Saadet Aksoy

Saadet Aksoy
Aksoy at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival
Born
Saadet Işıl Aksoy

(1983-08-29) 29 August 1983 (age 41)
Istanbul, Turkey
EducationBoğaziçi University
OccupationActress
Years active2003–present
Known forTwice Born
Spouse
Pamir Kıraner
​
(m. 2014)​
[1]
Children1[2]
Websitesaadetaksoy.com

Saadet Işıl Aksoy[pronunciation?] (born 29 August 1983) is a Turkish actress, who received critical acclaim with her portrayal of Aska, a red-haired punk trumpet player in Italian actor-director Sergio Castellitto's film Twice Born, in which she co-starred with Penélope Cruz and Emile Hirsch. Christy Lemire described her as "the striking Saadet Aksoy" in her Twice Born review,[3] and film critic David Rooney stated, "Saadet Aksoy brings a subdued fieriness to her scenes as a Bosnian woman" in The Hollywood Reporter.[4] In his article on Variety, Boyd Van Hoeij wrote, "Turkish thesp Saadet Aksoy impresses in a supporting role as a spunky Yugoslav local" about her performance in Twice Born.[5]

Sergio Castellitto explained his first encounter with Aksoy in an article on Vogue Turkey with these words: "Saadet, the first time I met you it was through the internet. I had accidentally 'fallen' on a movie trailer. I actually don’t remember anything of that trailer, of that movie. Yet I remember that I saw a woman turning her head abruptly to the camera, her blue eyes burning everything in that framing, blasting the reverse shot."[6]

Her recent performance as Remziye in the 2018 movie Saf was described on Filmuforia as "SAF is carried forward by the sheer brilliance of Saadet Isil Aksoy whose Remziye acts in an enlightened and humanitarian way when the chips are down."[7] In his article about Saf on The Film Stage, Jared Mobarak wrote: "Aksoy carries the rest of the film through an authentic progression from indignation to shame and ultimately to clarity.[8]

Saadet Aksoy has been in the juries of such film festivals as Cairo International Film Festival,[9] Sarajevo Film Festival[citation needed] and Istanbul Film Festival.[10] She became the spokesperson for L'Oreal Paris in Turkey in the year 2013.[11]

  1. ^ "Saadet Aksoy'un eşi Pamir Kıraner kimdir? Saadet Işıl Aksoy kimdir, kaç yaşında". Akşam (in Turkish). 6 March 2018. Archived from the original on 24 September 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Saadet Işıl Aksoy anne oldu". Hürriyet. 27 February 2020. Archived from the original on 28 February 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  3. ^ Lemire, Christy (6 December 2013). "Twice Born". Roger Ebert. Archived from the original on 24 September 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  4. ^ Rooney, David (18 September 2012). "Twice Born: Toronto Review". Hollywood Reporter. Toronto. Archived from the original on 16 March 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  5. ^ Van Hoeij, Boyd (23 September 2012). "Review: 'Twice Born'". Variety. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  6. ^ "Sergio Castellitto-Saadet Işıl Aksoy". Hurriyet (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 5 November 2013.
  7. ^ Taylor, Meredith (10 September 2018). "SAF (2018)". Filmuforia. Archived from the original on 24 September 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  8. ^ Mobarak, Jared (19 September 2018). "SAF Tiff 2018 Review". The Film Stage. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  9. ^ "Star-studded Cairo Film Festival Opens Today". Ahram Online. 26 November 2010. Archived from the original on 19 August 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  10. ^ "Istanbul Film Festival Closes With Award Ceremony". Hurriyet Daily News. 15 April 2013. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  11. ^ "Saadet Isil Aksoy". L'Oreal Paris Turkey (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2014.