Bennu Yıldırımlar

Biography

Her family is Turkish origin who immigrated from Macedonia and Crete, Greece. Bennu Yıldırımlar studied at Erenköy Girls High School and graduated from Istanbul University State Conservatory in 1990. From 1990 to 1991, she gained experience at the Westminster Adult Education Institute in London. Yıldırımlar was chosen 'Most Promising new Actress' at the 6th Ankara Film Festival for her role in Ağrıya Dönüş in 1994. In 1999, she was given the 'Best Actress' Sadri Alışık award for her performance in the film Kaç Para Kaç.

She has been married to actor Bülent Emin Yarar since 1995.

Theatre Plays

2016 - Twelfth Night : Shakespeare - Istanbul City Theatres

2012 - Living in Tight Shoes : Dušan Kovačević - Istanbul City Theatres

2011 - Meeting Place : Dušan Kovačević - Istanbul City Theatres

2009 - General Rehearsal of Suicide : Dušan Kovačević - Istanbul City Theatres

2007 - Three Sisters - Anton Chekhov (Masha) - Istanbul City Theatres

2006 - The Respectful Harlot - Jean-Paul Sartre (Lizzie) - Istanbul City Theatres [1] [2] Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine .

2002-2007 - Yaprak Dökümü (The Falling Leaves) - Based on the novel of the same name by Reşat Nuri Güntekin (Fikret) - Istanbul City Theatres

2002-2003 - Richard III - Shakespeare - Istanbul City Theatres

2002 - Fire-Faced - Marius von Mayenburg - Istanbul City Theatres

2002 - Women.War.Comedy - Thomas Brasch - Istanbul City Theatres

2001-2002 - Everyone in the Same Garden - Collage of Anton Chekhov plays - Istanbul City Theatres

1998-1999 - Huzur - Based on the novel of the same name by Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar (Nuran) - Istanbul City Theatres

1995 - The Story of a Horse - Adapted from Tolstoy by M. Rozovsky - Istanbul City Theatres

1994 - My Military Service - N. Simon - Istanbul City Theatres

1990 - Three Sisters - Anton Chekhov - Istanbul City Theatres