Bennu Yıldırımlar

Bennu Yıldırımlar
Born
Istanbul, Turkey
OccupationActress
Years active1990–present
Spouse
(m. 1995)
Children1
Websitebennuyildirimlar.com

Bennu Yıldırımlar Yarar is a Turkish actress known for her performance in Yaprak Dökümü as Fikret Tekin, Umutsuz Ev Kadınları as Nermin, Kadın as Hatice, and Süper Baba  as Elif.

Biography

Her family is Turkish origin who immigrated from Macedonia and Crete, Greece.[1] Bennu Yıldırımlar studied at Erenköy Girls High School and graduated from Istanbul University State Conservatory in 1990. From 1990 to 1991, she gained experience at the Westminster Adult Education Institute in London.[2] Yıldırımlar was chosen 'Most Promising new Actress' at the 6th Ankara Film Festival for her role in Ağrıya Dönüş in 1994. In 1999, she was given the 'Best Actress' Sadri Alışık award for her performance in the film Kaç Para Kaç.[3]

She has been married to actor Bülent Emin Yarar since 1995.

Filmography

Television
Year Title Role Network
1988 Perili Köşk TRT
1990 Gençler TRT
1990 Gülen Ayva Ağlayan Nar
1993 Rifle King Kong Show Kanal 6
1994 Piranha Films Channel 4
1994 Muhteşem Zango Star TV
1995 Kopgel Taksi Star TV
1995 Video Klip ve Çizgi Film Sunuşları Show TV
1996 Sharpe's Revenge Carlton TV
1997 Süper Baba Elif ATV
1998 Utanmaz Adam ATV
1998 Kördüğüm TRT
2001 Tek Celse TRT
2001 Üzgünüm Leyla TRT
2001 Kim Gitsin Yarışma Programı Star TV
2002 Bir Tatlı Huzur Show TV
2002 Şapkadan Babam Çıktı Emel TRT
2004 Avrupa Yakası "Guest appearance" ATV
2005 Aynalar Gül TRT
2005 Maki Iraz Show TV
2006–2010 Yaprak Dökümü Fikret Tekin Kanal D
2011–2014 Umutsuz Ev Kadınları Nermin Seçkinoğlu Kanal D-Fox
2014–2015 Gönül İşleri Servet Üstün Star TV
2016 Altınsoylar Saadet Altınsoy Kanal D
2017–2019 Kadın Hatice Sarıkadı Fox
2021 Sadakatsiz Asya Günalan Kanal D
2021 Olağan Şüpheliler Feyza Exxen
2022 Kusursuz Kiracı Madam Vula Fox
2023 Veda Mektubu Seher Karlı Kanal D
2023–2024 Kara Sema Talan Show TV
2025 Kurulus :Orhan Malhun Hatun ATV
Film
Year Title Role
1992 Adada Son Gece
1993 Hacı Yusuf Efendi
1994 Ağrı'ya Dönüş Muhsine
1994 Gece, Melek ve Bizim Çocuklar Gülsen
1998 Eski Fotoğraflar
1998 Kaç Para Kaç Ayla
1999 Ölümün El Yazısı
2000 Hiç Yoktan Aşk Nurgül
2006 Kabuslar Evi: Kaçan Fırsatlar Limited Filiz
2009 Gökten Üç Elma Düştü Nilgün
2010 Kars Öyküleri
2016 Ağustos Böcekleri ve Karıncalar Selma
2018 Ahlat Ağacı Asuman

Theatre Plays

  • 2016 - Twelfth Night  : Shakespeare - Istanbul City Theatres
  • 2012 - Living in Tight Shoes  : Dušan Kovačević - Istanbul City Theatres
  • 2011 - Meeting Place  : Dušan Kovačević - Istanbul City Theatres
  • 2009 - General Rehearsal of Suicide  : Dušan Kovačević - Istanbul City Theatres
  • 2007 - Three Sisters - Anton Chekhov (Masha) - Istanbul City Theatres
  • 2006 - The Respectful Harlot - Jean-Paul Sartre (Lizzie) - Istanbul City Theatres [1] [2] Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine .
  • 2002-2007 - Yaprak Dökümü (The Falling Leaves) - Based on the novel of the same name by Reşat Nuri Güntekin (Fikret) - Istanbul City Theatres
  • 2002-2003 - Richard III - Shakespeare - Istanbul City Theatres
  • 2002 - Fire-Faced - Marius von Mayenburg - Istanbul City Theatres
  • 2002 - Women.War.Comedy - Thomas Brasch - Istanbul City Theatres
  • 2001-2002 - Everyone in the Same Garden - Collage of Anton Chekhov plays - Istanbul City Theatres
  • 1998-1999 - Huzur - Based on the novel of the same name by Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar (Nuran) - Istanbul City Theatres
  • 1995 - The Story of a Horse - Adapted from Tolstoy by M. Rozovsky - Istanbul City Theatres
  • 1994 - My Military Service - N. Simon - Istanbul City Theatres
  • 1990 - Three Sisters - Anton Chekhov - Istanbul City Theatres

Awards and nominations

Year Awards Category Work Result Ref.
1994 Ankara International Film Festival Most Promising New Actress Ağrı’ya Dönüş Won
1996 Bedia Muvahhit Award Best Actress for the play The Story of a Horse (Bir Atın Öyküsü) Won
1998 İsmet Küntay Awards Best Actress for the play Huzur Won
1999 Turkish Film Critics Association (SİYAD) Awards Best Actress A Run for Money (Kaç Para Kaç) Nominated
2000 Sadri Alışık Theatre and Cinema Awards Best Actress A Run for Money (Kaç Para Kaç) Won
2000 32nd Turkish Film Critics Association Awards Best Actress A Run for Money (Kaç Para Kaç) Nominated
2002 6th Afife Theatre Awards Best Supporting Actress of the Year Everyone in the Same Garden Won
2006 11th Sadri Alışık Theatre and Film Actor Awards Most Successful Female Actress of the Year Saygılı Yosma Nominated
2006 6th Direklerarası Audience Awards Best Actress Saygılı Yosma (The Respectful Harlot) Won
2008 Golden Butterfly Awards (Altın Kelebek) Best Actress for the TV series Yaprak Dökümü Won
2018 Turkish Film Critics Association (SİYAD) Awards Best Supporting Actress The Wild Pear Tree (Ahlat Ağacı) Won
2019 Sadri Alışık Theatre and Cinema Awards Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (Drama) The Wild Pear Tree (Ahlat Ağacı) Won
2020 Golden Artemis Awards Best Supporting Actress (TV Series) Woman (Kadın) Nominated
2025 Moon Life Magazine Awards Best Female Character Player for her role as Malhun Hatun Kuruluş: Orhan Won

References

  1. ^ "Yaşlılığımı çiçek sulayarak geçirmem". Sabah.
  2. ^ "Pilav günü buluşması". Hürriyet. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
  3. ^ "Bennu Yıldırımlar awards". Sinematürk. Retrieved 2012-01-31.