Pınar Altuğ Atacan (born 2 September 1974[1]) is a Turkish actress, tv host, former model and beauty pageant titleholder. She is best known for family comedy "Çocuklar Duymasın" (2002-2019) which one of the longest Turkish series.[2]
Education
Altuğ studied at Saint-Benoît French High School. She started modeling while in high school. Her father died when she was 17 years old. Altuğ, who was elected Miss Turkey 1994, stopped her education at Istanbul University School of Political Sciences, Department of Business Administration in 1997. She eventually pursued a degree in communication studies.[3]
Career
She started her career in television in 1995. Between 1995 and 1998, she worked as a presenter on various news-magazine programs.[3] In 1999, she started presenting the food program Pınar'ın Yemek Zevki, after which she retired from modelling. In 2003, she released her first cookbook, titled Pınar'ın Mutfağından. From 2004 to 2006, she presented the Türkiye'nin Yıldızları contest.
In 2000, she was cast in the Kurt Kapanı TV series. She continued her career as an actress with roles in popular series Çocuklar Duymasın, Omuz Omuza, Davetsiz Misafir and İlk Aşkım. She played two roles in "Davetsiz Misafir". In 2010, she began taking part in the new season of comedy series Çocuklar Duymasın, for which she eventually a Golden Butterfly Award for Best Comedy Actress in 2018.[4][5]
In 2000, she married Umut Elçioğlu but divorced after a few years. In 2008, she married actor Yağmur Atacan. Their daughter, named Su, was born in January 2009.[3]
