Turkan Victoria is a young British
actress from London, England. She began her career as a child
when she joined most of the local theatre clubs taking part in the amateur
dramatics clubs near her home and was
always in many of her school productions; she absolutely loved the stage from
an early age.
She also started modelling at age 4 and
continues to do so part time but with her main focus on her acting career. She
has modeled for Aston Martin, People Tree and Bang and Olufsen.
She trained at the Bristol Old Vic Drama
school and gained a lot of experience being part of theatre clubs, and even
gained a gold award at LAMDA.
She secured her first paid television
role in ‘City’ for RAI Television in Italy which was based on the book by award
winning writer Alessandro Barrico when she was 18. She was later featured in the John Lewis
Magazine who named her ‘The New Face Of British Film’ under the heading
‘Extraordinary People’
She later went on to book ‘Veta Nova’
directed by Oscar Nominated David Cinzi in London. In 2012 Turkan Victoria
landed a role in a commercial for the ‘Nescafe Frappo’ campaign in Greece.
She enrolled at ‘The Bristol Old Vic
Drama school’ When she was 19 which fashioned her with the skills to hone her
acting prowess. She was cast as the lead role of Lilly Parsons in ‘No Roads
Lead To Cannes’ a British comedy written and directed by Ethan J Greene while
attending drama school.
Turkan was in huge demand after
graduating from ‘BOVDS’ and Landed a major speaking role in the new blockbuster
‘Famine’ where she impressed the the Director and Producer Omer Sarikaya to
such an extent as to secure another major role in his next feature
‘Mesopotamia.’
Turkan earned her highest achievement
when she won the gold award at a talent convention in Florida where she was
discovered by the CEO of a major hollywood agency. Turkan later signed with a
boutique bi-coastal agency in Los Angeles and New York. And is in the process
of facilitating her move to the US. In 2014 Turkan booked the lead role in the
major Sci-Fi movie ‘GODTech’ Which is set for world wide release in 2015.
She says growing up she adored Dame Maggie Smith,
Cate Blanchett, Emma Watson, Juno Temple, Robert Downey Jr as well as the
stunning Jodie Foster and her favorite role so far, has been playing Shatzy
from City which was a TV series filmed in Italy. Turkan is fast becoming a
recognised name within the film industry and has much
more in the pipeline.
She plans to be a working actress in America both
on broadway and the big screen and she says she can't wait to get started. Her advice to aspiring performers is “It's a tough
industry and the key is perseverance and belief in yourself. Just do not give
up!”
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