Sumru Yavrucuk

Sumru Yavrucuk (born 24 September 1961) is a Turkish theatre, TV and movie actress best known for her many theatre plays. Outside of Turkey, she is known for playing Songül Yenilmez in Room Number: 309, Feride in The Foreign Groom, and Meryem Aksoy in What is Fatmagül's crime? She has also starred in several movies, most notably Are We OK?

Sumru Yavrucuk
Born (1961-09-24) 24 September 1961
Ankara, Turkey
OccupationActress
Years active1982–present
Children1
ParentSami Yavrucuk

Education and Career

Sumru Yavrucuk was born on the 24th of September 1961 in Ankara. She studied at the Department of Singing and Theatre of the Istanbul Municipal Conservatory before transferring to the Ankara State Conservatory. After finishing her studies, Yavrucuk moved to Istanbul where she started working as an actress at the Istanbul State Theatre in 1982. Over the years she acted in many plays including classics such as Lysistrata, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Epic of Gilgamesh, Macbeth and many others.[1] Her latest play is Shirley; adapted to Turkish from Willy Russell's play Shirley Valentine.[2][3]

Yavrucuk started acting in television shows in 1988. She starred in several Turkish shows, most notably Yabancı Damat which proved to be a hit in other countries as well like Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria and North Macedonia.[1] Her most recent television show is Baraj which started airing in 2020.[4] She also played a main role on the hit TV show Room Number: 309.

Yavrucuk started acting in movies during the 90s and since then has starred in Annem (2019), Bizi Hatırla (2018), Are We OK? (2013), Luks Glück (2010), Seni seviyorum Rosa (1992) and others.[1]

Personal life

Sumru Yavrucuk lives in Istanbul with her son Yağmur.[5][6] In 2003, she married Erdinç Ünlü but they divorced in 2005.

Filmography

TV shows
TitleYearRoleNotes
Şahane Hayatım TBA Aysel
Evlilik Hakkında Her Şey2021–2022Çolpan Cevher
Baraj2020–2021Zerrin
Room Number: 3092016-2017Songül Yenilmez
Acil Aşk Aranıyor2015Nisan's mother
Ağır Roman Yeni Dünya2012Tina
Fatmagül'ün Suçu Ne?2010-2012Meryem Aksoy
Bahar Dalları2009Güzide
Sevgili Dünürüm2007Yıldız
Yabancı Damat2004-2007Feride
Mars Kapıdan Baktırır2004Yıldız
Bizim Otel2001Eva
Parça Pinçik2000
Dostlar Pasajı1997
Tutkular1995
Ayaşlı ve Kiracıları1989İffet
Önce Canan1988

Films
TitleYearRoleNotes
Annem2019AyşeMain role
Bizi Hatırla2018Leman
Tamam mıyız?2013Temmuz's mother
Patroniçe2004TV movie
Halk Düşmanı2004TV movie
Sır1997
Yer Çekimli Aşklar1995
İş1994
Seni Seviyorum Rosa1992Rosa
Çıplak1992Ayla
Yorum Yok1990

References
  1. "Sumru Yavrucuk Biography". Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  2. "Shirley - Sumru Yavrucuk". Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  3. Geven, Eda. "Kalbim Shirley ve Sumru Yavrucuk'ta Kaldı". theMagger. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  4. "Sumru Yavrucuk". IMDb. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  5. "Sumru Yavrucuk: I forgot that I did not give birth to Yağmur". Haber Turk. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  6. "Ağlatan sohbet! 'Ben Yağmur'u doğurmadığımı unuttum'". CNN Turk. Retrieved 20 April 2020.


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