Şebnem Hassanisoughi was born in Istanbul Her father is of Azerbaijani descent from Iran Her mother is Turkish Sebnem took on roles in some very significant shows such as Firar Kayip Sehir Tatar Ramazan Bana Artik Hicran De Poyraz Karayel and Vatanim Sensin She recently took a place in various digital series such as Andropause Hot Skull for Netflix Metot for Gain and Star for Disney which will be launched soon Her role in the 2011 movie Geriye Kalan shot by Cigdem Vitrinel brought her two very important awards Hassanisoughi was awarded Best Actress at the 12th Izmir International Film Festival and received the Ayhan Isik Special Award at the 18th Sadri Alisik Actors Awards After working with Alphan Eseli on his film Eve Dönüs Sarikamis 1915 in 2012 she appeared in Zeki Demirkubuzs film Bulanti and with her performance in this movie won Best Supporting Actress at the 48th Siyad Awards Later Hassanisoughi took on the role of Sara in Tayfur Aydins 2016 movie Siyah Karga She was also honored with the 20th Year Special Award at the 20th Flying Broom International Womens Film Festival Following Sebnem participated in the movie Butterflies which got Grand Jury Prize at Sundance 2018 In the same year she appeared in the Danish movie Lifeboat with Sofia Helin and Pal Sverre Hagen