Born on July 5 in Istanbul. Birth Name Hatice Tuba Büyüküstün. Tuba majored in Costume & Design at the Mimar Sinan University of the Fine Arts from where she graduated in the year of 2004. This year also brought along her first acting gig as she starred in the successful TV show, 'Cemberimde Gül Oya', portraying the character of 'Zarife'. This was her first acting experience and a strong start to a successful acting career. The following year she was awarded 'Best Actress' in the 'Republic of Serbia and Montenegro International TV Festival' for her portrayal of 'Gülizar', in the TV movie, 'Gülizar'.
In 2005, Tuba starred in the TV series; 'Ihlamurlar
Altinda', in which she gave life to the character 'Filiz'. This show became
enormously successful not only in Turkey, but in many Middle Eastern countries.
Between 2007 and 2009, Tuba portrayed the leading character of 'Asiye' in the
hit TV show, 'Asi. 'Asi' was later nominated 'Best Soap Opera' at the '51 Monte
Carlo Television Festival'. She went on to act in a number of highly successful
TV shows such as; 'Gonülcelen', '20 Minutes', 'Black Money Love', and
currently, 'The Brave and the Beautiful'. The movies she starred in are;
'Sinav' (Omer Faruk Sorak), 'My Father and My Son' (Cagan Irmak), 'Ask Your
Heart' (Yusuf Kurcenli), 'Memories of the Wind' (Ozcan Alper), 'Tight Dress'
(Hiner Saleem). Movies Tuba is in that are currently in post-production are;
'More' (Onur Saylak) and 'Istanbul Red' (Ferzan Ozpetek) . Her authentic and
captivating performances in all of her movies and TV shows have earned Tuba her
unique place in the acting world as well as allowing her to reach out to large
masses of viewers all over the world, especially in Turkey and the Middle
Eastern Region.
With her performance as 'Melek', in '20 Minutes' (2013),
Tuba was nominated 'Best Actress' at the '42 International Emmy Awards', which
makes her the first ever 'EMMY' nominee to come out of Turkey. Tuba has also
won the 'Best Actress Award' at the '14th International Giuseppe Sciacca
Awards' held in Vatican City.
Tuba is also a 'UNICEF National Goodwill Ambassador' who
works as an advocate for Children's Rights.
Movies and TV
Series:
Menajerimi Ara (TV Dizisi 2020)
Rise Of Empires: Ottoman / Diriliş: Osmanlı (Mara Hatun, TV
Dizisi 2020)
Daha (Ahra, Sinema Filmi 2017)
İstanbul Kırmızısı (Neval, Sinema Filmi 2016)
Dar Elbise (Helin, Sinema Filmi 2016)
Cesur ve Güzel (Sühan Korludağ, TV Dizisi 2016)
Orman (Zeynep, Kısa Film 2015)
Rüzgarın Hatıraları (Aram'ın Annesi, Sinema Filmi 2014)
Kara Para Aşk (TV Dizisi Elif, 2014)
20 Dakika (Melek, TV Dizisi 2013)
Gönülçelen (TV Dizisi Hasret, 2010)
Yüreğine Sor (Esma, Sinema Filmi 2009)
Asi (TV Dizisi Asiye Kozcuoğlu, 2007-2008)
Sınav (Zeynep Erez, Sinema Filmi 2006)
Ihlamurlar Altında (Filiz Tekiner, TV Dizisi 2005)
Babam ve Oğlum (Aysun, Sinema Filmi 2005)
Aşk Yolu (Deniz, TV Filmi 2005)
Çemberimde Gül Oya (Zarife, TV Dizisi 2004)
Gülizar (Gülizar, TV Filmi 2004)
Sultan Makamı (Nesrin, TV Dizisi 2003)
REFERENCE: Tuba Büyüküstün (imdb.com, 15.08.2020), Tuğba
Büyüküstün (diziseti.tv, 15.08.2020), Tuba Büyüküstün (sinematurk.com,
15.08.2020), Tuba Büyüküstün (diziler.com, 15.08.2020), Tuba Büyüküstün
(beyazperde.com, 15.08.2020).
