İclâl Aydın

İclal Aydın (born 14 September 1971) is a Turkish actress, writer, journalist, and TV presenter. She is best known for popular comedy family series "İki Aile".

Life and career Born to a Circassian mother and a Kurdish father, Aydın's family were residents of Nevşehir at the time of her birth. The family moved to Ankara one year later due to her father's new position. She was then educated at Elazığ Anatolian High School. With her parents divorce, she returned to Ankara and spent her high school years writing and staging theatre plays. In 1989, she enrolled in theatre department of Ankara University's School of Language and History – Geography Faculty, but left the school in her second year and moved to Berlin, where she worked as a stage actress for six years.

After returning to Turkey in 1996, she landed a job at a television channel in 1997. In the same year, she appeared in Ayna's music video "Ölünce Sevemezsem Seni". She further rose to prominence with her role in the detective series Sıcak Saatler alongside Mehmet Aslantuğ, Arzum Onan. She then started presenting the women's program 2'den 4'e on HBB. After working for Kanal D, she held positions ar Radyo D, Radyo Cumhuriyet, Radyo Kent, and BRT FM between 1998 and 2000. In 1999, she presented Hayat Güzeldir on BRT. The diaries and information gathered for Hayat Güzeldir formed the basis of her first book. Between 2006 and 2008, Aydın starred in Star TV's İki Aile as Eda. In 2012, she appeared as Behice on the period series Veda based on novel alongside Mehmet Aslantuğ, Fahriye Evcen. She subsequently had a supporting role on O Hayat Benim. In July 2016, Aydın began presenting her own program İclal Aydın'la Yeniden on Show TV. In 2018, she starred in TRT1's Ege'nin Hamsisi. As of 2022, she has a leading role on the Kanal D series Üç Kız Kardeş.

Personal life Aydın has been married four times and has a daughter, named Zeynep Lal, with Kemal Başbuğ. Between 2006 and 2007 she was married to Tuna Kiremitçi.

Filmography Film and TV series

1995: Bir Demet Tiyatro 1995: Mirasyediler 1998: Sıcak Saatler 2000: Yarın Geç Olmayacak 2000: Vizontele 2000: Zor Hedef 2001: Dedem, Gofret ve Ben 2003: Vizontele Tuuba 2004: Avrupa Yakası 2005: Organize İşler 2006–2008: İki Aile 2009: Güldünya 2009: Haneler 2012: Göç Zamanı 2012: Gına 2012: Aşkın Halleri 2012: Veda 2014: O Hayat Benim 2018: Ege'nin Hamsisi 2022–: Üç Kız Kardeş

TV and radio programs 2'den 4'e (presenter) 1998–2000: Radyo D, Radyo Cumhuriyet, Radyo Kent BRT FMD 1999: Hayat Güzeldir 2014: Arkadaşım Hoşgeldin (guest) 2016: İclal Aydın'la Yeniden