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name: "Nazan Kesal"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nazan-kesal"
fi1m_id: "nazan-kesal"
imdb_id: "nm0456400"
tmdb_id: 1381257
wikidata_id: "Q6099299"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "28 March 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T18:02:40.177396+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Nazan Kesal

## Identity

Nazan Kesal

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nazan-kesal
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nazan-kesal
- **IMDb ID:** nm0456400
- **TMDB ID:** 1381257
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6099299
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazan_Kesal, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6099299, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0456400/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1381257

Actor. Born 28 March 1969 in Manisa, Turkey.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 28 March 1969, Manisa, Turkey
- **Also known as:** Nazan Kırılmış, Nazan Kırılmış Kesal 
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazan_Kesal, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6099299, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0456400/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1381257

## Biography

Nazan Kesal (née Kırılmış) is a Turkish actress and director. She was born on 28 March 1969 in Manisa, Turkey, and graduated from the Theatre Department of Dokuz Eylül University in İzmir in 1991. She has worked as an actress and director with state theatres including Diyarbakır State Theater (1996–2004) and Bursa State Theater, as well as private companies such as Ankara Sanatevi Theater and Theater Istanbul.

Kesal is known for her film roles in *Distant* (2002, as Lover, credited as Nazan Kırılmış), *Climates* (2006, as Serap), *Hair* (2010, as Meryem) and *Delibal* (2015, as Selma), and for television appearances including *Mrs. Fazilet and Her Daughters* (2017, as Fazilet Çamkıran) and *Kübra* (2024, as Dilek). She has also directed for theatre and short films. She won the Golden Orange for Best Supporting Actress for *Climates* and awards for her performance in *Hair*.

*Sources: imdb.com, tr.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org, watch.plex.tv.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Distant* (2002), Fi1m 73, as Lover (as Nazan Kırılmış) — [page](https://film.one/film/distant.md)

## Complete filmography (52)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Mom's Pale Flowers* (2025), as Münevver
- *The Late Offices* (2024), series, as Saniye
- *Bitter Coffee* (2024), as Birgül
- *I'm After Them* (2024), Actor
- *Next Room* (2024), series, as Nurcihan Alabey
- *Peace with Life* (2024), as Aysel Telli
- *Kübra* (2024), series, as Dilek
- *Enemy of Love* (2024), series, as Bahriye
- *On the Water Surface* (2023), as Tulin
- *The Last Day* (2023), series, Actor
- *Bir Peri Masalı* (2022), series, as Harika Köksal
- *Your Wild Dogs Want Freedom* (2022), as Seslendirme
- *You Know Him* (2020), as Figen
- *Çocuk* (2019), series, as Asiye Karasu
- *Halka* (2019), series, as Hümeyra Karabulut
- *Aydede* (2018), as Neriman
- *Bitter Lands* (2018), series, as Sevda Çağlayan / Fatma Özden
- *The Pillar of Salt* (2018), Actor
- *Inflame* (2017), as Television programmer
- *The Bank of Broken Hearts* (2017), as Suzan
- *Mrs. Fazilet and Her Daughters* (2017), series, as Fazilet Çamkıran
- *My Brother* (2016), as Ayşe's Mother
- *Delibal* (2015), as Selma
- *Dust Cloth* (2015), as Hatun
- *Mother Virgin No More* (2015), as Mother
- *Unmade Bed* (2015), Actor
- *Circle* (2014), as Betül
- *Bugünün Saraylısı* (2013), series, as Üftade Katiboğlu
- *Swing* (2013), Director
- *Shift 12-48* (2012), as Aylin
- *Kayıp Şehir* (2012), series, as Meryem  Toptaş
- *Bir Ömür Yetmez* (2011), series, Actor
- *Hair* (2010), as Meryem
- *Hicran Yarası* (2009), series, as Hicran
- *Cennetin Çocukları* (2008), series, as Mevlüde
- *Conscience* (2008), as Fatma
- *Making Climates* (2006), Actor
- *Climates* (2006), as Serap
- *Rüzgarlı Bahçe* (2005), series, Actor
- *Yadigar* (2004), series, Actor
- *Mühürlü Güller* (2003), series, Actor
- *Distant* (2002), as Lover (as Nazan Kırılmış) — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/distant.md)
- *Fate* (2001), as Nermin
- *Şara* (1999), as Nazan
- *Istanbul Beneath My Wings* (1996), as Fahişe
- *Özlem: Düne, Bugüne, Yarına...* (1995), Actor
- *Bir Sonbahar Hikayesi* (1994), Actor
- *Tatlı Betüş* (1993), series, Actor
- *Daydreams of Miss Cazibe* (1992), as Fal Baktırmaya Gelen Kadın
- *The Shadow Play* (1992), as Sezen
- *One Thousand And One Nights*, series, Actor
- *In Vain*, as Mother

## Gallery

- ![Nazan Kesal](https://film.one/media/person/3933459/gallery-f9032beaebb1.jpg) Nazan Kesal — Serkan Yakın, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Nazan_Kesal.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Nazan Kesal](https://film.one/media/person/3933459/gallery-86614164cb9d.jpg) Nazan Kesal — Image via TMDB
- ![Nazan Kesal](https://film.one/media/person/3933459/gallery-875ca2eed79a.jpg) Nazan Kesal — Image via TMDB

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