Nilgün Belgün was born in Istanbul in 1953. His mother was a wedding registrar and his father was a bank manager; His grandmother, Sofiya, was of Greek origin. The artist, who started his education at Private Şişli High School, later studied at the Istanbul Municipal Conservatory, Department of Voice and Theater. Here, he improved himself by attending phonetic diction lessons of masters Yıldız Kenter and Melih Cevdet Anday. He stepped into performing arts in 1973 and started his professional career at Devekuşu Kabare Theatre.
In the early years of his artistic life, he worked with different groups such as Ali Poyrazoğlu, Levent Kırca, Dormen and Theater Istanbul. Belgün, who took part in various projects in cinema and television, became known to the masses with the character of Darbukator Bayram and the character "Gülpembe" in the production called "Another Night" in 1990.
Then, he won the hearts of the audience with parodies and different characters in entertainment programs on television. The artist, who is interested in different areas of life, took part in awareness raising activities on women's health and published two books. He also took an active role in a long-term health project regarding Parkinson's disease.
Belgün, who presented various programs on television screens, temporarily hosted Esra Erol's program after she went on maternity leave. In recent years, he garnered the admiration of both the audience and the music of dancer Mehmet İris with his one-man play called "Love and Comedy". In addition to this play, which has been ongoing since 2012, he also continues another one-man play called "Heart to Heart" and continues to work on his new projects.
It was also an active period in Nilgün Belgün's private life. She made her first marriage with theater actor Abdullah Şahin at the age of 19, and from this marriage she had a daughter named Oylum Şahin. Later, she married composer İlhan Gencer and from this marriage, her second daughter named Merve Gencer was born. The artist's third marriage was with Atilla Demircioğlu.
Nilgün Belgün was born on March 18, 1953 in Istanbul. His father's name is Atilla Belgün. He spent his childhood in Büyükada. He studied at Private Şişli High School. He graduated from Istanbul Municipal Conservatory, Department of Voice and Theater. He became a professional actor in 1973 with the play "Haneler" at Devekuşu Kabare Theatre.
Later, he worked in companies such as Ali Poyrazoğlu Theatre, Levent Kırca Theatre, Dormen Theatre, Theater Istanbul and Gencay Gürün. He took part in many movies and TV series. In 1990, she became known to a larger audience in a short time with her role as "Gülpembe" in the "Darbukator Bayram" sketch on the TV program "Bir Başka Gece".
He played various characters in various parodies on television entertainment programs such as "Here's Music, Here's Entertainment" and "Gece Sefası". In 1993, she received the Milliyet Newspaper's Best TV-Comedy Actress of the Year award.
She received 8 awards as the best comedy actress of the year with her play "Tepetaklak", which she performed at Theater Istanbul.
Productions in which he took part
He took part in 30 productions in total; 12 of the most well-known are listed.
- Politics Square (1994)
- Foreign Groom (2004) — Katina
- Akasya Durağı (2008) — Eleni
- Jet Sosyete (2018) — Olcay
- Shoulder to Shoulder with Arda (2022) — Nilgün Belgün
- Kral Türkiye Music Awards (1995) — Presenter
- Already Show with Melis İşiten (2023)
- Between Us and Ali Sunal (2024)
- Holiday Romances (2004)
- He's Talking About Talk (1991)
- Our Neighborhood (1994)
- My Liar (2006) — Belkıs
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.
