Güler Ökten

Güler Ökten — Biography

Servet Güler Kıpçak Ökten was born on 14 November 1941 in Isparta, the daughter of actor and director Kani Kıpçak and one of the first students to graduate under Yıldız Kenter. A conservatory graduate, she began her artistic career in 1947 with a role in a children's film and took to the stage in 1960; she was married to director Zeki Ökten. Her film roles include Sürü, Demiryol, Bir Demet Menekşe, At and Ses, and her performance in Kırık Bir Aşk Hikayesi brought her the Golden Orange best supporting actress award in 1982 and a Cinema Writers' Association award the following year; she later won the same category twice at the Ankara Film Festival. Alongside acting she has worked extensively as a voice actor, sometimes as dubbing director, and on the art departments of several productions. Television audiences know her best as the nicknamed 'Kızıl' Dr. Türkan in Bizimkiler and as Cevriye in Yaprak Dökümü, and she also appeared in films such as Celal Tan ve Ailesinin Aşırı Acıklı Hikayesi (2011) and İtirazım Var (2014). She received the Golden Orange Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012 and the Sadri Alışık Cinema Honor Award in 2019, and continued appearing on screen into her eighties, including the 2024 series Annem Ankara.