Full Name: Hatice Tuba Büyüküstün
Born: July 5, 1982, Istanbul, Turkey
Age: 32
Nationality: Turkish
Occupation: Actress
Years active: 2003–present
Spouse: Onur Saylak (m. 2011)
Children: 2
Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m)
Hair color: Black
Eye color: Green
High School: Dogus High School, Istanbul
University: Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul
PERSONAL LIFE[]
Tuba Büyüküstün (born July 5, 1982) is a Turkish actress.
Tuba Büyüküstün was born in Istanbul on July 5, 1982. She graduated from Doğuş High School and studied Costume and Stage Design at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in Istanbul. When she was at university she started to act in commercials. After she met Tomris Giritlioğlu, she started acting.
Career[]
The series Sultan Makamı which was shown at Channel D and directed by Aydın Bulut in 2003 was her first series and she acted in the last four episodes. Directed by Çağan Irmak, she aroused attention in the series Çemberimde Gül Oya. She played the role Zarife and it was shown at Channel D in 2004. In the same year, she portrayed the character Gülizar in the same called television film and received an award for Best Actress at the Serbia and Montenegro International TV Festival Bar. Her final breakthrough was in the series Ihlamurlar Altında published in 2005 and directed by Aydın Bulut. She shared the leading role with Sinan Tuzcu and Bülent İnal. In the same year playing a Aysun in the movie Babam ve Oğlum and was directed by Çağan Irmak. Playing a teacher in 2006 in the movie Sınav which was directed by Ömer Faruk Sorak, she had the opportunity to act next to Jean-Claude Van Damme. In Antakya, she played in Asi alongside Murat Yıldırım and Çetin Tekindor directed by Cevdet Mercan in 2007. In those years, Çemberimde Gül Oya, Ihlamurlar Altında and Asi were shown in the Arab world. She had a substantial role in the expansion of Turkish series abroad. Because of the high ratings in 67 countries, Asi was nominated as Best Soap Opera at the 51st Monte-Carlo Television Festival. In 2012, her first leading role in cinema was in the movie Yüreğine Sor by Yusuf Kurçenli. Afterwards she acted next to Cansel Elçin in the series Gönülçelen. At the end of 2012, she returned after a break of one a half years on screen by sharing the leading role with İlker Aksum at the series 20 Dakika. She was nominated for the 42nd International Emmy Award for Best Actress for her performance in 20 Dakika series, after being country's first entry. Büyüküstün who has been appointed as a goodwill ambassador of UNICEF Turkey in 2014, is currently sharing the leading role with Engin Akyürek in the series Kara Para Aşk which is still aired on Channel ATV.
On 28 July 2011, she married the Turkish actor Onur Saylak in Paris, France.[5] On 19 January 2012, she gave birth to twin girls, Maya and Toprak.