Türkan Şoray (born 28 June 1945) is a Turkish actress, writer and film director. She is known as "Sultan" of the Cinema of Turkey. Having appeared in more than 222 films, Şoray has starred in the most feature films for a female actress worldwide. She started her career in 1960, and won her first award as the most successful actress at the 1st Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival for the movie Acı Hayat (Bitter Life). On 12 March 2010, Şoray was chosen as a UNICEF goodwill ambassador in Turkey, about which she said: "I think there is nothing that cannot be done with love. If we combine power with love, we can overcome many problems".

Filmography

• 2016Innocence of Memories — Actress
• 2015Don't Look Too Far — Director
• Bir Zamanlar Osmanlı: Kıyam — Hatice Sultan
• Sinemada İstanbul
• Golden Girls — İnci
• Vurgun
• Aşk Yeniden — Lale
• 2007Hicran Sokağı — Sabahat
• 2007Suna — Suna
• 2006Ayın Yıldızı — Karagümrüklü Karakız
• 2006Aşk Beklemez — Suna Serteri
• Cemile
• 2006Hayatımın Kadınısın — Asuman Karaca
• 2004Mürüvvetsiz Mürüvvet — Mürüvvet
• 2003Gönderilmemiş Mektuplar
• Sweet Life — Sevinç Yıldırım
• Second Spring — Hanım Meriç
• 1997Nihavend Mucize — Suzan
• Aynalar
• Gözlerinde Son Gece
• 1996Loves with Gravity
• 1996Loves with Gravity: Turkish Sweets — Mehpare
• Kral Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri — Presenter
• 1994Bir Aşk Uğruna — Selma
• 1994Shahmaran — Şahmaran
• Siyaset Meydanı
• Tatlı Betüş
• 1991Violet Bay — Neriman
• 1990Berdel — Hanım
• 1990It Was Cold and Raining — Leyla
• 1989A Dead Sea — Yüksel
• 1988Ada — Eser
• 1987My Dreams, My Love, and You — Derya Altınay
• 1987Rumuz Goncagül
• 1987Ten Women
• 1987Wife as Gramophone — Cemile
• 1985Blind Man's Bluff — Meral
• 1985One Woman One Life — Nuran
• 1984Bir Sevgi İstiyorum
• 1983I Love You — Selma / Aygül
• 1983The Mistress — Feride
• 1982Mine — Mine
• 1982Seni Kalbime Gömdüm — Eylül
• 1981To Crush The Serpent — Esme, Screenplay, Director
• 1979Hazal — Hazal
• 1979Resentful Flower — Zeynep
• 1978Cevriyem — Cevriye
• 1978My Love, My Sorrow — Mehmene Banu
• 1978Sultan — Sultan
• 1978Sweet Nigar — Tatli Nigar
• 1977Baraj — Aysel
• 1977Madam Dilâ — Dila Hanım
• 1977The Girl with the Red Scarf — Asya
• 1976Love of Giant — Türkan
• 1976The Earthquake
• 1976The Judge of Bodrum — Nevin, Director
• 1975Hunger — Meryem
• 1975Urgently Seeking Husband — Melike
• 1975İnce Memed Vuruldu
• 1974Asiye Nasıl Kurtulur? — Asiye
• 1974Bal Kız: Şenlik Var — Zelis
• 1974Crazy People — Selma/Cavidan
• 1974There Is a Wound in My Heart — Nurten
• İşte Hayat
• 1973Dert Bende
• 1973Gazi Kadın — Zeynep
• 1973Güllü is Coming — Güllü
• 1973Namus Borcu — Gurbet
• 1973Sultan Gelin — Sultan
• 1973The Liar — Zeynep
• 1973The Prisoner — Ümmühan
• 1973Torment — Elif, Director
• 1972Cemo — Cemo
• 1972Persecution — Ayla/Zaliha
• 1972Sisli Hatıralar — Dürrin Akbel
• 1972The Return — Gülcan, Director
• 1972Vukuat Var
• 1972Çile — Elif
• 1971A Woman Vanished — Selma
• 1971Angel or Devil? — Nesrin
• 1971Bir Genç Kızın Romanı
• 1971Blue Scarf — Leyla
• 1971Fire Piece — Azize
• 1971Gelin Çiçeği — Zehra, Arzu
• 1971Güllü — Güllü
• 1971Gülüm, Dalım, Çiçeğim
• 1971Hürmüz with Seven Husbands — Hürmüz
• 1971Sevmek ve Ölmek Zamanı
• 1971The Forgotten Woman — Zeynep / Hilda
• 1970Arım Balım Peteğim — Zeynep
• 1970Ağlayan Melek — Sabahat
• 1970Buğulu Gözler
• 1970Bülbül Yuvası — Nerime
• 1970Crossroads — Feyza
• 1970Hayatım Sana Feda — Zeynep
• 1970Herkesin Sevgilisi — Zeynep
• 1970Kara Gözlüm — Azize
• 1970Mazi Kalbimde Yaradır
• 1970Mağrur Kadın
• 1970Mercy — Zeynep
• 1970My Sweet Angel — Leyla
• 1969Autumn Winds — Nalan
• 1969Aşk Mabudesi — Leyla
• 1969Buruk Acı — Ülker Demirel, Writer
• 1969Fosforlu Cevriyem — Necla
• 1969Hot Gypsy — Gelincik
• 1969I Want to Die With You — Selma
• 1969Is It My Fault? — Müvin
• 1969Kölen Olayım — Azize
• 1969Sana Dönmeyeceğim — Leyla Taner
• 1969They Call Me Fosforlu — Fosforlu
• 1968Abbase Sultan — Abbase
• 1968Artık Sevmeyeceğim
• 1968Ayşem — Ayşe
• 1968Ağla Gözlerim — Leyla
• 1968Aşk Eski Bir Yalan — Handan
• 1968Kadın Severse — Leyla
• 1968Kadın İntikamı — Handan
• 1968My Prostitute Love — Sabiha
• 1968The Beautiful Coffee Girl — Nermin
• 1968The Jail Bride — Çengi Naciye
• 1968The Most Beautiful Woman in the World
• 1967A Mountain Tale — Lale
• 1967Ayrılsak da Beraberiz — Fatma
• 1967Her Zaman Kalbimdesin — Fatma
• 1967Kara Duvaklı Gelin — Perihan
• 1967Kelepçeli Melek — Nevin Erdem
• 1967Mother — Döndü
• 1967Sinekli Bakkal — Rabia
• 1967Tapılacak Kadın
• 1967The Crying Woman — Şükran, Leyla
• 1967The Immortal Woman — Serap
• 1966Anaların Günahı — Sevim
• 1966Black Rose — Gül
• 1966Golden Earrings — Aylin
• 1966Karanfilli Kadın
• 1966Kenarın Dilberi
• 1966Meyhanenin Gülü — Gül
• 1966The Evening Sun — Jülide
• 1966The Revenge of the Angels — Türkan/Peri
• 1966The Sinful Woman — Türkan
• 1966The Stranger's Daughter — Nazan
• 1966The Washer Beauty
• 1966The Wedding Night — Zeynep / Tülin
• 1966The Woman Of My Life
• 1966The Wren — Feride
• 1966Virago — Nermin
• 1965A Strange Wedding — Zeynep Gökalp
• 1965Bitch — Naciye/Türkan
• 1965Black Eyes — Türkan
• 1965Elveda Sevgilim — Türkan Kadiroğlu
• 1965Farewell Kiss — Türkan
• 1965I’m Not Worthy of You — Türkan
• 1965My Neighbor's Chicken — Türkan
• 1965Seven Kadın Unutmaz — Türkan
• 1965The Bread Seller Woman — Ayşe/Zehra/Leyla
• 1965Wild Bride — Ayşegül Arsev
• 1964Adanalı Tayfur Kardeşler — Türkan
• 1964After Years — Berna Ekmekçigil
• 1964Anasının Kuzusu
• 1964Bücür
• 1964Dağlar Aslanı Ali Efe
• 1964Fate Knocks — Leyla
• 1964Gözleri Ömre Bedel — Leyla Arseren
• 1964Mualla — Mualla
• 1964Some Like it Hot — Gülten
• 1964The Adventure Woman
• 1964The Angry Young Man — Avukat Sevil
• 1964The Bomb Girl — Leyla
• 1964The Orphan Girl
• 1964Wind of Youth — Fatma Nur Erden
• 1963Ayşecik Canımın İçi
• 1963Badem Şekeri — Güner Pirinçeken
• 1963Bitter Love
• 1963Bütün Suçumuz Sevmek — Türkan
• 1963Dear Madam — Türkan Bayraktar
• 1963Küçük Beyin Kısmeti — Pervin
• 1963Naughty Girl — Suna
• 1963Osman Killed Me — Türkan
• 1963The King of Mountains — Türkan Sultan
• 1963The Stolen Love — Aysel / Günsel
• 1963Young Girls — Eylül
• 1963İki Kocalı Kadın — Sibel
• 1962Acı Hayat — Nermin
• 1962Allah Seviniz Dedi
• 1962Billur Köşk
• 1962Biz de Arkadaş mıyız? — Nihal
• 1962Dikmen Yıldızı
• 1962I Loved an Outlaw
• 1962Lekeli Kadın — Türkan Güneş
• 1962Red Carnations — Türkan
• 1962The Love Race — Zeynep
• 1962The Man in Glass
• 1962The Tough Groom — Gönül
• 1962What a Sweet Thing — Canan
• 1962Ümitler Kırılınca — Oya
• 1961Afacan
• 1961Angels are My Witnesses — Zeynep
• 1961Dikenli Gül — Gül
• 1961Heart to Heart — Nazan
• 1961Kaderin Önüne Geçilmez
• 1961Kardeş Uğruna
• 1961Love and Punch — Tülin
• 1961Otobüs Yolcuları — Nevin
• 1961Remember, Darling — Türkan
• 1961Siyah Melek — Nesrin
• 1961The Charming Bandit — Emine
• 1961The Shameless Man — Sevim
• 1960Güzeller Resmi Geçidi — Ayşe Güner
• 1960Köyde Bir Kız Sevdim
• 1960The Wind of Love — Nil
• Atıf Hoca En Çok Kadınları Sevdi

Appearances as themselves (7)

• 2019Her First — Self
• 2019Remake, Remix, Rip-Off: About Copy Culture & Turkish Pop Cinema — Self
• 2017100 Muhteşem Yıl — Self
• 2014We Hit The Road — Self
• 2008İzzet Günay Belgeseli — Self
• Golden Butterfly Awards — Self - Winner, Self - Presenter
• Altın Koza — Self - Winner