Derya Seyhan Arman (born 26 February 1980) is a Turkish transgender rights activist, actress, and drag queen, based in Istanbul. She has appeared in Turkish media talking about her own experiences as a transgender person living in Turkey. She often appears in plays and media as a drag queen.
She started her acting career in theatre when she joined Adana Kardes Oyuncular theatre in 1994.
She appeared in Akasya Durağı. She won two awards, one for her movie I saw the sun (Güneşi Gördüm), in the best performance category, at the 23rd Singapore International Film Awards in 2010 and jury's choice award for her movie Other Angels (Teslimiyet) at the 22nd Ankara International Film Festival. She was one of the 100 women featured by the BBC in 2016.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1997 Böyle mi Olacaktı TV series 2001 Yeditepe İstanbul TV series 2004 Sil Baştan TV series 2004 Melekler Adası Alev TV series 2005 Beyza'nın Kadınları Movie 2007 Menekşe ile Halil Cici TV series 2008 Hiç Singer Movie 2008 Transgenders Short film 2008 Gitmek: Benim Marlon ve Brandom Movie 2009 Teslimiyet Hayat Movie 2009 Akasya Durağı Gözde TV series 2009 Teleferik Seyhan Short film 2010 Güneşi Gördüm Fifi - Drag queen Movie 2010 Ezan Çiçeği Patroniçe Short film 2010 Gelin Short film 2010 Peki Short film 2011 Papaz Kimde Ajlan Movie 2011 Kolpaçino: Bomba Vocalist Movie 2011 Kibrit Short film 2011 Gassal Gassal Short film 2011 Komik Bir Aşk Hikayesi Transsexual woman Movie 2012 Behzat Ç. Bir Ankara Polisiyesi Alev TV series 2012 Vuslat Burcu Short film 2013 Sislerin İçinde Hanife Short film 2014 Çekmeceler Seyhan Movie 2014 Nerdesin Aşkım? Özge Short film
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