Arzu Okay was born on June 23, 1955 in Istanbul. The young girl, who was left alone with her mother during her childhood after divorcing her driver father, enrolled in Mecidiyeköy High School but could not complete her education. Taking part in a photo novel with Zeki Müren in 1969 and winning first place in the competition organized by Saklambaç newspaper in 1970 enabled him to step into the world of art; He came fourth in the competition held in Italy the same year.
She started her cinema career with her leading role in the movie "Until Death", which she shared with Ayhan Işık, and became known for her "vamp woman" image under the influence of the sexual freedom movement of the 1970s. While he was taking courses in an effort to complete high school externally, he also started a joint leather business with a teacher.
When she was 22, she went to England and attended a seven-month English course, then turned to her singing career and went on an Anatolian tour with a group including İbrahim Tatlıses.
After quitting cinema in 1984, he settled in Paris and focused on the leather trade; He opened his own business between 1984 and 1986. Although he lost his job during the 1990 economic crisis, he quickly recovered. She was married for seven years, starting in 1985, with a Frenchman she met in Paris, and gave birth to her daughter, the painter Eda Su Neidik, born on February 16, 1987.
Still committed to her artistic life, Okay received the Honorary Award at the 10th International Mobile Film Mor Women's Film Festival in 2012 and took part as a presenter at the International Dadaş Film Festival held in Erzurum on May 25, 2013. In 2015, he returned to the cinema scene by playing the leading role in the feature film "We were eating and I decided", directed by Görkem Yeltan.
Arzu Okay's cinema career is full of many films she shot between 1970 and 1972; “Until I Die”, “Let Me Be Your Slave”, “Wolf Blood”, “Come Girl”, “You Are at the End of the Barrel”, “The Golden Prince is in the Land of Giants”, “Two Troubled Men”, “Zapata”, “Young Girls' Hostel”, “Black Day”, “I Am Coming from Exile”, “Ali Cengiz Game”, “Cocoon Bride”, “Crazy People” He took part in various roles in productions such as Ordu", "Sevgili Hocam", "Üçkağıtçılar" and "Arzu ile Kamber". This extensive filmography reveals his active and colorful presence in the popular cinema of the 1970s.
Arzu Okay was born on June 23, 1954 in Istanbul. His father is a driver and his mother is a housewife. They divorced when Arzu Okay was 10 months old. He studied at Mecidiyeköy High School. He couldn't finish school.
When he was 14, he starred in a photo novel with Zeki Müren. He participated in the competition opened by Saklambaç newspaper and won.
In 1970, she was chosen as 'Miss Cinema'. Then he came 4th in the competition in Italy. He stepped into the cinema in 1970 with the movie 'Until Death', in which he shared the leading role with Ayhan Işık.
He starred with names such as Ali Poyrazoğlu, Bülent Kayabaş, Aydemir Akbaş, Hadi Çaman, Mete İnselel in the films that took Turkish cinema by storm in the sex movie craze of the 70s.
Productions in which he took part
He took part in 55 productions in total; 12 of the most well-known are listed.
- Pretty Witch (1975)
- The Great Pain (1971)
- The Innocent Woman (1974)
- Black Day (1971)
- Sin (1976) — Oya
- White Bird (1977) — Emine/Mine
- My Doctor Civan (1974)
- Emrah (1974)
- Army of Crazy (1972) — Anjelik
- Almond Candy (1977)
- Innocents (1972) — Ayşe
- My One Tanem (1977) — Zeynep
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.
