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Pınar Altuğ

Pınar Altuğ
Born (1974-09-02) 2 September 1974 (age 50)
Occupation(s)Actress, TV Host, Model
Years active1995–present
Spouses
Umut Elçioğlu
(m. 2000; div. 2003)
Yağmur Atacan
(m. 2008)
Children1

Pınar Altuğ Atacan (born 2 September 1974[1]) is a Turkish actress, tv host, former model and beauty pageant titleholder. She is best known for family comedy "Çocuklar Duymasın" (2002-2019) which one of the longest Turkish series.[2]

Education

Altuğ studied at Saint-Benoît French High School. She started modeling while in high school. Her father died when she was 17 years old. Altuğ, who was elected Miss Turkey 1994, stopped her education at Istanbul University School of Political Sciences, Department of Business Administration in 1997. She eventually pursued a degree in communication studies.[3]

Career

She started her career in television in 1995. Between 1995 and 1998, she worked as a presenter on various news-magazine programs.[3] In 1999, she started presenting the food program Pınar'ın Yemek Zevki, after which she retired from modelling. In 2003, she released her first cookbook, titled Pınar'ın Mutfağından. From 2004 to 2006, she presented the Türkiye'nin Yıldızları contest.

In 2000, she was cast in the Kurt Kapanı TV series. She continued her career as an actress with roles in popular series Çocuklar Duymasın, Omuz Omuza, Davetsiz Misafir and İlk Aşkım. She played two roles in "Davetsiz Misafir". In 2010, she began taking part in the new season of comedy series Çocuklar Duymasın, for which she eventually a Golden Butterfly Award for Best Comedy Actress in 2018.[4][5]

With Emre Kınay, she performed for twice in play "Mutlu Aile Tablosu" which won Afife Jale Best Comedy Play Award. [6]

Personal life

In 2000, she married Umut Elçioğlu but divorced after a few years. In 2008, she married actor Yağmur Atacan. Their daughter, named Su, was born in January 2009.[3]

Filmography

Television

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2000 Kurt Kapanı Serap Arma Leading role
2002 Reyting Hamdi Pınar Guest appearance
2004 Omuz Omuza Nisan Öz Leading role
2005 Davetsiz Misafir Defne/Şirin
2006 İlk Aşkım Lale Gürsoy
2006 Deli Dolu Selin
2009 Aile Reisi Bahar Poyraz
2002–2019 Çocuklar Duymasın Meltem

Film

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2008 Asteriks Olimpiyat Oyunları'nda Irena Voice-over
2016 Pamuk Prens Pınar Altuğ Guest appearance

TV programs

Program
Year Title
2004 Türkiye'nin Yıldızları
2007 Sizi Böyle Alalım
2007 Bir Dilek Tut
2007 Mucizeler Gecesi
2008 Pınarın Günlüğü
2009–2010 Bir Şarkısın Sen
2012 Bir Şarkısın Sen
2017 Sizi Böyle Alalım
2018 Sizi Böyle Alalım Ramadan Special

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result
2018 45th Golden Butterfly Awards Best Comedy Actress Çocuklar Duymasın Won[7]

References