Filiz Taçbaş (born 1964) is a Turkish film and television series actress and former national tennis player.

Filiz Taçbaş
Born1964 (age 59–60)
İzmir, Turkey
NationalityTurkish
Occupation(s)Actress, tennis player
Years active1986–present
Spouse
Cahit Yavuz
(m. 2000; div. 2011)
Children1

Early life

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Filiz Taçbaş was born in İzmir, Turkey in 1964. She is of Azerbaijani descent.[1]

Already at age ten, she appeared as child actress in the film Bacım (literally "My Sister"), written and directed by Bilge Olgaç. In 1981, she won the first place in the "Fresh Faces" beauty contest organized by the children's magazine Saklambaç. She started acting in the Theatre Abdullah Şahin. She played on stage with Defne Yalnız, Müjdat Gezen, Abdullah Şahin, Enis Fosforoğlu and Teoman Aksoy. She also worked as a model at the fashion shows of fashion designer Zühal Yorgancıoğlu abroad.[1]

Actress

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She continued her acting career in films after a long break. In 1987, she appeared in the film Aile Pansiyonu with Adile Naşit.[1]

Her recognition by a wide audience came in 1992 with her role in the TV series Mahallenin Muhtarları (literally: "Representatives of the Neighborhood").[2] She played the character "Behiye" in the TV series until 2002. Between 2006 and 2014, Taçbaş played in the TV crime series Arka Sokaklar ("Back Streets") in the role of teacher "Ayla Soylu", the wife of Chief Superintendent "Rıza Soylu", played by Zafer Ergin. She acted in the TV series Ah Neriman with Perran Kutman in 2014.[1] In 2020, she joined the cast of the TV series Çukur ("Pit").[3]

Tennis player

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Taçbaş played tennis professionally. In 2007, after getting a high score, she was admitted to the national team qualifiers, and became a member of the Turkey national team. She also writes columns on tennis in newspapers.[2] She was the tennis partner of Hülya Avşar.[1]

Private life

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In 2000, she married tennis coach and tennis court manager Cavit Yavuz, whom she met during a tennis tournament about a year before.[4] She gave birth to their daughter Selin in 2002.[1][5] The couple divorced in 2011.[1]

Tired of city life,[6] in early 2020 Taçbaş moved to Aliağa in İzmir Province, where she purchased 1.5 daa (0.37 acres) of agricultural land. She obtained a farming certificate from the local Directorate of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Affairs.[6][7] She started agriculture farming by growing olive, lemon, and various fruits in her field.[8]

For her acting career, she commutes between Aliağa and the film set in Istanbul.[8]

Filmography

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Films

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Year Title
1974 Bacım
1979 Önce İnsan
1986 Korkusuz
1986 İntikamcı
1986 Asi Kabadayı
1987 Aile Pansiyonu
1988 Ferman
1988 Bacım
1989 Elveda Mutluluklar
1989 Bu Şehrin Geceleri
1990 Ölürayak
1990 Eskici ve Oğulları
1990 Afacan Ateş Parçasi
1992 Fırtına Kuşu
1992 Bizim Eller
1994 Gönül Bahçelerinde
1999 Yaşama Hakkı
2018 Moral Compensation

Short films

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Year Title
1993 Ömer Seyfettin: Bomba
Wrinkle

Videos

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Year Title
(1987) Randevu
1987 Alman Gelin
1988 Belalı Gelin
1990 İşte Suzan

TV series

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Year Title
1989 Doktorlar
1992

2002

'Mahallenin Muhtarları
1994

1995

Geçmişin İzleri
Şimdiki Aklım Olsaydı
2002

2004

Koçum Benim
2004 Bütün Çocuklarım
2006

2011

Arka SokaklarFirst Ayla
2012

2013

İşler Güçler
2014 Ah Neriman
2015

2016

Eve Dönüş
2017 Klavye Delikanlilari
2019

2020

Vuslat
2020

2021

Çukur

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Filiz Taçbaş Kimdir?". Sabah (in Turkish). 18 May 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Filiz Taçbaş kimdir, nereli ve kaç yaşında? Filiz Taçbaş hayatı hakkında". Habertürk (in Turkish). 7 December 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Filiz Taçbaş kimdir, Çukur'da hangi rolde oynayacak?". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 3 October 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Kortlarda aşk". Milliyet (in Turkish). 11 October 2000. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Anne kız baş başa". Sözcü (in Turkish). 15 July 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Ünlü oyuncu Filiz Taçbaş'a büyük şok! Evine hırsız girdi..." Hürriyet (in Turkish). 30 November 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Filiz Taçbaş da Burak Hakkı ile aynı yolu seçti. Çukur dizisinin yıldızı, şimdi tarlada yalın ayak ot topluyor". Yeni Çağ Gazetesi (in Turkish). 8 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Çiftçilik belgesi aldı! Oyuncu Filiz Taçbaş'ın yeni hayatı". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 7 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
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