Elit İşcan (born 12 January 1994) is a Turkish actress. Her credits include the film Mustang and the television show Küçük Kadınlar. She has received the IFFI Best Actor Award (Female) at the 46th International Film Festival of India.
Life and career İşcan's father was an architect and her mother was a computer programmer. She has one sibling. She finished her studies at the Istanbul Kemer College. After Reha Erdem's visit to her school, she auditioned for the movie Beş Vakit and was cast in a supporting role, which marked her cinematic debut. With her role in the TV series Küçük Kadınlar she gained popularity. Later in 2008, she appeared in Reha Erdem's movie Hayat Var and portrayed the character Hayat. For this role, she was nominated for Cahide Sonku Best Performance by an Actress Award at the 42nd SİYAD Awards. In 2015, she had a leading role in Deniz Gamze Ergüven's movie Mustang. The film was selected as France's submission, and was nominated for, the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes 2006 Beş Vakit Yıldız Promising Young Actress - 13th Altın Koza International Film Festival, 2006 Honorable Mention - 12th Nuremberg Turkey / Germany Film Festival, 2007 2008 Hayat Var Hayat Young Witch - 12th Flying Broom International Women's Film Festival, 2009 Best Young Talent - 3rd Yeşilçam Awards, 2010 Nomination – Cahide Sonku Best Performance by an Actress Award, SİYAD Awards, 2009 2008–2010 Küçük Kadınlar Bilge Gezici TV series 2009 Dersimiz: Atatürk Küçük Afet İnan 2009 Ölü Yaprak Vuruşu Nurhan Güneyli 2012 Taş Mektep Mina 2013 A.Ş.K. Semra TV series 2015 Mustang Ece 21st Sadri Alışık Theater and Cinema Acting Awards Selection Committee Special Award 2019 Kurşun Zeynep TV series - Guest appearance on the first episode. 2019 Baumbacher Syndrome Fida 2021 Hamlet Web series
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