Gonca Vuslateri

Nazlı Gonca Vuslateri (born 2 September 1986) is a Turkish actress, columnist, screenwriter, poet, radio host and acting trainer.

Biography

She was born in Bursa on 2 September 1986. She has an older sister, musician Aslı Vuslateri and a stepbrother, Cem Vuslateri. She is of Turkish, Circassian, Abhazia, Georgian, Arab descents.^[1][2][3]

Since the age of nine, Gonca Vuslateri has studied acting (including kids theatre, Eric Morris, Susana Morris, Enis Fosforoğlu). She graduated from Theater Department of Müjdat Gezen Art Center.^[4][5] Gonca Vuslateri, who also worked at the "Dot" theatre. With a remarkable sense of psychology and humour she forcefully performed a wide range of characters in various genres, including comedy, drama. She played two different characters in comedy series Yalan Dünya simultaneously and won Golden Butterfly Awards Best Comedy Actress. The Best Actress of the year was chosen as her role "Şule" in series Anne by Hürriyet jury. She played "Masha" by Anton Chekhov in play Martı (The Seagull).^[6] During her theatre career, she won two Afife Jale Play Awards and Sadri Alışık Award.^[7] She published "Manik Serçe" her poetry book. She wrote "Kırmızı Başlıklı Kız Uzayda" kids theater.^[8][9] She sometimes gives acting lesson.

She continues to writing in "Giriş Katın Bir Altı" of Hürriyet newspaper and to presenting "Giriş Katın Bir Altı" radio programme in NTV radio.^[10]

Due to her 75 years old Vasfiye character in Yalan Dünya, right shoulder of Gonca Vuslateri collapsed, her vocal chords were seriously damaged and her mandible ached. She regularly goes to physiotherapist, sound therapist.^[11][12] During an interview she has stated that her mother decided she and her older sister were going to be artist. But economic troubles forced them too hard.^[13] Her father was a petty officer and many of her family work in army. Gaffar Okkan, chief constable of Diyarbakır who was assassinated in an ambush is cousin of her grandfather.^{[14][15][16][17][18][19]}

Filmography

Theatre

• Artiz Mektebi
• Bana Mastikayı Çalsana
• Vur Yağmala Yeniden
• Punk Rock – Simon Stephens – Tiyatro Dot – 2010
• Kabin – Kemal Hamamcıoğlu – Craft Tiyatro – 2013
• The Seagull – Anton Chekhov – Pürtelaş Tiyatro – 2017

Books

• Manik Serçe (2016)

Columnist

• Giriş Katın Bir Altı

Radio

• Giriş Katın Bir Altı

References

External links

• Gonca Vuslateri on SinemaTürk (in Turkish)
• Gonca Vuslateri at the Internet Broadway Database