Çiğdem Selışık Onat

Çiğdem Selışık Onat (b. 14 May 1939) Actress, Instructor

Çigdem Selışık Onat graduated from Robert College, then she studied at Istanbul University Faculty of Literature. Throughout her university years, she become founder and performer of Genç Oyuncular Theater Group. She alsoperformed in many plays at Kenter Theater and Ankara State Theater. By following years, she moved with her family to France, at Centre de l'Est she studied directing. Afterwards she moved to the US to get her master degree from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for theater and continued her academic career by Phd at the same University. Thoroughout her career she worked as director and actress in plays at Lincoln Center and New York University Tisch Theater Department. In the year 2000 she got World Theater Award  with her role of Signora Florina in the theater play The Time of Cuckoo and was also nominated for Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play. She also won Best Supporting Sctress Awards from 52. Antalya International Film Festival and 27. Ankara International Film Festival with her role in Çırak movie.

She gave lectures about Drama and Acting in North Carolina School of Arts and Acting lectures for master degree in New York University Tisch School of Arts. In addition she gave Acting & Drama lectures at Koç University for 4 years.

The first half of the 2017 she performed in İstanbul Kırmızısı a film by Ferzan Özpetek and in October she starred in the film Yol Ayrımı directed by Yavuz Turgul.

In 2018, she starred as Tomris Yiğitsoy  in the popular Tv series Ufak Tefek Cinayetler .

Last year, Çiğdem Onat Selışık also starred in the TV series Kardeş Çocukları as the character of Rezzan and in the second season of  Internet Series of Netflix Muhafız-Protector as the character of Azra.

Çiğdem Selışık Onat continues to portray the character of Seferiye Hatun in the Uyanış Büyük Selçuklu series, which was broadcasted in 2020. In 2021, she played the role of "Amelia" in the internet series "Hamlet"  directed by Kaan Müjdeci,  on the digital platform Gain.

As last, she could be watched in the internet series called "Alef: Mal-i Hülya" on the digital platform Blutv as the character called "İsmihan".