Hülya Avşar
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Hülya Avşar (born 1963 in Balıkesir) is a famous Turkish actress and singer.
[edit] Career
She graduated from Ankara Cumhuriyet Lisesi and started swimming professionally for DSI. In 1982, she and her family moved to İstanbul. Avşar attended a beauty pageant organized by Bulvar magazine where she was elected as the most beautiful. Later, her crown was taken from her when organization found out that she was divorced from a short time marriage. In 1983, she debuting in acting with the movie Haram. In following years, she acted in over 70 movies in the leading role. During this period, she won the best actress prize in Moscow Movie festival. By the time, she took musical education and showed up in some concerts that are organized nation-wide. Avsar has released 7 albums & 1 single to date.
In 2000, Avsar won the best female singer award by Kral TV. That year, she wrote for Günaydın newspaper as a columnist. Avsar is currently the editor of Hülya (a monthly magazine). She plays tennis on a professional basis and holds a championship in TED 2001 tennis tournament.
Hülya Avşar was previously married to Kaya Çilingiroğlu, but she got divorced in 2005. She has a daughter called Zehra from Kaya.
