Kamile Suat Ebrem (born 21 June 1954), better known as Müjde Ar, is a Turkish film actress.
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She is the oldest daughter of the dramaturge and song writer Aysel Gürel. She left school at the age of 20, while she was pursuing a German Language and Literature M.A. at the Istanbul University. At the age of 21, she married TV director Samim Değer and started to work as a model before taking part in Turkish B movies. After making about 100 B films & family comedy films between early 70s and early 1980s, her breakthrough came with the 1984 Yavuz Turgul film Fahriye Abla (Sister Fahriye). Fahriye Abla was the screen adaptation of Ahmed Muhip Dranas' poem of the same name.
Her portrayal of modern, sensual, independent, rebel woman in her films after Fahriye Abla won the hearts of Turkish filmgoers. It was considered a revolution in the relatively conservative mainstream Turkish cinema at that time, when females played mostly second fiddle roles. Mujde Ar then became the cult object of women cinema and the lead of many films by renowned Turkish directors Atıf Yılmaz, Halit Refiğ, Başar Sabuncu, Ertem Eğilmez. Her filmography includes Tosun Paşa, Gülen Gözler, Kibar Feyzo, Şalvar Davası, Dul Bir Kadın, Dağınık Yatak, Adı Vasfiye, Asiye Nasıl Kurtulur, Asılacak Kadın, Teyzem, Karşılaşma.
In 2000s, Remakes of her films Aşk-ı Memnu, "Ah Belinda", "İffet", "Ağır Roman" sold internationally. She played in series "Şahsiyet" which won at International Emmy Awards.
