Nur Sürer born 21 June 1954 is a Turkish actress She completed her education at Bursa Anatolian Girls High School She started her career in cinema with Erden Kirals Bereketli Topraklar Üzerinde On Fertile Soils and won the Best Actress award twice at the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival To date she has appeared in more than forty films and television series Her first international work was the film Ayna in 1984 This film won the Oscar Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1991 Umuda Yolculuk 1990 Dunkle Schatten der Angst 1993 and Yara 1998 followed She married Bülent Kayabas for the first time in 1981 She later married Sarp Kuray who was sentenced to life imprisonment for being the leader of the armed leftist organisation 16 June Movement Sürer who is closely interested in womens rights is also known for her political stance In 2007 she participated in the 1 May celebrations in Istanbul and was detained by the police but was released one day laterSürer played the character of Neriman Kozcuoglu in the TV series Asi which was broadcast on Kanal D between 20072009 In 2021 Surer returned to the cinema with the film Sen Ben Lenin and continued his TV acting career with the 2023 TV series Aile