Ilker Inanoglu. Her second marriage was to Turkish diplomat Sonmez Koksal.
She and Cuneyt Arkin co-starred in a film titled Citkirildim.