Saadet Aksoy

Saadet Aksoy
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 (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[10] and Istanbul Film Festival.[11] She became the spokesperson for L'Oreal Paris in Turkey in the year 2013.[12]

  1. ^ Akşam. "Saadet Aksoy'un eşi Pamir Kıraner kimdir? Saadet Işıl Aksoy kimdir, kaç yaşında".
  2. ^ "Saadet Işıl Aksoy anne oldu". Hürriyet. 27 February 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  3. ^ Lemire, Christy. "Roger Ebert".
  4. ^ Hollywood Reporter. "Twice Born: Toronto Review".
  5. ^ Variety. "Review: 'Twice Born'".
  6. ^ Hurriyet. "Sergio Castellitto-Saadet Işıl Aksoy".
  7. ^ Filmuforia. "SAF (2018)".
  8. ^ The Film Stage. "SAF Tiff 2018 Review".
  9. ^ Ahram Online. "Star-studded Cairo Film Festival Opens Today".
  10. ^ Sarajevo Film Festival
  11. ^ Hurriyet Daily News. "Istanbul Film Festival Closes With Award Ceremony".
  12. ^ L'Oreal Paris Turkey Official Page. "Saadet Isil Aksoy". Archived from the original on 2015-02-06. Retrieved 2014-01-21.