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Oxford, Oxfordshire, England · Female

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Selin Saime Hizli (also credited as Seline Hizli} is an English actress and writer from Flamstead, Hertfordshire, best known for her starring role in the second and third series of the BBC One drama Land Girls. She is also known for her roles in Am I Being Unreasonable? (2022–present), which she also co-created and co-wrote, and Things You Should Have Done (2024).

Early life and education

Selin Hizli was born in Oxford, Oxfordshire, and raised in Flamstead in Hertfordshire. She grew up working class with an Irish mother and a Turkish father. Her mother, Liz Hizli, is a community fundraiser.

After a four-stage application process, she was one of only 34 young actors to be accepted for a place at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2007 to do a three-year acting degree. She graduated in July 2010.

Career

After graduating from RADA, Hizli won the part of Connie Carter in the second series of the BBC One wartime drama Land Girls. To prepare for the role, she researched the work of the Women's Land Army. She returned to the series for its third run of episodes in 2011. Also in In 2011, Hizli appeared in an episode of the sixth series of Law & Order: UK.

Hizli's first professional stage role was the part of Katie in the play One Night in November at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry. Further credits include a starring role as The Bride in an adaptation of Federico García Lorca's Blood Wedding which was performed at the 2012 London Festival Fringe. She also appeared as Amelia in the play The House of Bernarda Alba, also by Federico García Lorca, which was performed between 19 January and 10 March 2012 at the Almeida Theatre, London.

Other activities

Hizli appeared at the Brit Awards 2023 with Daisy May Cooper to present the award for Brit Award for British Rock/Alternative Act.