Sevil Akı

Sevil Akı — Biography

Sevil Akı Saner (Sevil Akı) is a stage actress who has spent much of her career in the theatre, while television viewers know her as Emine in Eşkıya Dünyaya Hükümdar Olmaz. She also works in television, film and voice acting, and in 2026 joined the cast of the series Yeraltı as Azize.

She went to school in İzmit and studied business at Trakya University before turning to the stage, training in acting at the Müjdat Gezen Art Center from 1991 to 1995. She first performed with the Espri Standartları Enstitüsü Kurumu troupe, which she co-founded, then appeared in the State Theatres' musical Kadı and spent three seasons with Ortaoyuncular; she also worked with Akbank's children's theatre. In 2000 she joined the İstanbul City Theatre, where her repertoire ranges from Woyzeck to Bernarda Alba'nın Evi and Veba.

On screen she began with Gurbetçiler (1996) and Tatlı Hayat (2001); wider recognition came in 2015 with Eşkıya Dünyaya Hükümdar Olmaz and the film Nadide Hayat the same year. Aman Reis Duymasın (2019) and Ben Bu Cihana Sığmazam (2022) followed. For her part in Tennessee Williams's Sırça Hayvan Koleksiyonu she was named Best Actress of the Year at the 2015 Lions Theatre Awards.