Suzan Kardeş is a versatile artist who was born on April 15, 1960 in Mitrovica, Kosovo. She is known for both her make-up art and her stage performance.
Suzan Kardeş, who started her artistic life as a make-up artist and hairdresser in the 1980s, took part in many projects in the world of cinema, theater and advertising. He has won the love of the masses with the roles he has undertaken, especially in productions that meet the audience on television screens. Since 2007, he has focused on his professional music career and appeared before the audience with Turkish classical music albums.
The fact that he sings songs in different languages such as Bosnian, Serbian, Albanian, Macedonian and of course Turkish shows how rich his culture is.
Suzan Kardeş, who settled in Istanbul with her family in 1968, started working in beauty salons when she was only 13 years old. While she was continuing her hairdressing career in the early 1980s, she made a name for herself by doing make-up and hair designs for famous actors at the Şan Theatre. He further developed his talent with the photo novel make-ups he did for Hürriyet newspaper and met Sezen Aksu in the process.
He proved his mastery by undertaking all stage and shooting make-up of Sezen Aksu since 1985. She has done the makeup of many famous names, from Goran Bregovic to Türkan Şoray.
Suzan Kardeş, who had to take a break from her make-up work after an accident in 1992, turned her house in Arnavutköy into a tavern called "Bekriya" and ran this place for fourteen years. He even opened a meatball restaurant in Beyoğlu. However, her passion for art did not leave her and she returned to makeup artistry in 1995.
He worked with names such as Yılmaz Erdoğan, Demet Akbağ and Cem Yılmaz at Beşiktaş Cultural Center. In particular, the Atatürk make-up she did on Haluk Bilginer in an İş Bank advertisement in 2007 was highly appreciated.
Suzan Kardeş's acting adventure started in Beşiktaş Cultural Center's "Bir Demet Tiyatro" series. She both wore make-up and appeared before the audience with the character "Mevlüde". Then she played the role of "Mefrika Hanım" in the movie "Organize İşler". She further increased her recognition by appearing on stage as well as being a make-up artist in the "Komedi Dükkanı" program, which started in 2007. She also took part as a make-up artist in the ongoing series of this program under different names.
Inspired by the Rumelian folk songs and sevdalinkas he sang during his time as a tavern manager, he released his first art music album called "Bekriya" in 2007, with the support of Sezen Aksu. Then, he met with music lovers with many albums such as "Bekriya 2 - Balkania", "Makeup Room Songs", "Ninno", "Bekriya 3 - Bal ve Kan", "Bekriya 6 - Bekri", "Yarım Hava Çalsana" and "Şişede Bade Durmaz".
In her album "Makeup Room Songs", the artists who did her make-up accompanied her. He performed his songs at various festivals and venues both in the country and abroad. He also showed off his acting talent by taking part in films such as "Blue Butterflies", "Children of the Soil", "Conjoined Brothers" and "Nadide Hayat".
He was born on April 15, 1960 in Mitrovica. He is the fourth of five children of his Kosovo Turkish family. He immigrated to Istanbul with his family in 1968. He started working as an apprentice in a beauty salon when he was 13, and in 1982 he got a job in the hair salon at Etap Marmara Hotel. In 1983, she did the hair and make-up of the actors of the Shareli Harikalar Company at Şan Theatre.
Then he worked for Hürriyet newspaper. He improved in his profession by doing make-up for the actors in the photo novels shot here. He met Sezen Aksu during the shooting of the photo novel "Çalıkuşu". He has done all stage and shooting make-up for Sezen Aksu since 1985.
He took part as a make-up specialist and hairdresser in many theater companies and film crews that staged plays at Şan Theatre. He performed the stage make-up of many well-known artists, from Goran Bregoviç to Türkân Şoray.
As a result of an accident, she took a break from her make-up business in 1992 and turned her house in Arnavutköy into a tavern. He ran this place, which he named Bekriya, for fourteen years; He also opened a meatball restaurant in Beyoğlu. In 1995, she returned to work as a make-up artist in the world of cinema and television.
She undertook the hair and make-up works of Beşiktaş Cultural Center. He worked with many artists such as Yılmaz Erdoğan, Demet Akbağ, Cem Yılmaz. The make-up he applied to actor Haluk Bilginer, who played Atatürk in the Atatürklü İş Bankası commercial published in 2007, was very appreciated.
She appeared on stage for the first time in Beşiktaş Cultural Center's sitcom series called Bir Demet Theater, playing the role of "Mevlüde" as well as doing make-up. In 2005, she played the role of "Mefrika Hanım" in the BKM-produced movie Organize İşler. She became widely known for appearing on stage and on screen as a make-up artist, as well as doing make-up, in the entertainment program called Komedi Dükkanı, which started broadcasting on television in 2007.
She continued to work as a make-up artist in Tolga Çevik's program called My Friend Welcome, Manager Ne'aptın, TOLGSHOW, Tolgshow Filterless.
Productions in which he took part
He took part in 34 productions in total; 12 of the most well-known are listed.
- Magnificent Century (2011) — Singer
- Don't Let Children Hear (2002) — Kükrek Kadriye
- Eighties (2012) — Fato Ana
- Şevkat Yerimdar (2017)
- Shoulder to Shoulder with Arda (2022)
- Sıdıka (1997)
- Slum (2010)
- Malfunction (2020)
- Aziz (2021) — Azime
- Club (2021) — Mevhibe
- Blue Butterflies (2011) — Jovanna Zubac
- The Golden Boll (1969) — Self - Winner
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.
