Behzat C.: Best Turkish Cult TV Series
Behzat C Bir Ankara Polisiyesi, A Turkish cult TV series based on the novel by author Emrah Serbes, has been loved and followed by millions of people over...
- Born
- July 15, 1976 · Istanbul
- Occupation
- Actress
- Known for
- Behzat C, Menajerimi Ara, Aile
Photo: Sabri76, CC0 via Wikimedia Commons
Biography
Canan Ergüder is a Turkish actress trained in New York and best known for the crime franchise Behzat Ç., the drama Güllerin Savaşı and the comedy Menajerimi Ara. She was born on 15 July 1976 in Istanbul; her father, Üstün Ergüder, is a professor of political science.
Training in the United States
Ergüder studied theatre at Franklin & Marshall College and earned a master’s degree from the Actors Studio Drama School at The New School, with a short programme at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. In 2003 she became a lifetime member of the Actors Studio, the legendary institution founded by Elia Kazan, Cheryl Crawford and Robert Lewis. In 2007 she won Best Supporting Actress at the Hoboken International Film Festival for Shooting Johnson Roebling.
Stage and screen
On stage she has appeared in Graceland, Twelfth Night, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Three Sisters and Arcadia, and in 2009 she won the Afife Jale Theatre Award for Best Supporting Actress for Bayrak.
Her TV debut came in 2007 in Bıçak Sırtı with Mehmet Günsür, followed by Binbir Gece. She is best known for Behzat Ç. Bir Ankara Polisiyesi, the cult crime series and films alongside Erdal Beşikçioğlu and Fatih Artman. From 2014 to 2016 she had a lead role in Güllerin Savaşı with Damla Sönmez, and she later starred in Menajerimi Ara, the Turkish version of the French hit Call My Agent!.
She has also appeared in international films, including Russell Crowe’s The Water Diviner.
Share your opinion on Canan Ergüder in our fan polls.
Canan Ergüder Fan Club
