Hümeyra

Acting

Hümeyra

Born

1947-10-15 (79)

Place of birth

Ankara, Turkey

Known for

Acting

Credits

38 titles

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'…

Known for

Film credits

2010s · 4 titles

2000s · 5 titles

1990s · 6 titles

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

Devlerin Ölümü poster
NR

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

Devlerin Ölümü

1990

Bir Yalnız Melek poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Bir Yalnız Melek

1990

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

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

Parasız Yaşamak Pahalı poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Parasız Yaşamak Pahalı

1993

1980s · 6 titles

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

Mine poster
5.2

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

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

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

Talihli Amele poster
6.2

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

Köşe Dönücü poster
NR

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

Köşe Dönücü

1985

Series credits

The Magnificent Century poster
8.1

At the age of 26, when his reign began, Sultan Süleyman sought to build an empire more powerful than Alexander the Great and to render the Ottomans invincible. Throughout his 46-year reign, his fame as the greatest warrior and ruler of his age spreads both to the East and West. With his companion Pargalı İbrahim, Süleyman achieves great victories, and makes his name known in the Muslim World. Süleyman called İbrahim his brother, friend and advisor. The television series shows Süleyman's consolidation of his power: Pargalı İbrahim being grand minister of state, reinforcing the rule of law throughout the empire, meeting foreign diplomats, and preparing for military campaigns, all set against the backdrop of the tension between Christian Europe and the Ottoman Empire.

The Magnificent Century

2011

The European Side poster
7.5

The life and times of rather traditional Sutcuoglu family and their comedic struggles to adapt the high-profile contemporary life of Nisantasi.

The European Side

2004

Sila poster
4.7

A young woman's forced marriage to the agha of a tribe in Southeastern Turkey leads to tragedy and social change.

Sila

2006

Sila poster
4.7

A young woman's forced marriage to the agha of a tribe in Southeastern Turkey leads to tragedy and social change.

Sila

2006

Persona poster
8.1

After being diagnosed with Alzheimer's, a retired judicial officer decides to commit a murder that he had been planning for years.

Persona

2018

Yalan Dünya poster
6.4

Yalan Dünya produced by Gülse Birsel and directed by Jale Atabey at 2012.

Yalan Dünya

2012

Guardian Angels poster
7.3

Girl decides to move to another city to chase her dreams without her mother's knowing.

Guardian Angels

2009

Üzgünüm Leyla poster
7.0

The story of Leyla, who starts a new life with her daughter after her husband cheats on her.

Üzgünüm Leyla

2000

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Unutulanlar

1974

Miracle of Love poster
6.7

Ali Tahir was a brave commander who fought in the Battle of Sakarya in 1921. During the battle, he made a costly mistake that led to the death of many of his soldiers. However, he managed to turn the tide of the battle and was shot in the process. Miraculously, he was resurrected by the “Water of Life” and never aged again. In the following years, he became an agricultural educator and married a woman named Leyla. However, Leyla couldn’t handle the fact that he never aged and committed suicide. In 1968, he changed his name to Esref and became a school inspector. He fell in love with a teacher named Süreyya and they got married, but their marriage ended after Süreyya discovered hints from his past. In 2023, he changed his name again to Kemal and met Harika, a young and beautiful writer who entered his life unexpectedly. Will Harika be able to help Kemal find the answers he has been searching for over a decade?

Miracle of Love

2023

Estağfurullah Yokuşu poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Estağfurullah Yokuşu

2003

Sedef Kabaş ile Portreler poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Sedef Kabaş ile Portreler

1997

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Yerim Seni

1997

Annem Uyurken poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Annem Uyurken

2012

Yeşilçam Denizi poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Yeşilçam Denizi

2003

Kelebek Çıkmazı poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Kelebek Çıkmazı

2007