Başak Özel was born in Istanbul on March 22, 1971, and died in the same city on September 20, 2022, succumbing to the severe course of the disease she was fighting with cancer. Özel, who started his artistic career with the theater training he received at Ankara Art Center, developed his talents on stages such as Ankara Art Theater and Ali Hünal Kabare Theatre.
He also performed in Ankara Public Theatre, Ankara Ekin Theater and children's theater groups of various banks; At the same time, as a member of ÇASOD, he worked on poetry, short stories and editing, and also carried out voice-over projects.
On the theater stage, she won the admiration of the audience by taking part in plays such as "Subordinate Zoe's Letters", "Father, Where Were You on September 12", "Crazy Divorced", "Lost Letters", "What Yaşar Ne Yaşar Ne Yaşamsız", "Faceless", "Zübük" and "Brave and Lost Women of the National Struggle".
Başak Özel, who has a wide range of roles in the world of cinema and television, stepped onto the screens in 1993 with "Real Section". In the following years, "The State of Our House" (2000), "Berivan" (2002), "Let the Children Hear" (2002), "Pembe Booties" (2002), "High School Notebook" (2003), "Blood Fell to the Ground" (2003), "A Bird Flew from the Nest" (2003), "Aliye" (2004), "Great Hopes" (2004), “My Best Friend” (2004), “Quick Steps” (2004), “My Wife and My Mother” (2004), “Angels Island” (2004), “Shoulder to Shoulder” (2004), “Journey to Secrets” (2004), “Thief Policeman” (2005), “Under the Lindens” (2005), “Inadım Inat” (2005), “Valley of the Wolves” (2005), “Back Streets” (2006), “Big Meeting” (2006), “Kara İnci” (2007), “Love Burns” (2008), “Family Happiness” (2009), “My Dear Family” (2009), “Made in Turkey” (2010), “Kolpaçino: Bomba” (2011), “Lale Devri” (2011), “Tövbeler Tövbesi” (2011), “Ferahfeza” (2012), “Fetih 1453” (2012), “Desperate Housewives” (2012), “Yer Gök Aşk” (2012), “Karadayı” (2014), “Forbidden” (2014), “Anne” (2016) and 2020's "Saath Nibhaana Saathiya". In his last film, he made his final contribution to the screen by doing only voice-over work.
Başak Özel (22 March 1971 - 20 September 2022) was a Turkish theatre, cinema and TV series actress.
Başak Özel, who started her artistic life with theater courses at Ankara Art Center, later developed her acting experience at Ankara Art Theater and Ali Hünal Kabare Theatre. He worked in children's theater groups of various banks, Ankara Public Theater and Ankara Ekin Theatre. Apart from the theater, he also appeared in front of the camera and took part in movies and TV series. The artist, who is a member of ÇASOD, writes poems and stories, and does editing and voice-over work.
He died on September 20, 2022, due to colon cancer, for which he had been treated for 10 months. His body was buried in Feriköy Cemetery.
Productions in which he took part
- Forbidden (2014) — Mirel
- Conquest 1453 (2012)
- Kolpacino: Bomba (2011) — Arguing Woman
- Family Happiness (2009)
- Ferahfeza (2013)
- Quick Steps (2004) — Safiye
- Sinsiran: Forbidden Love (2017) — Feriha
- Cin-i Ayet (2018) — Hafize
- No One Should Talk About Us — Mother Habiba
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.
