İlhan Şen

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İlhan Şen is a Turkish actor and model. He won Best Model of Turkey 2009 and Best Model of Europe the same year. He acted in Şahin Tepesi (Falcon Crest, also: Aybüke), Ramo (also: Burcu, Devrim, Cemre, Murat & Esra), Aşk Mantık İntikam (Love Reason Get Even, Adaptation of Korean Drama Cunning Single Lady, also: Burak & Burcu), Sevmek Zamanı (Time To Love, also: Deniz Işın), Safir (Sapphire, also: Gizem & Özge) and as Serhat Yelduran in Halef: Köklerin Çağrısı (Halef: Call of the Roots, also: Biran).

Facts:

• he is originally a Bulgarian Turk
  • they migrated from Bulgaria to Türkiye when he was two years old
  • says that migrating at a young age shaped who he is, not one single wound, but a whole process that influenced his choices, views and personality
• walked the runway in Italy for several high end brands
• he’s not someone who likes sharing what he does or where he goes or saying “Look, I’m here.”
• says that while working as a construction site supervisor, a talk with his film-discussion group made him realize he no longer had time for the movies he loved and that realization led him to finish his project and leave the job
• wishes he was better at saying no
• what bothers him most in a relationship is rudeness
• what bothers him most on set is disrespect
• what hurt him the most in this profession is realising that people he admired from afar aren’t actually who he thought they were