Saadet Aksoy

Saadet Aksoy was born on Aug 29, 1983 in Turkey. Saadet Aksoy's big-screen debut came with Güz Yangini - Season 1 directed by Zeynep Gunay Tan in 2005. Saadet Aksoy is known for Twice Born directed by Sergio Castellitto, Penélope Cruz stars as Gemma and Emile Hirsch as Diego. Saadet Aksoy has got 9 awards and 3 nominations so far. The most recent award Saadet Aksoy achieved is Ankara International Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Saadet Aksoy plays is Saf which will be released on Apr 19, 2019.

Saadet Aksoy is a Turkish born actress speaking fluent English, basic French and Italian. She studied English Language and Literature at Bogazici University in Istanbul and started taking film and acting classes while working on short films, taking parts in stage productions, commercials and TV series.Aksoy made her debut nationally and internationally with Egg by Semih Kaplanoglu, which premiered in 2007 at Directors' Fortnight at Cannes Film Festival, bringing her many acting awards at internationally acclaimed film festivals, such as Sarajevo Film Festival and Valdivia International Film Festival. With Eastern Plays, which also premiered at Directors' Fortnight at Cannes Film Festival in 2009 and Love in Another Language, which brought her a number of national awards, she kept gaining more attention both in her home country and at the international festival circuit. After taking parts in American productions, A Beautiful Life by Alejandro Chomski and The Rebound by Bart Freundlich, she got more international attention with her portrayal of "Aska" in Twice Born directed by Sergio Castellitto with Penelope Cruz and Emile Hirsch. She has recently finished shooting Marco Pontecorvo-directed Italian series Ragion di Stato. Aksoy has also been a jury member in many film festivals such as Cairo Film Festival, Istanbul Film Festival, Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, and Sarajevo Film Festival.