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Contact: duruyucel@hotmail.com / +905307613311
Height: 5′ 3” (160 cm)
Hair: long, blue black/dark brown/black
Eyes: dark brown
Born on: July 16 in Izmir, Turkey
Film Credits:
- Pure (feature film project in development) – starring
- We Put the World to Sleep (feature film in post-production) – starring / producer
- Elif (2014 TV series) – playing University Student (supporting)
- Cost of Love (Aşkın Bedeli): (2014 TV series) – playing Nurse (supporting)
- Grandpas Know Best (2012 short film) – playing Party Girl – Short Film Corner at Cannes Film Festival
Education:
- Acting and Art Education at The Studio Players in Istanbul, Turkey (2011-2014)
- Bachelor’s degree in English-Turkish Interpretation and Translation at the Izmir University of Economics in Turkey (2011)
- Elocution lessons (in Turkish) for dubbing/voice-over
Competences & Skills:
Acting, Singing (Jazz), Improvisation, Scriptwriting, Theatre, Swimming, Yoga, Dancing, Driving, Dubbing/Voice-over, English-Turkish Interpretation & Translation
Languages:
English (fluent), Turkish (native), Spanish (limited), Romanian (limited)
Theatre:
“Becoming A Rhinoceros 2.014” (The Studio Players, 2014) – supporting role – written and directed by Şahika Tekand – June 4 & 5 at Istanbul Theatre Festival, July 1 & 26 at ENKA Culture and Art Meetings, November 26 at Sevgi Gönül Centre of Culture in Koç University
Music:
A demo of 10 classical jazz songs I sang and recorded in English
Commercials:
- Kuveyt Turk Bank (2017) – “Saglam Kart” commercial
- Turkish Marine Environment Protection Association “Deniz Temiz TURMEPA” (2016) – social awareness campaign
- Clear, Valentine’s Game (2016) – shampoo brand’s sponsorship commercial
- MS disease (2015) – social awareness campaign
- AFS, Manufacturer of HVAC Products (2015) – introductory clip
Interpretation & Translation:
- 2015: 34th İstanbul Film Festival: Voluntary guide for director Michael Sturminger
- 2015: Head&Shoulders Commercial Shoot: Simultaneous and Consecutive Interpretation and Hosting the Actors and Directors
- 2015 (for a month): New York Film Academy’s Filmmaking Workshop of İstanbul Media Academy: Consecutive Interpretation during workshops, Video Translation and Hosting Guests who are the teachers of the workshop (Gilbert Shilton, Abe Heisler, Hilarion Banks, Kelly Gardner from NYFA)
- 2014 (for a month): International Bosphorus Film Festival: Simultaneous and consecutive interpretation and hosting guests including directors, producers, actors and other esteemed ones such as famous acting coach Ivana Chubbuck and Hollywood Foreign Press Association President Lorenzo Soria
- 2014: Translation of the play “A Hunger Suite” staged in Turkey by the English theatre group Clockfire Theatre Company
- 2012: At Uniact Studio, consecutive and simultaneous interpretation to a world-wide famous coach and trainer (both for actors and business people) Anthony Vincent Bova, during “Executive Communication Seminar”
- 2012 – November 2013: Lucia Oskerova (a Canadian model and actress): Personal interpreter, translator and Turkish speaking teacher
- 2011 – “The First International Pilates and Fitness Training Programmes” – American pilates trainer; Tracey Mallett
Duru Yücel • Actress 