Çigdem
Selisik Onat graduated from Robert College, then she studied at Istanbul
University Faculty of Literature. Throughout her university years, she became
founder and performer of Genç Oyuncular Theater Group. She also performed in
many theatre plays at Kenter Theater and Ankara State Theater. In following
years, she moved with her family to France, at Centre de l'Est she studied
directing. Afterwards she moved to the U.S. 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 the long feature film "Çirak".
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 starred in the film "Rosso Istanbul" a
film by Ferzan Özpetek and in October she starred in the film "Yol
Ayrimi" directed by Yavuz Turgul.
Films and series
in which he starred:
Hamlet
(Amelia, TV Dizisi 2021)
Uyanış:
Büyük Selçuklu (Seferiye Hatun, TV Dizisi 2020)
Çiçero
(Wife Frans von Papen’in karısı, Sinema Filmi 2019)
Kardeş
Çocukları (Rezzan, TV Dizisi 2019)
Hakan:
Muhafız (Azra, TV Dizisi 2019)
Kime
Niyet Kime Kısmet (Esra, Sinema Filmi 2017)
Yol
Ayrımı (Firdevs, Sinema Filmi 2017)
Ufak
Tefek Cinayetler (Tomris, TV Dizisi 2017)
İstanbul
Kırmızısı (Süreyya, Sinema Filmi 2016)
Çırak
(Makbule Hanım, Sinema Filmi 2015)
Critical
Condition (Dr. Hoffman, Sinema Filmi 1987)
REFERENCE:
Çiğdem Selışık Onat (tiyatrolar.com.tr, 17.11.2020), Çiğdem Selışık Onat
(imdb.com, 03.04.2021), Çiğdem Selışık Onat (sinematurk.com, 03.04.2021),
Çiğdem Selışık Onat (diziler.com, 03.04.2021), Çiğdem Selışık Onat (beyazperde.com,
03.04.2021).
