Bilge Şen

Bilge Şen was born on January 25, 1944 in Ödemiş district of İzmir. As the third of four children, she is the daughter of Şakir Şen, who deals with cotton, tobacco and olives; His father was also an amateur theater actor. He developed a love for theater when he was six years old, watching famous names such as Aziz Basmacı, Muzaffer Hepgüler, Toto Karaca and İsmail Dümbüllü under the stage lights.

He completed primary school in Ödemiş, performed in school plays during his secondary school years, and improved himself with the support of mime artist Erdinç Dinçer in the play "The Two Masters' Uşağı".

Bilge Şen, who graduated from the theater department of the conservatory in 1963, started his acting career at the Arena Theater in the same year. After working with companies such as Gen-ar, Ulvi Uraz Theatre, Devekuşu Kabare, Dostlar Theater and Gülriz Sururi-Engin Cezzar Theatre, he became a member of the State Theaters in 1979.

He first worked at the Bursa State Theatre, and then at the Istanbul State Theater from 1980; In 1982, she was chosen as the Best Actress at the Avni Dilligil Awards for her performance in the play "Gölge Ustası".

Bilge Şen has gained a place for himself in the world of television and cinema since the 1960s. The artist, who is mostly known for his real estate agent character in the TV series "Kabuslar Evi", started his cinema career with the 1965 movie "Bitmayan Yol". Afterwards, he took part in productions such as "Baraj" (1977), "Yangın" (1984), "My Father and My Son" (2005) and made his voice heard in the Turkish dubbing of the movie "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone".

In 2017, the General Directorate of Theater of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism presented him with the "A Life on Stage" award.

In addition to his acting, the plays he staged include "Happy Birthday", "Comedy of a Collapse", "Fooling in the Moonlight", "Abdülcanbaz", "Sly Husband's Cunning Wife", "One of Us", "The Miser", "The Master of Istanbul", "The Servant of Two Masters", "Wrong on the Wrong", "Beaver Fur", "Shadow Master". and “The Rosenbergs Must Not Die”. His filmography also includes his latest projects such as "Gassal" (2026), "Arka Sokaklar" (2025) and "Love's Yesterday's Children" (2025).

Bilge Şen was born in Izmir, Türkiye in 1944.

Bilge Şen (b. 1945, İzmir) is a Turkish actor.

He was born in Ödemiş in 1945. He graduated from the State Conservatory Theater Department in 1963. In the same year, he started his acting career at the Arena Theater in Gen-ar, Ulvi Uraz, Devekuşu Kabare, Dostlar, Gülriz Sururi-Engin Cezzar etc. continued in communities. He entered the State Theater in 1979. He appeared on stage first in Ankara and then in Istanbul.

She received the Avni Dilligil Best Actress Award in 1982 for her role in Shadow Master. He played the role of a real estate agent in Çağan Irmak's Nightmare House series. He also voiced Turkish in the movie Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

Productions in which he took part

He took part in 39 productions in total; 12 of the most well-known are listed.

• Call My Manager (2020)
• Inadına Aşk (2015) — Pembe Barutçu
• Erşan Kuneri (2022) — The Boss's Wife
• Don't Let It End Like This (2012)
• Other Than You (2007) — Sevgi
• Gassal (2024) — Pink
• Keep It Between Us (2013) — Elmas Celepoğlu
• Eşref Saati (2007) — Şadiye
• Last Choice (2007)
• I Miss You So Much (2005) — Hatıra Hanım
• Brave Doubt (2001)
• Head of the Family (2009) — Fevriye

Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.