Who is Şerif Sezer? His Movies and TV Series - Who is Kingfisher Hatice (Hattuç)?
Şerif Sezer was born on December 12, 1946, in the Mudanya district of Bursa province, the eldest daughter of a family of Rumelian, Laz, and Georgian origins involved in olive farming.
He began his acting career in theater and moved to film in 1980 with the film "A Day's Story."
One of his younger twin sisters died of diphtheria.
His parents divorced when he was eight.
He didn't see his mother, who had moved to Ankara, for six years.
After completing primary school, he experienced the disadvantages of being a tall and attractive girl.
His uncle sent him to a needlework course instead of middle school to prepare him for marriage.
Yet, Şerif Sezer longed to leave Mudanya and study.
For many years, he hated his name because the town's children mocked him as the "Sherif of the Town."
When he went to Paris at the age of twenty, he began to reconcile with his name when the French called him "Şeri." Her mother, whom she knew was married and living in Ankara but couldn't contact out of fear for her family, began communicating with her daughter with the help of a friend living in Mudanya.
With the plan devised by the mother and daughter, Şerif Sezer ran away from home with only his primary school diploma and ID card.
He reunited with his mother in Bursa and sent a telegram to his father, saying, "I'm with my mother in Ankara, I won't be back."
At fourteen, thanks to his mother, he wanted to attend middle school, but couldn't bring himself to study with children two years younger than him.
Then he enrolled in the Girls' Institute.
Encouraged by his teacher, who saw his academic success, he went to the principal of the adjacent middle school and applied.
He needed special permission from the governor's office to attend a special class where he would take first and second-year middle school courses.
He obtained the necessary permissions and passed the exam, earning himself a place in the third-year middle school.
In his first year of high school, he went to see a play by the conservatory's boarding students and became eager to study at the conservatory. The following year, a classmate applied, and she was encouraged to take the plunge.
Of all the candidates, only two were accepted as boarders.
She became classmates with Alev Sezer and Arsen Gürzap.
That same year, she returned to Mudanya, where she had fled at the age of eighteen, to visit her father and family.
Her family was not at all pleased with the news that she would become an actress.
After graduating, she joined the Ankara State Theatre.
She first appeared in Ahmet Kutsi Tecer's play "Köşe Başı" (Head of the Corner).
She married a young student from the Faculty of Political Sciences whom she had met around school.
A scholarship her husband had won required their travels to Paris.
She left the theatre and started a new life in Paris.
To supplement her income, she worked as a babysitter, sewing in fashion houses, and modeling.
Six years later, she returned to Turkey in a friend's car traveling from Paris to Istanbul.
She then packed her things and returned to Paris to divorce her husband. Two years later, in 1971, she married Azmi Arna, who was pursuing a doctorate in philosophy at the Sorbonne, whom she had met in Paris.
She had relocated to Istanbul, but due to vacancies at the Istanbul State Theatre, she began working as a waiter at the bar of the Sheraton Hotel to earn money.
Four years later, when the State Theatre's director changed, Şerif Sezer returned to the theatre after a call was made to former alumni.
He made his film debut in 1980, alongside Sinan Çetin.
The film, "A Day's Story," remained on hold for a long time after the September 12 coup.
1981 marked a turning point in Şerif Sezer's career.
Şerif Gören took Şerif Sezer's photographs to the prison where Yılmaz Güney was imprisoned, hoping to use them in his new film.
Yılmaz Güney was so impressed with the black-and-white photographs taken by Sinan Çetin that he agreed to have Şerif Sezer co-star.
The film, "Yol," generated significant interest and won the Palme d'Or at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival. The same year, she starred in Erden Kıral's film, A Season in Hakkari, which earned her the Silver Bear in Berlin in 1983.
Her daughter, Deniz, was born in 1986.
Although she appeared in numerous films, television series, and television films since 1988, she first gained wider recognition in 2002 with her role as Ali Hamzaoğlu's sister, Kader, in the TV series Asmalı Konak.
Çağan Irmak, who directed the series, shot in Cappadocia, was also writing the script for the film "Everything About Mustafa."
While writing the role of Mustafa's mother, Şerif Sezer was considered for the role.
Şerif Sezer starred in this film, which was released in 2003 after the series concluded.
The veteran actress has appeared in numerous films, television series, and television films over the years, and has also occasionally participated in theatrical projects.
She has received numerous awards throughout her career. Curren...