Yelda Kaymakçı Reynaud, 17 Ocak 1972 tarihinde Viyana’da dünyaya geldi. After spending his early education years in Germany, he moved to Egypt and worked as a diving instructor there for three years. Ardından Amerika Birleşik Devletleri'ne giderek bir yıl süren bir araştırma çalışması yürüttü; bu deneyimin ardından Fransa’ya yerleşerek Paris’in önde gelen tiyatro okullarından altı yıl eğitim aldı.
Reynaud, who performed on various stages for four years, played the leading role in Yılmaz Arslan's film "Wound", a co-production between Germany, Turkey and Sweden. In addition to English, German, French and fluent Turkish, he also speaks intermediate level Egyptian Arabic, Italian and Spanish.
“Yara” filmindeki performansı sayesinde 1998 yılında 35. Altın Portakal Film Festivali’nde “En İyi Kadın Oyuncu” ödülünü kazandı; aynı yıl Mar Del Plata (Arjantin) ve Alexandria (Mısır) uluslararası film festivallerinde de aynı dalda ödüller alarak uluslararası alanda tanındı. 1999’da İstanbul Film Festivali’nde jüriye özel ödül, 1999 ÇASOD’da En İyi Kadın Oyuncu, 2000 ve 2004 yıllarında SİYAD ödülleri, 2005’te ise Uluslararası İstanbul Film Festivali’nde “Anlat İstanbul” filmindeki rolüyle En İyi Kadın Oyuncu seçildi.
He also appeared in the music video of Sezen Aksu's song "Yanmışım Ben" in 2005. Together with Özlem Düvencioğlu, “Başıbozuk Ltd.” He founded the production company named; şirket adını, “Tenten” dergisinde gördüğü ve Osmanlı ordusunun cephane önündeki maaşsız birlik anlamına gelen “başıbozuk” kelimesinden esinlenerek seçti.
Reynaud's cinema career started in 1998 with "Yara" (Hülya), and then took part in projects such as "Les Filles Ne Savent Pas Nager" and "Journey Out My Room" in 2000; She played the characters Mylene in "Roberto Succo" in 2001, Anais in "Amnesia" in 2002, and Ayşe in "Mud" in 2003. In 2004, she took on roles such as Banu in "Anlat İstanbul", "Hoş Geldin Hayat", Tezer Hanım in "Yolda", İnci in "Pearl of the Town" and Zeynep in "Gece 11:45".
In 2005, she met the television audience with the character of Reyhan in the TV series "Sessiz Gece", and in 2007, she took part in productions such as "Armaklık Ardında" (Aliye), "Dancing with Death" (Det. Catherine Pulliam) and "On the Edge of Life" (Emine). He continues to act, most recently appearing in the movie "Iki Gözüm Ahmet" in 2020.
On the theater stage, he has performed in plays such as "The Stolen Letter", "Jean Bete", "Tartuffe", "Before Breakfast", "Jock" and "Toi et Et tes Nauges" since 1992, and appeared on the DOT stage with Bülent Erkmen in "A Play for Two People".
He was born on January 17, 1972 in Vienna. He received his primary education in Germany. Later, due to family problems, he left Germany and went to Italy. Thanks to a woman he met here, he went to Egypt at a young age and worked as a diving instructor. She married Frenchman Jean-Jacques Reynaud, whom she met in Egypt.
After settling in Paris with his wife, he studied at the Paris Academy of Fine Arts, Department of Theater and Cinema, for six years. During this time, he took part in various plays. In 1998, he made his acting debut in the movie Yara, written and directed by Turkish director Yılmaz Arslan, who lives in Germany. She received the Best Actress award at the 35th Antalya Film Festival for her acting in this film.
In 2005, she was awarded the Best Actress award at the 24th Istanbul Film Festival for her performance in the movie Anlat Istanbul. He became known to the masses with the TV series Behind the Bars, in which he appeared between 2007 and 2010.
Başıbozuk Ltd. together with Özlem Düvencioğlu. He founded a production company called. He saw the name Başıbozuk while reading Tenten magazine and later learned that it meant "the concentrated, unsalaried Ottoman army at the front of the front in the war." He associated and identified this word with himself and gave this name to the company.
Productions in which he took part
He took part in 17 productions in total; 12 of the most well-known are listed.
- Behind Bars (2007) — Aliye Yalçın
- Pearl of the Town (2004) — Pearl
- On the Edge of Life (2007) — Emine (uncredited)
- Tell Istanbul (2005) — Banu
- Welcome Life (2004) — Ayça
- Silent Night (2005) — Reyhan
- Dance with Death (2007) — Det. Catherine Pulliam
- Mud (2003) — Ayşe
- My Two Eyes Ahmet (2020) — Lawyer
- Les filles ne savent pas nager (2000) — Solange
- Amnesia (2001) — Anais
- 3 Frauen 1 Streik (2023) — Gita
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.
