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Begum Burian

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Begum Burian

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Begüm is a Turkish actress based in Prague, with credits alongside Noomi Rapace in "Unlocked" and in films including "The Ottoman Lieutenant" and "Prvok, Šampón, Tečka a Karel". She played a key supporting role in "Asa, His Cat, and the Library of Dreams", winner of Best Student Film at the LA Film & Documentary Awards and the Los Angeles Movie & Music Video Awards.
A company member of the Prague Shakespeare Company, she brings rich stage, musical and vocal performance experience to her work. Begüm blends an international outlook with fluency in multiple accents and languages.
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30-45 years•Prague (CZ)
Genderfemale
Acting age30-45 years
Place of birthAdana, Turkiye
NationalityTurkish, Czech
Main professionActor
Working permitsEuropean Union (EU-27), Czechia, Türkiye
Housing optionsPrague (CZ), İstanbul (TR), Genf (CH), Berlin (DE), London (GB)
SpecializationsSinger, Theater actor
Driver's licensesB - Car
Eye colorgreen
Hair colorbrown
Height (cm)163
Ethnicity and heritageWhite or Caucasian, Turkish
LanguagesTurkish(native)EnglishCzechFrenchGerman
DialectsStandard American English(native dialect)Standard British English
AccentsEnglishTurkish
InstrumentsPianoGuitar
SportSwimmingYoga
DanceArgentine tangoCharlestonChoreographySwingSalsaTap danceTurkish folk dances
PitchAlto, Mezzo-soprano
SingingA cappellaBacking vocalsChansonChoirMusicalSwingJazz
Special skillsSinger-songwriter
Training

Bilkent University - Communication and Design - 1999-2023

Cukurova University State Conservatory - Piano - 1989-1999

Other professional training
2021
The Naked Face Phase 1 - David Penn
2011 – 2017
Shakespeare Intensive
2017
Scene Study Masterclass with Tom Logan
2011 – 2015
Film Auditioning and Screen Acting Technique with Nancy Bishop
2014
Improvisational Comedy BLR Theatre
2008 – 2010
Prague Playhouse
1999 – 2003
Bilkent University
Film
Hanging With You (Short film)
Jury member (SUP)
Gulse Basbug
2025
My Mother’s Mother (Short film)
Joan (LR)
Greer Morgan
2025
Genie (Short film)
Lucy (SUP)
Gabriel Silver Iveta Elisabeth Lit
2025
Scream, Please! (Short film)
Trish (SUP)
Nic Chang
2024
Kozinec (Short film)
Corporate boss (SUP)
Georgina Segrt
2023
Asa, His Cat, and the Library of Dreams (Short film)
Librarian (SUP)
Craig McNulty
2023
After Love (Short film)
Emma (LR)
Ujjawal Verma Ujjawal Verma
2019 – 2020
Prvok, Sampon, Tecka a Karel (Feature film)
Foreign Representative (SUP)
Patrik Hartl
2017
The Ottoman Lieutenant (Drama)
Nurse (OTH)
Joseph Ruben Stephen Joel Brown Nancy Bishop
2017
Unlocked (Feature film)
Community Interpreter (OTH)
Michael Apted Bloom (US), Czech Anglo Productions (CZ), Di Bonaventura Pictures (US) Nancy Bishop
Television
2014 – 2016
Clay's P.O.V. - Ep. 18: Garmisch (Series)
Reporter (SUP)
Paul Donovan Hannes Nothegger
2014 – 2016
Clay's P.O.V. - Ep. 26: Istanbul (Series)
Ashley (SUP)
Paul Donovan Hannes Nothegger Apsara Arts Agency (CZ)
Theater
2026
Our Town (Drama)
Mrs. Webb (SUP)
Ash Visker Prague Shakespeare Company
2025
Macbeth (Drama)
Witch (SUP)
Guy Roberts Prague Shakespeare Company
2025
The Cat's Meow (Drama)
Margaret Livingston
Raynar Rogers
2025
The Adventures of Sherlock Homles: Black Peter (Drama)
Mrs. Carey (SUP)
2024 – 2025
A Christmas Carol (Drama)
Female Visitor & Christmas Yet to Come (SUP)
Guy Roberts Prague Shakespeare Company
2023
Julius Caesar (Drama)
Mob citizen (SUP)
Guy Roberts Prague Shakespeare Company
2021
The Crucible (Drama)
Sarah Good (SUP)
Prague Shakespeare Company
2018
Trojan Women (Drama)
Woman of Troy (SUP)
Rebecca Udden Prague Shakespeare Company
2017
Richard II (Drama)
Exton (SUP)
Robert Gander Prague Shakespeare Company
2017
Macbeth (Drama)
The Witch (SUP)
Guy Roberts Prague Shakespeare Company
2017
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Other)
Snout/Fairy (SUP)
Lisa Wolpe Prague Shakespeare Company
2016
The Comedy of Errors (Drama)
Dromio of Ephesus (SUP)
Derek DeWitt Prague Shakespeare Company