Beren Saat

Beren Saat

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Beren Saat (Turkish pronunciation: [beˈɾen saˈat]; born 26 February 1984) is a Turkish actress born and raised in Ankara

Since the beginning of her career, she has received critical acclaim and numerous accolades for her acting

While studying at Başkent University, she participated in the acting competition Türkiye’nin Yıldızları and was discovered by Turkish director Tomris Giritlioğlu, launching her professional acting career

Saat made her acting debut with a minor part in the television series Aşkımızda Ölüm Var (2004)

She was then prepared by Tomris Giritlioğlu for her first major role in Aşka Sürgün (2005–۲۰۰۶)

She starred as a feisty tomboy named Yasemin Ünsal in the ATV’s political series Hatırla Sevgili (2006–۲۰۰۸) and

came to international attention for her role as Bihter Yöreoğlu Ziyagil, an unfaithful wife, in the Kanal D’s romantic

series Aşk-ı Memnu (2008–۲۰۱۰), for which she received critical acclaim and won numerous accolades, including

two Golden Butterfly Awards. Her other major roles in television includes a rape victim, Fatmagül Ketenci Ilgaz, in

the social drama Fatmagül’ün Suçu Ne? (2010–۲۰۱۲), and an avenger named Derin Çelik/Yağmur Özden in the

drama series İntikam (2013–۲۰۱۴), a remake from the American television series Revenge. Her film career began

with the drama film Güz Sancısı (۲۰۰۹), and continued with Gecenin Kanatları (۲۰۰۹), Rhino Season (2012) and

Benim Dünyam (2013)

From 2015 to 2016, she starred as the titular character in the historical drama series Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem, for

which she was said to be receiving 90,000 per episode

Saat was the highest-paid actress in Turkey from 2008 to 2014

She has participated in several movies as a voice actor

She was named Actress of the Year in the “2010 Damgasını Vuranlar” list published by Radikal newspaper

In addition to her acting career, Saat is noted for her charitable efforts

She has been married to singer Kenan Doğulu since 2014

Early life

Beren Saat was born on 26 February 1984 in Ankara, to Ayla Saat (née Dikmen) and Hüseyin Avni Saat, both graduates of sports academy

She has a brother, Cem Saat. Raised in Ankara, she primarily studied at TED Ankara College Foundation Private

High School and briefly attended Başkent University’s Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences before

pursuing a career in acting. With the support of her college friends, she applied to an acting competition called

Türkiye’nin Yıldızları in which she became the first runner-up. After that, she appeared on TV commercials of Tofita

directed by Sinan Çetin. She was discovered by the renowned director Tomris Giritlioğlu and debuted in her first

series Aşkımızda Ölüm Var

Personal life

Beren Saat began dating Kenan Doğulu in February 2012. Saat and Doğulu became engaged on 23 February 2014 in Istanbul and were married on 29 July 2014 in Los Angeles, California in the United States-magazinetime.ir

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Director(s)	Notes
۲۰۰۹	Pains of Autumn	Elena	Tomris Giritlioğlu	Main role
	Wings of the Night	Gece	Serdar Akar	Main role
۲۰۱۰	Toy Story 3	Barbie	Lee Unkrich	Dubbing voice
۲۰۱۲	Brave	Merida	Mark Andrews Brenda Chapman	Dubbing voice
	Rhino Season	Buse	Bahman Ghobadi	Main role
۲۰۱۳	My World	Ela	Uğur Yücel	Main role
۲۰۱۵	Minions	Scarlet Overkill	Kyle Balda Pierre Coffin	Dubbing voice
Television
Year	Title	Role	Channel	Notes
۲۰۰۴	There is Death in Our Love	Nermin	Show TV	Supporting role
۲۰۰۵–۲۰۰۶	Love in Exile	Zilan Şahvar Azizoğlu	ATV	Main role
۲۰۰۶–۲۰۰۸	Remember Darling	Yasemin Ünsal	ATV	Main role
۲۰۰۷	European Side	Herself	ATV	Special guest appearance
۲۰۰۸–۲۰۱۰	Forbidden Love	Bihter Yöreoğlu Ziyagil	Kanal D	Main role
۲۰۱۰–۲۰۱۲	What is Fatmagül’s fault?	Fatmagül Ketenci Ilgaz	Kanal D	Main role
۲۰۱۳–۲۰۱۴	Revenge	Derin Çelik/Yağmur Özden	Kanal D	Main role
۲۰۱۵–۲۰۱۶	Magnificent Century: Kösem	Kösem Sultan	Star TV	Main role

Brand endorsement
Year	Brand	Director(s)	Notes
۲۰۰۴–۰۵	Tofita	Tomris Giritlioğlu
۲۰۱۰–۱۱	Patos	Eric Heimbold
۲۰۱۰–۱۱	Rexona	Marco Pinesi
۲۰۱۳–۱۴	Duru
۲۰۱۵–۱۶	Arçelik	Marco Pinesi

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
۲۰۰۸	Golden Tulip Fine Arts Award	Best Actress	Hatırla Sevgili	Won
۲۰۰۹	Kabataş Graduates Association		Güz Sancısı	Won
	Yıldız Technical University		Aşk-ı Memnu	Won
	Golden Butterfly Awards			Won
	Beykent University			Won
۲۰۱۰	Cinema is Here Festival	Young Actress	Gecenin Kanatları	Won
	Turkey Elle Style Awards	Stylish Actress		Won
	AyaklıGazete.com Awards	Best Actress in a Drama Series	Aşk-ı Memnu	Won
	Golden Butterfly Awards	Best Actress		Won
	Turkey Talk Magazine			Won
	Kadir Has University			Won
	Galatasaray University			Won
	Marmara University			Won
	İsmail Cem Television Awards	Best Drama Actress		Nominated
	Antalya Television Awards			Nominated
۲۰۱۱	Yıldız Technical University	Best Actress	Fatmagül’ün Suçu Ne?	Won
	Doğuş University			Won
	Association of Advertising Agencies			Won
	۲nd Quality Magazine Awards			Won
	Esenler Municipality			Won
	Dumlupınar University			Won
	Antalya Television Awards	Best Drama Actress		Nominated
۲۰۱۲	۷th Seoul International Drama Awards	Best Actress		Nominated
	Kadir Has University			Won
	AyaklıGazete.com Awards	Best Actress in a Drama Series		Won
	۱۱٫ ROTABEST Awards	Best Actress		Won
	۲۵th International Consumer Summit			Won
	Şişli Vocational School			Won
	Haydarpaşa High School	Top Actress		Won
۲۰۱۳	Bilkent University	Best Actress		Won
	TUROB	Thanking Award	Aşk-ı Memnu	Won
	Turkey GQ Awards	Woman of the Year		Won
۲۰۱۴	Milliyet Art Magazine	Best Actress	Benim Düyam	Won
	Yıldız Technical University	Best Cinema Actress		Won
	Istanbul Technical University	The Most Successful Actress		Won
	Premio APES	Best International Actress	Fatmagül’ün Suçu Ne? & Aşk-ı Memnu	Won
	AyaklıGazete.com Award	Best Actress in a Drama Series	İntikam	Nominated
۲۰۱۵	Haliç University	Best Commercial	Arçelik	Won
	Elele Avon Women Awards	Social Responsibility		Nominated
۲۰۱۶	AyaklıGazete.com Awards	Best Actress in a Historical Series	Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem	Nominated
	Ege University Social Media Awards	Best Actress		Nominated
	Moon Life Awards			Nominated
	۱۶th Murex d’Or Awards	Best Foreign Actress		Won
۲۰۱۷	National Solidarity Platform	National Posture Honorary Award		Won
	Latina Turkish Awards	Best Actress	Aşk-ı Memnu	Won
		Sexiest Actress		Won