Tülin Özen

Tülin Özen was born on December 24, 1979, in İskenderun, Turkey. Her family is originally from Artvin. Both of her parents are engineers. She graduated from Bornova Anatolian High School in Izmir. She studied Electrical Engineering at Istanbul Technical University (ITU) but left in her third year to enroll in the Conservatory Department of Yeditepe University, from which she graduated. During her studies, she performed in various plays at the State Theater. Her film debut came in 2004 with Semih Kaplanoğlu's "Meleğin Düşüşü" (Angel's Fall), for which she won the Golden Orange Award for Best Actress, as well as awards at film festivals in Ankara and Nuremberg. Among her other notable works are the films "Yumurta" (Egg, 2007), "Vicdan" (Conscience, 2008), "Bal" (Honey, 2010), "Abluka" (The Blockade, 2015), and the series "Beyaz Gelincik" (White Poppy, 2005-2007), "Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem" (The Magnificent Century: Kösem, 2015-2016), "Ufak Tefek Cinayetler" (Petty Crimes, 2017-2018), "Kırmızı Oda" (The Red Room, 2020-2021), and "Bir Başkadır" (Ethos, 2020) on Netflix. For her role in "Vicdan," she won Best Supporting Actress awards at the Adana Altın Koza Film Festival, the SIYAD (Turkish Film Critics Association) Awards, and the Sadri Alışık Award.