Acting
Oct 14, 1947
Ankara, Turkey
Hümeyra
Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia Hümeyra Akbay (Turkish pronunciation: [hymejˈɾaː akˈbaj]) (born 15 October 1947) is a Turkish actress, singer, composer, and lyricist. In the 1970s she was a noted singer and actress. Her popularity with the new generation rose in the 2000s with the sitcom Avrupa Yakası and the feature drama My Father and My Son directed by Çağan Irmak. In the 1970s, her songs "Kördüğüm", "Sessiz Gemi", "Otuz Beş Yaş" were very successful. Her later albums Tutkulardan İntihar, Beyhude were outside the mainstream. "Tutkulardan İntihar" was one of the first examples of Turkish rap songs. She debuted in theater. Her debut acting in a feature film was Talihli Amele. In 1985, with Ferhan Şensoy's "Ortaoyuncular" troupe, she took part in the stage play İçinden Tramvay Geçen Şarkı. In 1986, she won the Golden Orange for Best Supporting Actress Award with her performance in Asiye Nasıl Kurtulur? at Antalya Film Festival. She was also awarded the honorary "Illuminating Apollo" award at the 10th İstanbul International Meeting of Cinema-History in 2007.
Feature Films (22)
In a place where there is no time, a traveler comes to an unnamed village where we do not know where on the map. The weary traveler is a messenger. They have stories to tell, words to say.
The Messenger
A feature film that tells the story of the director's grandfather who was forced to leave Crete in the 1920s during the Greek-Turkish population exchange.
My Grandfather's People
1926, Turkey. Anatolia is undergoing a difficult and harsh process marked by turmoil and uncertainty. Alongside the decisive and conscious directives to establish the new infrastructure of the new Turkey, there are also examples of resistance that cause an unstoppable reaction and unhealed wounds. Amidst the political backdrop revealed by this process, which operates with the indifference of a broken clock, individual stories continue to unfold with all their human qualities, and personal conflicts persist in highlighting negativity.
Kurt Kanunu
The story of a group of former activist friends who came together after September 12 and questioned the past.
The 80th Step
After receiving a letter from a woman named Asiye asking for help to save her, the President of the Associations Against Prostitution visits the brothel to save Asiye. However, she finds herself in a strange musical show.
How to Save Asiye
Mine is a gorgeous woman who gets the attention of all the men in town as well as the jealous glances of the ladies around her. She is married to an old station chief. She is lonely and miserable in her marital life. İlhan, the brother of her only friend Perihan, arrives in town, and everything changes. Ilhan and Mine, who quickly become friends, begin to be gossiped about around town.
Mine
An old pop singer who has Alzheimer's returns to her old house where she remembers her old days of climbing the stairs of fame and fortune while trying to deal with her older sister who holds her responsible for her ruined life.
Whisper If I Forget
A woman and the four men who enter her life... The search for happiness, marriages, arguments, separations, and losses... In short, intense relationships... Sibel works as a general coordinator at the company where she and Metin are employed, while Metin is an industrial designer. The early days of their marriage are filled with excitement. However, soon after, arguments and disagreements begin to push their marriage toward the brink. One day, after an argument, Metin is involved in a car accident on his way home and dies. From this point onward, the film explores the ups and downs in Sibel's life through a different thematic lens.
Bir Kadının Anatomisi
A girl tries to manage the demands of her traditional family's wishes and her own as she embarks on a journey to marry the love of her life.
Husband Factor: Resurrection
A left-wing journalist whose wife died while giving birth to his son during a military coup returns to his family's farm. Estranged from his father for turning his back on the family and wasting his life with political activism instead, he tries to reconnect with him so that his son will have a place to live as his health is deteriorating due to the extensive torture he had to endure.
My Father and My Son
Television & Series (16)
Ali Tahir was a brave commander who fought in the Battle of Sakarya in 1921. During the battle, he made a costly mistake that led to the death of many of his soldiers. However, he managed to turn the tide of the battle and was shot in the process. Miraculously, he was resurrected by the “Water of Life” and never aged again. In the following years, he became an agricultural educator and married a woman named Leyla. However, Leyla couldn’t handle the fact that he never aged and committed suicide. In 1968, he changed his name to Esref and became a school inspector. He fell in love with a teacher named Süreyya and they got married, but their marriage ended after Süreyya discovered hints from his past. In 2023, he changed his name again to Kemal and met Harika, a young and beautiful writer who entered his life unexpectedly. Will Harika be able to help Kemal find the answers he has been searching for over a decade?
Miracle of Love
A young woman's forced marriage to the agha of a tribe in Southeastern Turkey leads to tragedy and social change.
Sila
The life and times of rather traditional Sutcuoglu family and their comedic struggles to adapt the high-profile contemporary life of Nisantasi.
The European Side
Girl decides to move to another city to chase her dreams without her mother's knowing.
