Miray Daner

Miray Naz Daner (born 15 January 1999) is a Turkish actress.

Life and career

Daner began her career at the age of seven as child actor. In 2013, she studied in English Preparatory Class of Cemal Reşit Rey Fine Arts High School for one year. She studied cello, piano, and singing in the Music Department of Cemal Reşit Rey Fine Arts High School and studied her final year in the Music Department of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts High School. But she left the fine arts high school due to absences. She still continues her education by correspondence for high school^[1].Among her paternal relatives are actors Aras Bulut İynemli (cousin), Orçun İynemli (cousin), Cengiz Daner (uncle), İlhan Daner (grandfather's brother). She has an older sister, fashion designer İpek Nur Daner. Her maternal grandfather is one of the Turks who immigrated from Greece to Turkey due to war.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]}

Beginning at the age of nine, she played in 121 episodes in Papatyam as "Gonca", opposite Metin Akpınar who is cited as one of the best actors in Turkish cinema. She portrayed Sabiha Gökçen, the world's first female fighter pilot, Turkish pilot and foster child of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in her first movie Dersimiz Atatürk with Halit Ergenç, and later played in the film Çınar Ağacı" starred ensemble cast. Her other roles include "Doll Nergis" (her first role) in an episode of popular fantastic series Bez Bebek, and "Young Zeynep" in an episode of hit comedy series 1 Kadın 1 Erkek. She also played in theatre "Sürç-i Lisan Etti-isek Affola" and commercials.^{[16][17][18][19][20]}

At the age of thirteen, she played her first lead role in Zil Çalınca, the first Turkish series of Disney Channel and an adaptation of As The Bell Rings. She appeared as herself in the short movie Zil Çalınca Avı.^[21] She played opposite Cihan Şimşek for the fifth time in Merhaba Hayat, an adaptation of Private Practice and Medcezir, an adaptation of The O.C. series. She also had a role in the film Arkadaşım Max, starring a dog named Max. Since childhood, she has played characters in various genres including comedy, fantastic, biography, and drama.

At the age of seventeen, she played "Hilal" in Vatanım Sensin, a series about the Turkish War of Independence. She won a Golden Butterfly Award for her role in the series. She starred in the movie Hürkuş, based on the life of aviator Vecihi Hürkuş.^{[22][23] [24][25][26]}

She says: "At the age of seven, my mother's friend insisted that I apply to a casting agency. At the same week, I played in a commercial. Everything was enjoyable for me when I was a child. I realized that I wanted to be an actress in musical theatre while I was playing in "Papatyam" with Metin Akpınar for 4 years. I have learned everything about acting and life from Metin Akpınar."^[16] Throughout her career, she has played opposite various well-known actors including Metin Akpınar, Oya Aydoğan, Çetin Tekindor, Vahide Perçin, Celile Toyon, Halit Ergenç, Nejat İşler, and Nurgül Yeşilçay. ^[27]

Miray Daner has attended dance, sport and painting courses (various genres, including ballet dance, athleticism, pole dance, ski, latin dance, swimming, tennis). She won a gold medal in the Istanbul 100m race, but she was not interested in becoming a sportswoman. She wrote a tale book when she was about 10 years old. Her book will be published and the money raised from its sales will be donated to children charities. During an interview she stated that she would like to do different jobs, and study psychology like her mother. She will receive musical theatre training abroad.^{[28][29][30][31][32][33][34]}

Theatre

Filmography

Awards

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