Pınar Altuğ

Pınar Altuğ Atacan (born 2 September 1974 ) is a Turkish actress, tv host, former model and beauty pageant titleholder. She is best known for family comedy "Çocuklar Duymasın" (2002-2019) which one of the longest Turkish series and hit romantic comedy series "Davetsiz Misafir" which played two roles.

Education Altuğ studied at Saint-Benoît French High School. She started modeling while in high school. Her father died when she was 17 years old. Altuğ, who was elected Miss Turkey 1994, stopped her education at Istanbul University School of Political Sciences, Department of Business Administration in 1997. She eventually pursued a degree in communication studies.

Career She started her career in television in 1995. Between 1995 and 1998, she worked as a presenter on various news-magazine programs.

With Emre Kınay, she performed for twice in play "Mutlu Aile Tablosu" which won Afife Jale Best Comedy Play Award.

Personal life In 2000, she married Umut Elçioğlu but divorced after a few years. In 2008, she married actor Yağmur Atacan. Their daughter, named Su, was born in January 2009.