Hümeyra

Acting

Hümeyra

Born 1947-10-15 · Ankara, Turkey

From Wikipedia Hümeyra Akbay (Turkish pronunciation: [hymejˈɾaː akˈbaj]) (born 15 October 1947) is a Turkish actress, singer, composer, and lyricist. In the 1970s she was a noted singer and actress. Her popularity with the new generation rose in the 2000s with the sitcom Avrupa Yakası and the feature drama My Father and My Son directed by Çağan Irmak. In the 1970s, her songs "Kördüğüm", "Sessiz Gemi", "Otuz Beş Yaş" were very successful. Her later albums Tutkulardan İntihar, Beyhude were outside the mainstream. "Tutkulardan İntihar" was one of the first examples of Turkish rap songs. She debuted in theater. Her debut acting in a feature film was Talihli Amele. In 1985, with Ferhan Şensoy's "Ortaoyuncular" troupe, she took part in the stage play İçinden Tramvay Geçen Şarkı. In 1986, she won the Golden Orange for Best Supporting Actress Award with her performance in Asiye Nasıl Kurtulur? at Antalya Film Festival. She was also awarded the honorary "Illuminating Apollo" award at the 10th İstanbul International Meeting of Cinema-History in 2007.

Acting credits

The 80th Step poster
9.0

The story of a group of former activist friends who came together after September 12 and questioned the past.

The 80th Step

1996

A Son of the Sun poster
6.6

Although it sounds good in theory, the miracle of becoming the Son of the Sun doesn't in practice turn out the way Fikri Şemsigil expects. His whole life depends on this one "big" day, but the consequences of this miracle disappoint Fikri as his life is turned upside down. To rid himself of this so-called miracle, Fikri decides to explore its source but there's still the big problem with the woman in the building across the street!

A Son of the Sun

2008

A Broken Love Story poster
6.1

Fuat is forced into an "advantegeous" marriage to a rich girl due to his family financial lowness. He, however loves another, Aysel. After he loses his best friend, Bedri, to suicide, he rebels against the system with heartbreaking results.

A Broken Love Story

1982

My Grandfather's People poster
7.4

A feature film that tells the story of the director's grandfather who was forced to leave Crete in the 1920s during the Greek-Turkish population exchange.

My Grandfather's People

2011

My Father and My Son poster
7.4

A left-wing journalist whose wife died while giving birth to his son during a military coup returns to his family's farm. Estranged from his father for turning his back on the family and wasting his life with political activism instead, he tries to reconnect with him so that his son will have a place to live as his health is deteriorating due to the extensive torture he had to endure.

My Father and My Son

2005

Whisper If I Forget poster
7.3

An old pop singer who has Alzheimer's returns to her old house where she remembers her old days of climbing the stairs of fame and fortune while trying to deal with her older sister who holds her responsible for her ruined life.

Whisper If I Forget

2014

Husband Factor: Resurrection poster
5.6

A girl tries to manage the demands of her traditional family's wishes and her own as she embarks on a journey to marry the love of her life.

Husband Factor: Resurrection

2016

Devlerin Ölümü poster
NR

About a director who fights for making a different film about relationships between the sexes.

Devlerin Ölümü

1990

The Messenger poster
5.7

In a place where there is no time, a traveler comes to an unnamed village where we do not know where on the map. The weary traveler is a messenger. They have stories to tell, words to say.

The Messenger

2008

Heist School poster
5.8

Five high school students plans to steal University Entrance Exam booklets.

Heist School

2006

The Way We Are poster
5.3

A group of old friends get together to be with their beloved aunt/grandmother who took care of them when they were kids for her last days. And things get complicated.

The Way We Are

2020

Do Not Forget Me Istanbul poster
6.9

Several directors from countries of the region were invited to create stories taking place in and around the beautiful city of Istanbul, in the vein of “Paris, je t’aime” and “New York, I love you”. They come together to remind viewers that Istanbul’s history does not belong only to the people of Turkey.

Do Not Forget Me Istanbul

2012

How to Save Asiye poster
6.4

After receiving a letter from a woman named Asiye asking for help to save her, the President of the Associations Against Prostitution visits the brothel to save Asiye. However, she finds herself in a strange musical show.

How to Save Asiye

1987

Bir Kadının Anatomisi poster
10.0

A woman and the four men who enter her life... The search for happiness, marriages, arguments, separations, and losses... In short, intense relationships... Sibel works as a general coordinator at the company where she and Metin are employed, while Metin is an industrial designer. The early days of their marriage are filled with excitement. However, soon after, arguments and disagreements begin to push their marriage toward the brink. One day, after an argument, Metin is involved in a car accident on his way home and dies. From this point onward, the film explores the ups and downs in Sibel's life through a different thematic lens.

Bir Kadının Anatomisi

1995

Bir Yalnız Melek poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Bir Yalnız Melek

1990

İçinden Tramvay Geçen Şarkı poster
NR

Based on the life story of Karl Valentin, one of the few theater artists who was not banned in Germany during World War II, this play written by Ferhan Şensoy satirizes Germany from 1914 until Hitler's rise to power and Özal's Turkey during that period.

İçinden Tramvay Geçen Şarkı

1986

Talihli Amele poster
6.3

A depiction of social satire, Talihli Amele [The Lucky Worker] (1980) shows the transformation of a young man who immigrated to Istanbul to provide a better life for his family. With hopes to become a successful mason, he suddenly finds himself the star of a TV commercial. Drawing attention to the rising consumerism culture and its effects on individuals in Turkey, the film was allowed to be shown with a State Council verdict.

Talihli Amele

1980

Parasız Yaşamak Pahalı poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Parasız Yaşamak Pahalı

1993

Kurt Kanunu poster
7.0

1926, Turkey. Anatolia is undergoing a difficult and harsh process marked by turmoil and uncertainty. Alongside the decisive and conscious directives to establish the new infrastructure of the new Turkey, there are also examples of resistance that cause an unstoppable reaction and unhealed wounds. Amidst the political backdrop revealed by this process, which operates with the indifference of a broken clock, individual stories continue to unfold with all their human qualities, and personal conflicts persist in highlighting negativity.

Kurt Kanunu

1992

Mine poster
5.0

Mine is a gorgeous woman who gets the attention of all the men in town as well as the jealous glances of the ladies around her. She is married to an old station chief. She is lonely and miserable in her marital life. İlhan, the brother of her only friend Perihan, arrives in town, and everything changes. Ilhan and Mine, who quickly become friends, begin to be gossiped about around town.

Mine

1982

House of Nightmares - The Last Dance poster
6.5

Müyesser is a disabled old woman dependent on her daughter-in-law's care. She can neither walk nor speak. In the mansion where they have just moved due to her son's new occupation, Müyesser meets a mysterious guest awaited for years, who proposes a last dance with her.

House of Nightmares - The Last Dance

2006

Köşe Dönücü poster
NR

The events that befell a young man obsessed with getting rich quick.

Köşe Dönücü

1985