Songül Öden
Songül Öden (born 17 February 1979) is a Turkish actress of Zaza descent. Her most successful roles were in the series "Gümüş", "Umutsuz Ev Kadınları", "Serçe Sarayı" and "Kayıtdışı". Life and career. Songül Öden was born in Diyarbakır. She spent her elementary school, high school and university years in Ankara. During high school days she attended the Ankara Arts Theatre and then in Hacettepe University she had part-time vocal training. She later graduated from Ankara University's theatre school. She was also a part of a project which was an adaptation of the poems of Atilla İlhan  named "Ne Kadınlar Sevdim" with Enver Aysever as writer. After a while she left the state theatre and started to work in Istanbul in TV and theatre sector. Songül has been acting on TV since 1999 when she did a TV series entitled "Ferhunde Hanımlar". After that, she acted in five other TV series "Vasiyet" (2001), "Havada Bulut" (2002), "Gümüş" (2005–2007), "Vazgeç Gönlüm" (2008) and "Mükemmel Çift" (2010). After a project called "Havada Bulut" adapted from Sait Faik stories, she had a role in a television series drama called "Gümüş" where she acted side by side with Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ. The  series lasted for 2 and a half years and had a record as the most popular project in the Middle East, the Balkans and Turkey. She was presented with an honorary award with Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ at the Muscat Film Festival. She was also a guest of honour at the Cairo Film Festival. In 2009, she acted in a movie called "Acı Aşk" which is written by Onur Ünlü and in 2011 she appeared in "72. Koğuş" which is a work by Orhan Kemal. "Acı Aşk" ("Bitter Love") in which she co-stars with Halit Ergenç, Cansu Dere and Ezgi Asaroğlu  is her first-ever cinematic performance and was released on 18 December 2009. She also appeared in the Egyptian TV series "Underground" as a guest actress. Songül Öden returned to television in 2011 with the series "Umutsuz Ev Kadınları". Öden had been a part of a project in the Middle East about disapproval of women and child death in Palestine with eight world stars. In 2009 she was declared a Culture and Peace Envoy in Bulgaria.