Tuba Büyüküstün

Photo Source: Harper’s Dehset Bey

Tuba Büyüküstün is a Turkish actress. She is best known for her roles in Asi (Rebellious), Ihlamurlar Altında (Under The Trees), Gönülçelen (Becoming a Lady), Kara Para Aşk (Black Money Love), Zeytin Ağacı (Another Self, also: Aytaç, Şükrü & Seda) and Rise of Empires: Ottoman (Netflix, also: Helin, Birkan & Mert Ramazan).

Facts:

• she’s originally from Erzurum, Türkiye
• the maternal side of her family are Turkish immigrants from Crimea
• her paternal side are Turkish immigrants from Crete, Greece
• this fact is not very well known but her first name is actually Hatice
• has twin daughters named Maya and Toprak
• one of the things that makes her happiest is communicating with her loved ones through touch
• when she was a child, her biggest dream was to become an engineer
• devoted (football team) Beşiktaş supporter
• encountering a shark in the sea is one of her biggest fears
• first encountered cameras thanks to a commercial for a brand of pads starring Hülya Avşar
  • through these ads, she was discovered by the producer and director Tomris Giritlioğlu
• when asked who she would like to work with again, she mentioned the names Engin Akyürek, Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ and Murat Yıldırım
• what drives her crazy the most is when people don’t do their jobs with love/respect
• loves love songs and classical music and describes herself as romantic
• hates wearing makeup so the first thing she does after set is to remove her makeup
• although acting is her profession, Tuba has a camera phobia and still feels uneasy in front of the lens
• never puts her book down, even during breaks on set
• absolutely loves food and her favourite is rice, adores anything made with rice