Nevra Serezli (born 9 August 1944) is a Turkish film, stage, television and voice actress. Serezli was married to the prominent actor Metin Serezli from 1968 until his death in 2013. Their son, Murat Serezli, is also an actor in Turkey.
Early life and marriage Nevra Serezli was born in 1944, in Ankara, Turkey. Her father, Mehmet Abdülkadir Süreyya Şirvan, was a businessman. Her paternal grandfather was from Şirvan, Azerbaijan. Her mother, Ulya Şirvan, was an ethnic Circassian. Before she turned one year old, her parents moved from Ankara to the yalı of her mother's family in Bebek, Istanbul. Nevra Serezli spent a vast majority of her childhood in Istanbul where she attended the American College for Girls. She lived in the neighbourhoods of Bebek, Arnavutköy, Teşvikiye and Kavacık, respectively. Nevra Serezli has a younger sister.
On 7 March 1968, she married the eminent actor and director Metin Serezli, whom she had met in 1966 and got engaged to in 1967. The couple had two sons, Murat and Selim, and two grandchildren. Metin Serezli died of lung cancer on 10 March 2013. He was buried at the Zincirlikuyu Cemetery following a religious funeral held at the Teşvikiye Mosque two days later.
Career Following her graduation from Robert College, she went on to study theatre. In 1965, she started working as a professional stage actress at the Dormen Theatre. Two years later, she appeared at the Ankara Art Theatre. Between 1971 and 1978, she performed in numerous plays with Altan Erbulak and Metin Serezli. In 1984, she registered with Devekuşu Kabare Tiyatrosu (Ostrich Cabaret Theatre) as an actress. She served at the Devekuşu Kabare until 1989. After reprising her duties at the Dormen Theatre in 1990, she joined the theatrical assembly called Tiyatro İstanbul. She gave lessons at the Language and Culture Centre (LCC).
Whilst a student at American College for Girls, she was spotted by college coaches with her role in the musical My Fair Lady. She took lessons from Müşfik Kenter, Melih Cevdet, Haldun Taner and Haldun Dormen. At the age of 22, she played in Cengiz Han'ın Bisikleti at the Dormen Theatre. She participated in theatre festivals in Italy and England.
Nevra Serezli's first film appearance was in the 1966 film Kara Tren and she went on to appear in the comedy films Ne Olacak Şimdi? (1979), Zübük (1980), Kılıbık (1983), Atla Gel Şaban (1984), Aşık Oldum (1985) and Şendul Şaban (1985).
She provided the Turkish voice of a character in the U.S. film Of Mice and Men. She has also starred in the films Unutulmayanlar (2006) and Senin Hikâyen (2013), amongst others. In 2015, she was cast as Peyker in Şebnem Burcuoğlu's adaptation of Kocan Kadar Konuş (2015).
Serezli's television work includes appearances in Ahududu (1974), Kavanozdaki Adam (1987), Sonradan Görmeler (1994–1996), Yerim Seni (1997), Vay Anam Vay (2001), Anne Babamla Evlensene (2005), Sevgili Dünürüm (2007), Altın Kızlar (2009), Başrolde Aşk (2011), Salih Kuşu (2013), Bebek İşi (2013) and Diğer Yarım (2014) before starring as Süreyya Üstün in the Star TV series Gönül İşleri in 2015.
She portrayed Dudu for five seasons in the Turkish television series Sihirli Annem from 2003 to 2011.
Stage career Nevra Serezli's stage work includes appearances in Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Gredy's Çetin Ceviz (1996–1996; Tiyatro İstanbul) and Acaba Hangisi (1988–1999; Tiyatro İstanbul), Refik Erduran's Cengiz Han'ın Bisikleti (Dormen Theatre), Turgut Özakman's Paramparça (Dormen Theatre) and Deliler (1984–1989, Devekuşu Kabare Tiyatrosu), Richard Alfieri's Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks (Tiyatro İstanbul), A. R. Gurney's Sylvia (1999–2000; Tiyatro İstanbul), Jacques Deval's Tovaritch (Şahane Züğürtler), Lerner and Loewe's My Fair Lady, Aşk Münir Özkul Theatre, Hisseli Harikalar Kumpanyası (Şan Tiyatrosu), Işıklar Neden Karardı? (Çevre Tiyatrosu), Çılgın Sonbahar, Çıplak Ayaklı Kontes (Dormen Theatre), Durdurun Dünyayı İnecek Var, Geceye Selam, Gönül Hırsızı (Tiyatro İstanbul), Olur Böyle Vakalar (Çevre Tiyatrosu), Sait Hop Sait, Şen Sazın Bülbülleri and Yolun Yarısı (1990).
Filmography Film Year Film Role Notes 1966 Kara Tren Kibar Ana 1976 Ah Ne Güzel Nane Şekeri Meloş Voice of Alev Sururi 1976 Aman Karım Duymasın Nurten 1976 Bülbül Ailesi Nevin 1976 Saffet Beni Affet Fahriye Başaran 1976 İntikam Meleği: Kadın Hamlet Theatre player 1977 Özgürlüğün Bedeli Television film 1979 Ne Olacak Şimdi? Özden 1979 Şark Bülbülü Fethi Bey's sister Voice of Ayşen Gruda 1980 Gerzek Şaban Lale Voice of Ülkü Özen 1980 Renkli Dünya Meral 1980 Zübük Yektane 1983 Dönme Dolap Lamia 1983 Kılıbık Mihrimah 1983 Metres Müzeyyen 1984 Atla Gel Şaban Niyazi's wife Zehra 1985 Aşık Oldum Güzin "Güziş" Bostancı 1985 Şendul Şaban Necla 1989 Ekran Aşıkları 1994 Çılgın Sonbahar Television film 1994 Şahane Züğürtler Tatiana Television film 2006 Unutulmayanlar Leyla 2013 Senin Hikâyen Meral 2015 Kocan Kadar Konuş Peyker 2016 Kocan Kadar Konuş: Diriliş Peyker 2022 İşte Bu Benim Masalım Aleyna's grandmother Esin
Television Year Film Role Notes 1974 Ahududu 1977 Şıpsevdi Eleni 1987 Kavanozdaki Adam İnci 1988 Güler Misin Ağlar Mısın Nevra 1988 Hisseli Harikalar Kumpanyası Süheyla Deniz Musical television series 1988 Önce Canan 1994–1996 Sonradan Görmeler Şükran Partal 1997 Yerim Seni 1999 Kadınlar Kulübü 2000 Melek Karım Melek 2001 Vay Anam Vay Kibar Ana 2002 Anne Babamla Evlensene Leman 2003 Mühürlü Güller Guest 2003–2011 Sihirli Annem Dudu 2007 Sevgili Dünürüm Güneş 2009 Altın Kızlar Gönül 2011 Başrolde Aşk Gönül Hanım 2013 Bebek İşi Suzan Candan Anne 2013 Salih Kuşu Zakkum 2014 Diğer Yarım Zeynep 2015 Gönül İşleri Süreyya Üstün 2026 Tuzlu Kahve Sitare Kutaygil
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