Nilperi Şahinkaya

Biography

Nilperi Şahinkaya is a Turkish actress born on February 23, 1988, in Senegal to diplomat father Salim Levent Şahinkaya. She graduated from Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle and Bilkent University School of Music and Performing Arts before making her television debut in the daily series Deniz Yıldızı. Her breakthrough role came as Şeyma in Kiraz Mevsimi, leading to castings in Öyle Bir Geçer Zaman ki, Kayıp, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?.