Sevtap Çapan, one of the well-known faces of the theatre, cinema and TV series world, also stands out as a productive writer. Born in Istanbul in 1970, Çapan started his artistic journey at Müjdat Gezen Art Center Theater Department. While he was still in the last year of his education, he started performing at the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality City Theatres.
In this well-established institution, she took on her first serious role as Natasha Ivanovna in Tolstoy's play "War and Peace" and made a name for herself by winning the Bedia Muvahhid Award, given to young talents, with this performance.
Sevtap Çapan, who took part in many successful projects throughout her career, was selected as the "Best Actress" in the comedy category at the 8th Lions Theater Awards for her role as Linda in the play "Play Again, Sam". She was also nominated in the "Best Supporting Actress" category at the 15th Afife Jale Theater Awards for her performance as "Young Woman" in Tuncer Cücenoğlu's play "Çığ".
Two of Çapan's five plays, which attracted attention not only with his stage performances but also with the plays he wrote, were included in the repertoire of the City Theatres. He also gained experience in different fields such as voice acting and teaching.
Sevtap Çapan, who takes an active role in civil society activities as well as her artistic life, was the founder and president of the Turkish Women's Union Beykoz Branch between 2016 and 2020. Her artistic life was immortalized in Hamdi Gültekin's book "Actress Sevtap Çapan" in 2016. Çapan, who became the General Art Director of Theater P.A.S in 2017, also started writing columns and met with her readers in Bursa Mora Magazine and Özgün Haber newspaper with the title "An Actress Writes". "Fairy Girl Musical", which he directed, was staged at İBBŞT in the 2019-2020 season and published as a book in the same year.
Sevtap Çapan was born on April 28, 1970 in Istanbul, Türkiye.
Productions in which he took part
- Sealed Roses (2003) — Münire/Mehtap
- Black Angel (1997) — Esin Saylan
- Olive Branch (2005)
- My Heart Chose You (2011)
- S1R: The Price (2026)
- Love Under Siege (1997)
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.
