Gülçin Kültür Şahin

Gülçin Kültür Şahin was born on October 10, 1987, in Istanbul, Turkey. She graduated from Babaeski Anatolian High School and then earned a bachelor's degree in Food Engineering from Hacettepe University. Between 2010-2013, she pursued her master's degree and worked as a research assistant at Middle East Technical University. In 2012, she started working as a food engineer at the Ministry of Agriculture. That same year, she began her acting career with the theater group TiyatroMUZ. In 2013, she received a full scholarship to study acting at Bilkent University, from which she graduated with honors in 2017. She then resigned from the ministry to fully dedicate herself to acting. Her film debut came in 2018 with "Kelebekler" (Butterflies), for which she won the Best Supporting Actress award at the Ankara International Film Festival. For her leading role in "Çatlak" (Fractured, 2020), she won the Best Actress award at the 57th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, and for "Kumbara" (Penny Bank, 2020), she won an award at the Bosphorus Film Festival. Among her other notable works are the series "Kırmızı Oda" (The Red Room, 2020-2022), "Ömer" (2023-2024), and the film "7. Koğuştaki Mucize" (Miracle in Cell No. 7, 2019). She is also active in theater; in 2024, she was nominated for the Afife Theater Award for Best Actress for her performance in "Canavar" (The Monster). In addition to acting, she writes book reviews for the Milliyet Kitap magazine. She has been married to Melik Haydar Şahin since 2014.