Sedef Şahin

Sedef Şahin — Biography

Sedef Şahin is an actress remembered above all as Cansu in Adını Feriha Koydum. Her screen life began early with commercials and series, was deepened by theatre training, and in 2024 she stepped away from acting to become a university lecturer.

Her career falls into three stretches. First came guest spots and catalogue work: brief appearances in Patron Kim and Avrupa Yakası, and modelling for LC Waikiki and Beymen. She drew notice in 2005 as Yeşim in Belalı Baldız, then played Mine in Sevgili Dünürüm and took smaller parts in productions such as Mert ile Gert and Peri Masalı. In 2011-2012 she became the face of Cansu in Adını Feriha Koydum and its continuation Emir'in Yolu. After that came Acil Aşk Aranıyor (İpek), Diriliş Ertuğrul (Maria, a role she left at the end of 2016) and Vatanım Sensin, along with the Efsunlu films and Demir Kadın: Neslican.

She never neglected the stage: in 2010 she appeared with Yıldız Kenter in Kraliçe Lear. She studied theatre at Özel Pera Fine Arts High School and took her degree in the Theatre Department of Istanbul University State Conservatory.