Pınar Çağlar Gençtürk

Pınar Çağlar Gençtürk was born on 6 March 1982 in İzmit, Kocaeli Province, the middle child of three siblings. At age 12 she won a playback (lip-sync) competition, receiving a year of acting lessons as her prize, and began training at the Kocaeli Regional Theatre. She graduated from the theatre department of Akademi İstanbul, and later was admitted competitively to the theatre department of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Yeditepe University, from which she graduated with top honors. She completed a master's degree in Film and Drama at Kadir Has University. She made her film debut in 2009 in "Yedi Kocalı Hürmüz" (Hürmüz with Seven Husbands), alongside Nurgül Yeşilçay. She made her television debut in 2004 as Şermin in the series "Büyük Buluşma." She appeared in the series "Muhteşem Yüzyıl" (Magnificent Century, 2011–2013, as Beyhan Sultan), "Çıplak Gerçek," "Çalıkuşu," "Evlat Kokusu," "Bizim Hikaye," "Arkadaşlar İyidir," "Arıza" (as Hümeyra), "Sen Ağlama İstanbul," "Yargı" (as Aylin Erguvan), and "Çarpıntı" (as Meryem). For her role in the play "Yalnızlar Kulübü" (The Lonely Hearts Club) she won Best Supporting Actress in a Musical or Comedy at the 17th Afife Theatre Awards, as well as Best Supporting Actress at the Sadri Alışık Awards. Her love of play and performance has stayed with her since childhood — she has said that acting was the profession closest to that childhood urge to play.