Elit İşcan

Elit İşcan is a Turkish actor born in Istanbul on January 12, 1994. He stepped into cinema at a young age with Reha Erdem's films, and is best known internationally for his role in the movie Mustang.

His father is an architect and his mother is a computer programmer. While she was studying at Istanbul Kemer College, she participated in the casting auditions held by director Reha Erdem at the school and appeared in front of the camera for the first time with the role of Yıldız in the 2006 film Beş Vakit.

Cinema and television

He played the eponymous character in the movie Hayat Var (2008), his second work with Erdem; With this performance, she was nominated for best actress by the Cinema Writers Association (SİYAD). In the same period, he played Bilge Gezici in the TV series Küçük Kadın, which was broadcast between 2008 and 2010, and was recognized by the television audience.

With films such as This Is Our Lesson: Atatürk (2009), Dead Leaf Strike (2009) and Taş Mektep (2012), A.Ş.K. (2013) followed by the TV series.

Mustang (2015), directed by Deniz Gamze Ergüven, tells the story of five orphan sisters growing up in a conservative environment in a remote village; She played Ece, one of the İşcan sisters. The film, which France sent to the Oscars, was nominated for the best foreign language film at the 88th Academy Awards. In the same year, the best actress award at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) was shared among five young actors playing the sisters.

In the following years, he continued to work in cinema and digital productions. His transition from child acting to adult roles was shaped by the festival films of Turkish cinema.