Acting
Nazan Kesal
Born March 28, 1969 · Manisa, Turkey (age 57)
Nazan Kesal (née Kırılmış; born 28 March 1969) is a Turkish stage and screen actress. In 2004, she worked as a director and actor in Diyarbakır State Theater. The artist who was appointed to Bursa State Theater in early 2004, also worked in private groups such as Ankara Sanatevi Theater, Theater Mirror, Theater Istanbul, Diyarbakir Art Center.
Known For
Delibal · 2015Delibal
★ 7.22015
MovieRomanceDrama
A love story following two young people battling with their emotions and dreams, the pressures of career, family and not knowing what the future holds. Füsun is a brilliant student, destined for a successful career but can't help from falling for Baris, a musician who struggles with a psychological disorder. As the two grow closer they start to adopt each other's traits, but becoming increasingly dependent on one another proves damaging for their relationship.
Dust Cloth · 2015Dust Cloth
★ 7.52015
MovieDrama
Nesrin and Hatun are two Kurdish cleaning women living in Istanbul. While Nesrin tries to survive with her little daughter, trying to understand why her husband left her, Hatun dreams of buying a house in the district where they clean.
Conscience · 2008Conscience
★ 5.42008
MovieDrama
Centers on a passionate and complicated love story that connects three small-town people trying to survive solely on their labor. Aydanur is a young woman living in Anatolia who wants to break away from whatever life has--or doesn't have--to offer her. Meanwhile, Mahmut is stuck between Aydanur and his wife, Songul. However, Aydanur starts covering a much bigger space in his heart. The roads of the two intersect at a tavern.
Fate · 2001Fate
★ 7.22001
MovieDrama
Musa, a customs clerk, sees life as absurd. He drifts with events; his mother's death, though loved, brings him strange joy.
Circle · 2014Circle
★ 6.12014
MovieDrama
In the hard-boiled world, where will the soft-shelled end up? A cozy kind of extermination is on the stage and keeping a low profile. The decadence around us is nothing less than clandestine annihilation of the civil man. Yet it is carried out so well with a grinning face, it is officially sold as transition. Now that the tamed indulgent is striped off social justice, welfare, even denied the tender love of concentration camps and slavery plantations of past centuries. At least hand them a round of rope They have high expectations from taking things in their own hands. Circle is a peculiar story of an ordinary man caught between an untimely romance and a brave new hostile world.
Distant · 2002Distant
★ 7.12002
MovieDrama
A young man from rural Turkey arrives in Istanbul with dreams of working on a ship and stays with a cousin while he searches for work. Over time, the former’s struggles to find employment and the latter’s troubles and disappointments strain their relationship and living situation.
Mother Virgin No More · 2015Mother Virgin No More
★ 4.02015
MovieDrama
As an unexpected truth about a young women gets revealed to her mother, the basic fact that a mother - daughter relationship is supposed to be based on unconditional love will have to be questioned.
On the Water Surface · 2023On the Water Surface
★ 5.52023
MovieDrama
Deniz returns to her hometown to attend her widowed mother's wedding. The anger, fear, and guilt she thought she'd left behind, resurface during the visit. As her mother leaves her the family house, a tragedy haunts her. She can't stop thinking about her father drowning at sea. Moreover, she feels her mother blames her and has abandoned her for it. She realizes she won't be able to move on like her mother unless she faces her problems head-on. Following a confrontation, Deniz accepts the past and takes a real step into adulthood. Sitting by the sea, she is at peace. The sea is no longer a threat but a sign of liberation. She jumps in.
Movies
Delibal · 2015Delibal
★ 7.22015
MovieRomanceDrama
A love story following two young people battling with their emotions and dreams, the pressures of career, family and not knowing what the future holds. Füsun is a brilliant student, destined for a successful career but can't help from falling for Baris, a musician who struggles with a psychological disorder. As the two grow closer they start to adopt each other's traits, but becoming increasingly dependent on one another proves damaging for their relationship.
Dust Cloth · 2015Dust Cloth
★ 7.52015
MovieDrama
Nesrin and Hatun are two Kurdish cleaning women living in Istanbul. While Nesrin tries to survive with her little daughter, trying to understand why her husband left her, Hatun dreams of buying a house in the district where they clean.
Conscience · 2008Conscience
★ 5.42008
MovieDrama
Centers on a passionate and complicated love story that connects three small-town people trying to survive solely on their labor. Aydanur is a young woman living in Anatolia who wants to break away from whatever life has--or doesn't have--to offer her. Meanwhile, Mahmut is stuck between Aydanur and his wife, Songul. However, Aydanur starts covering a much bigger space in his heart. The roads of the two intersect at a tavern.
Fate · 2001Fate
★ 7.22001
MovieDrama
Musa, a customs clerk, sees life as absurd. He drifts with events; his mother's death, though loved, brings him strange joy.
Circle · 2014Circle
★ 6.12014
MovieDrama
In the hard-boiled world, where will the soft-shelled end up? A cozy kind of extermination is on the stage and keeping a low profile. The decadence around us is nothing less than clandestine annihilation of the civil man. Yet it is carried out so well with a grinning face, it is officially sold as transition. Now that the tamed indulgent is striped off social justice, welfare, even denied the tender love of concentration camps and slavery plantations of past centuries. At least hand them a round of rope They have high expectations from taking things in their own hands. Circle is a peculiar story of an ordinary man caught between an untimely romance and a brave new hostile world.
Distant · 2002Distant
★ 7.12002
MovieDrama
A young man from rural Turkey arrives in Istanbul with dreams of working on a ship and stays with a cousin while he searches for work. Over time, the former’s struggles to find employment and the latter’s troubles and disappointments strain their relationship and living situation.
Mother Virgin No More · 2015Mother Virgin No More
★ 4.02015
MovieDrama
As an unexpected truth about a young women gets revealed to her mother, the basic fact that a mother - daughter relationship is supposed to be based on unconditional love will have to be questioned.
On the Water Surface · 2023On the Water Surface
★ 5.52023
MovieDrama
Deniz returns to her hometown to attend her widowed mother's wedding. The anger, fear, and guilt she thought she'd left behind, resurface during the visit. As her mother leaves her the family house, a tragedy haunts her. She can't stop thinking about her father drowning at sea. Moreover, she feels her mother blames her and has abandoned her for it. She realizes she won't be able to move on like her mother unless she faces her problems head-on. Following a confrontation, Deniz accepts the past and takes a real step into adulthood. Sitting by the sea, she is at peace. The sea is no longer a threat but a sign of liberation. She jumps in.
Hair · 2010Hair
★ 5.32010
MovieDrama
A wig-maker from Istanbul, who suffers from cancer, becomes obsessed with a woman who enters his shop one day.
The Shadow Play · 1992The Shadow Play
★ 7.31992
MovieDramaFantasy
Mahmut and Abidin work as comedians at a night club, Mahmut is honest yet Abidin is sly. A deaf and mute girl named Kumru is brought to work in the night club.
Nilgün · 2025Nilgün
2025
MovieDocumentary
The film explores the deep traces of the life of poetess Nilgün Marmara, her connection with the literary circle and those aspects of her life that have remained in the shadows until now.
Climates · 2006Climates
★ 6.82006
MovieDrama
Man was made to be happy for simple reasons and unhappy for even simpler ones – just as he is born for simple reasons and dies for even simpler ones... Isa and Bahar are two lonely figures dragged through the ever-changing climate of their inner selves in pursuit of a happiness that no longer belongs to them.
Şara · 1999Şara
★ 7.01999
MovieFamilyDrama
Şara was born and raised in Istanbul, is a law student in her final year, and is an educated tribal girl. She learns that her father, whom she has never met, is seriously ill and goes to her hometown to see him. At first, her family, tribe, and step-siblings are prejudiced against her and avoid her, but she later establishes a good dialogue with them and wins their affection. Thanks to her education, she will educate and raise awareness among the people there. However, this requires a difficult struggle. According to tribal customs, girls are not entitled to inheritance, so after her father's death, her uncles demand that Şara renounce her inheritance, but she refuses. By resisting the injustices committed against defenseless, uneducated women and girls, she finds herself face to face with death. Through her education and love, she will single-handedly defy an entire tribe, shatter their traditions, and bring them to their knees.
Swing · 2013Swing
★ 6.32013
MovieDrama
The last 12 minutes of a young woman in a house on the edge of the city. The radical decision of a woman whose life was made a prison by tradition, violence and poverty...
Bitter Coffee · 2024Bitter Coffee
2024
MovieDrama
Before the wedding, the families of the man and the woman come together. At this meeting, where rituals specific to Turkey are discussed, while there is complete harmony between the two families, it is revealed that the groom committed a murder in the past years. This news sparks many discussions, from political debates to gender roles. The true faces of the characters, who are decorated and ready to play their roles, are revealed. Nothing will be the same again.
Making Climates · 2006Making Climates
2006
MovieDocumentary
A documentary about the shooting session of the film "Climates / İklimler" by Nuri Bilge Ceylan. The film had been shot in various parts of Turkey in various seasons. Climates is the first digital film of the director Nuri Bilge Ceylan. And besides directing, he is also acting in the film.
The Bank of Broken Hearts · 2017The Bank of Broken Hearts
★ 6.52017
MovieDramaFantasy
Based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, set in Istanbul, the tragic story of three heroes chasing an unlikely dream, running towards their sad end in a Shakespearean manner.
Istanbul Beneath My Wings · 1996Istanbul Beneath My Wings
★ 6.71996
MovieAdventureHistory
During the sea battle which took place between the Ottoman Empire and the Italians, a ship which had been seized in the Mediterranean Sea is brought to Istanbul, and a young wounded lady named Francesca, the daughter of the killed Captain, becomes a slave for Hezarfen Ahmet Celebi.
Shift 12-48 · 2012Shift 12-48
★ 6.02012
MovieDrama
Daydreams of Miss Cazibe · 1992Daydreams of Miss Cazibe
★ 5.81992
MovieDramaFantasy
Cazibe is a woman in her late thirties, who has never got married or had a relationship with a man in her life. She lives with her old mother and her uncle who feels an attraction towards her. The lonely woman, whose only existence is her small room, spends all her time in this old room, dreaming and fantasising about her ex-lover.
Bir Sonbahar Hikayesi · 1994Bir Sonbahar Hikayesi
★ 6.51994
MovieDrama
Unmade Bed · 2015Unmade Bed
2015
MovieDrama
It's a quiet morning and a middle-aged woman is lying on the bed, watching her sleeping husband's back.
In Vain · 2018In Vain
2018
MovieDrama
The struggle of a mother who tries to understand her son by putting herself in his shoes after his death.
Peace with Life · 2024Peace with Life
★ 6.52024
MovieDrama
The story of Barış Telli, who suffered an unfortunate accident at a young age and, through his intense struggle after the accident, became not only a member of the Amputee Football National Team but also one of the most inspiring athletes in the country's history.
TV Shows
Bitter Lands · 2018Bitter Lands
★ 7.82018
SeriesFamilyDrama
The love story of Zuleyha, who grew up without a father and works with Yilmaz as an auxiliary weaver in order to earn money for her brother, a gambler. The lives of these two young people blinded by the love of one ordinary night will turn into a dark nightmare. This nightmare will take them first from Istanbul and far away, and later to the estate of the Yaman family. In the first episode of the series, Yilmaz and Zuleyha set out to work on the Yaman estate. However, because of one of Zuleyha's lies - the lives of all of them will change radically.
Mrs. Fazilet and Her Daughters · 2017Mrs. Fazilet and Her Daughters
★ 8.02017
SeriesDramaFamily
The story of Fazilet, mother of Hazan and Ece, eager to make money using the modeling skills of her younger daughter, Ece. While Hazan pursues a career as a coach in sports, far from her mother's wishes and falls in love with a rich spoiled man.
Çocuk · 2019Çocuk
★ 6.42019
SeriesDrama
Being the daughter of a prostitute mother, Akca gives up her motherhood in order to give her child a better future. The bride of a wealthy family, Sule promises to be a mother to Akca's baby for a lifetime. She looks at the baby she named Efe and raises him. Things change with the birth of Sule's own child.
Mühürlü Güller · 2003Mühürlü Güller
★ 8.52003
SeriesDrama
The story of three prostitutes trying to turn a new page in their lives. A town named "Sealed" is an opportunity for them to forget their previous painful lives. But unexpected events await them in the neighborhood.
Kayıp Şehir · 2012Kayıp Şehir
★ 8.02012
SeriesFamilyDrama
What is happening in Istanbul's back streets? Which lives are flowing, in the shadow of poverty? Women, gypsies, transvestites, street children each are victims of another discrimination. A typical Black Sea family connected to each other will meet with people who are trying to cling to the loneliness of life in this neighborhood where they will be forced to survive after their migration to Istanbul.
Next Room · 2024Next Room
★ 6.72024
SeriesDramaFamily
Sevgi Ersoy, a famous TV presenter whose career is on the decline, suddenly marries Fikret Alabey, one of the country's leading businessmen. This unexpected marriage shocks everyone. Both Sevgi and Fikret have had unhappy marriages in the past. They now want to live out their second chances, but it won't be easy. Their marriage means their very different families will come together. The cohabitation of these two very different families under one roof will create bigger problems than Sevgi and Fikret anticipated, changing the lives of all family members, especially their children, Taylan and Şelale, who are forced to live in adjacent rooms.
Bugünün Saraylısı · 2013Bugünün Saraylısı
★ 6.02013
SeriesFamilyDrama
Kübra · 2024Kübra
★ 6.72024
SeriesDrama
When a suburban man receives messages that seem to predict the future, he develops a following — and powerful enemies.
Halka · 2019Halka
★ 8.92019
SeriesDrama
Two men unite against a criminal conspiracy, pursuing a dark past of notebooks, cases, and lies. They face the mafia, money, intrigue, and the terrifying Halka.
Arda ile Omuz Omuza · 2022Arda ile Omuz Omuza
2022
SeriesComedy
The Late Offices · 2024The Late Offices
★ 8.02024
SeriesDramaComedy
A Turkish mortician in his 30s, Baki is an introverted man content with his isolation from society. However, when he comes up against death at close range, a troubling question strikes him: who would wash his body after he dies? This realization pushes him to venture out into the world, hoping to connect with people and perhaps even find a spouse. Yet, his life-changing decision proves difficult to go through with, leading to a series of awkwardly humorous and sometimes bizarre situations.
The Last Day · 2023The Last Day
★ 8.02023
SeriesDrama
A known psychologist conducts research that will carry him even further on the ladder of fame: A group of six people is made to believe that they will all die on the same day from different causes.
Bir Peri Masalı · 2022Bir Peri Masalı
★ 8.02022
SeriesDrama
Alina Boz gives life to a babysitter named "Zeynep". Zeynep, who grew up facing many challenges, partly due to her useless father, will face the biggest test when she stumbles upon a bag of cash
Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan ile Empati · 2022Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan ile Empati
2022
Series
Altın Koza · 1969Altın Koza
1969
Series
Enemy of Love · 2024Enemy of Love
★ 6.02024
SeriesFamilyDrama
This story is the difficult journey of Inci and Uygar who forbid love to themselves for different reasons. As human beings run away from their greatest need, they become coldhearted, cruel, and even distant from themselves.
One Thousand And One NightsOne Thousand And One Nights
SeriesDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
A king who kills his brides meets a woman who refuses to die—and changes his fate with her stories. After a deep betrayal, Sultan Şehriyar loses all trust in love. He begins marrying young women, but none of them are seen again after their wedding night. Fear spreads across the kingdom, and no family feels safe. Everything changes when Şehrazat, the daughter of the Grand Vizier, chooses to marry him. She believes she can stop him and save others. On their wedding night, she tells a story—but leaves it unfinished. The Sultan becomes curious and lets her live for one more night. Night after night, Şehrazat tells new stories. Each one reveals hidden truths and slowly breaks the Sultan’s anger. She is not only trying to survive—she tries to heal him and uncover what really happened in the palace.
Cennetin Çocukları · 2008Cennetin Çocukları
★ 5.02008
SeriesFamilyDrama
Bir Ömür Yetmez · 2011Bir Ömür Yetmez
★ 6.02011
SeriesDrama
Tatlı Betüş · 1993Tatlı Betüş
★ 6.31993
SeriesComedyDrama
Hicran Yarası · 2009Hicran Yarası
2009
SeriesDrama
A family with a large inheritance replaces a deceased person with another in order to reach the inheritance.