Nazan Şoray

Nazan Şoray
Nazan Şoray
Born	5 January 1954 (age 67); Istanbul, Turkey
Occupation	Singer, actress
Years active	1968–present
Relatives	Türkan Şoray (sister)

Nazan Şoray (born 5 January 1954^[1]) is a Turkish singer and actress.

Life and career[]

Şoray was born in Istanbul as the daughter of Halit Şoray, a civil servant in state railways, and Meliha Şoray, a housewife, who divorced when she was 5 years old. She is the younger sister of acclaimed Turkish film actress Türkan Şoray. She initially started her career in 1968 by appearing in movies but by early 1980s she began releasing music. Şoray has appeared in more than 30 movies. She made her cinematic debut at the age of 14 with "Cesur Yabancı, in which she shared the leading role with Yılmaz Duru.^[2]^[3] She is best known for her role in the movies Acı Günler and Balayı. Şoray started her music career by releasing the song "Sana Merhaba Dedim", written and composed by Selami Şahin. She further rose to prominence with the song "Hal Hal", composed by Barış Manço. It was a commercial success and sold various copies in Turkey. Şoray went on hiatus in mid 1990s but returned to making music and released the album Mültecin Olayım in 2011.

Discography[]

Albums[]

Teselliye Sen Gerek (1981)
Dünyanın Sekizinci Harikası (1984)
Naz Dudaklım (1991)
Deli Rüya (1994)

45rpm and singles[]

Sevmiyor Derlerse Sakın İnanma / Çocuk mu Sandın Beni (1970)
Merhaba Dedim / Pişman Olsan Da (1978)
Seninle Doğmak / Yalnızlık (1979)
Hal Hal / İyi Diyelim İyi Olalım (1980)
Mültecin Olayım (2011)
Olay Bu (2014)
Steril Sevda (2016)
İçimde Fırtınalar (2019)
Adrese Teslim (2021)

Filmography[]

Sinema
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1968		Vicdan

		Azize
		Zeynep
1969		Nevin
		Gülten
		Dilek




		Leyla



1970




		Selma
		Hülya



		Nazlı

1971
		Nazan
		Güner

		Şarkıcı Ayla
		Konuk Oyuncu
1972		Tülay
1975
1981		Aysel
1984		Sema

Theatre[]

Üvey Karım - 2009

References[]

^ "Nazan Şoray'a doğum günü jesti!." sacitaslan.com. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
^ "Nazan Şoray Ablasının Yolundan Gidiyor". Retrieved 8 October 2020.
^ "Türkan Şoray'ın Kız Kardeşi de artist oldu". Milliyet. 6 August 1968. p. 1.

External links[]

[1] "Nazan Şoray'a doğum günü jesti!." sacitaslan.com. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2020.

[2] "Nazan Şoray Ablasının Yolundan Gidiyor". Retrieved 8 October 2020.

[3] "Türkan Şoray'ın Kız Kardeşi de artist oldu". Milliyet. 6 August 1968. p. 1.

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