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Algi Eke was born on 16 September 1985 in Istanbul, Turkey. She is an actress and writer, known for Guruldayan Kalpler (2014), The Cat Misses (2013) and Ali's Nature (2021). She has been married to Inan Ulas Torun since 1 June 2017.- Eda Ece was born in Istanbul on 20th June 1990.
After Sisli Terakki High School, she graduated from Bilgi University - Psychology Department.
In 2011 by the Tv series "Pis Yedili" , Eda Ece's acting career has started and continued with "Beni Böyle Sev" and "Iliski Durumu Karisik", the Tv films "Deli Dumrul" and "Mahrumlar" the long feature films "Kizim Için", "Kocan Kadar Konus", "Kocan Kadar Konus-Dirilis", "Yol Arkadasim" and "Deliha 2".
She starred as the leading role in the movie "Görümce" with Gupse Özay and Bugra Gülsoy in 2016.
And lastly, she is starring in the new Tv series "Yasak Elma" as the leading role of "Yildiz" on the channel Fox. - Selen Seyven was born in 1986, Ankara.
She graduated from Müjdat Gezen Art Academy in 2007. Her acting career has started with "JanJan" movie in 2006 and she performed in "Genco", "Doludizgin Yillar", "Kapali Çarsi", "Doktorlar", "Acemi Müezzin", "Leyla ile Mecnun", "Avrupa Avrupa", "Kocamin Ailesi", "O Hayat Benim" and "Klavye Delikanlilari" tv series and also "Hacivat ve Karagöz Neden Öldürüldü?", "Abim", "Ask Olsun" and lately in "Bas Belasi" movies.
Selen Sevyen has performed in many theatre plays, 'Hamlet' and 'Kabare' are two of them and also she has done theatre tour via 'Azizname' play in 2015.
Lastly, Selen Seyven played in the movie "Tatli Bela" which premiered in June 2018. - Actress
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She was born on October 29th, 1989, in Berlin. Tugutlu and her family later moved to Turkey, where she would start primary school and begin taking piano lessons in the meantime. She continued her musical education part-time for five years and specialized in the violin. At 19 years old, while majoring in 'German Language and Literature' at Istanbul University, Tugutlu entered the 'Miss Turkey Beauty Contest', and won. Leyla Lydia kicked off her acting career with a leading role in the TV Show, 'Es Es', and later gave life to the character of 'Melis', in 'Kirli Beyaz'. It was with the role of 'Songul Kara', in the hit TV Show, 'Karadayi', which she played for three seasons, that Tugutlu took her acting to the next level and proved her natural talent. Later in 2014, she shared the lead, with actor, Engin Gunaydin, on the big screen, in the film, 'Icimdeki Ses'. Her performance was highly praised. Building up her acting career surely, and with speed, Tugutlu was once again under the spotlight with her outstanding performance in the movie, 'Delibal'. Following this, she took on the part of 'iz', in the successful TV Show, 'Kiralik Ask' and later was once again cast as the lead for another hit TV Show, 'Tatli Intikam'. 'Tatli Intikam' brought her and her co-star, Furkan Andic, the award for 'Best Couple in a TV Show', at the '43rd Altin Kelebek Awards'. Tugutlu is currently the face of an international beauty brand and is also busy shooting her new TV Show, 'Bu Sehir Arkandan Gelecek', in which she shares the lead with Kerem Bursin, portraying the character of 'Derin'.- Born on July 5 in Istanbul, Tuba majored in Costume & Design at the Mimar Sinan University of the Fine Arts from where she graduated in the year of 2004. This year also brought along her first acting gig as she starred in the successful TV show, 'Cemberimde Gül Oya', portraying the character of 'Zarife'. This was her first acting experience and a strong start to a successful acting career. The following year she was awarded 'Best Actress' in the 'Republic of Serbia and Montenegro International TV Festival' for her portrayal of 'Gülizar', in the TV movie, 'Gülizar'.
In 2005, Tuba starred in the TV series; 'Ihlamurlar Altinda', in which she gave life to the character 'Filiz'. This show became enormously successful not only in Turkey, but in many Middle Eastern countries. Between 2007 and 2009, Tuba portrayed the leading character of 'Asiye' in the hit TV show, 'Asi. 'Asi' was later nominated 'Best Soap Opera' at the '51 Monte Carlo Television Festival'. She went on to act in a number of highly successful TV shows such as; 'Gonülcelen', '20 Minutes', 'Black Money Love', and currently, 'The Brave and the Beautiful'. The movies she starred in are; 'Sinav' (Omer Faruk Sorak), 'My Father and My Son' (Cagan Irmak), 'Ask Your Heart' (Yusuf Kurcenli), 'Memories of the Wind' (Ozcan Alper), 'Tight Dress' (Hiner Saleem). Movies Tuba is in that are currently in post-production are; 'More' (Onur Saylak) and 'Istanbul Red' (Ferzan Ozpetek) . Her authentic and captivating performances in all of her movies and TV shows have earned Tuba her unique place in the acting world as well as allowing her to reach out to large masses of viewers all over the world, especially in Turkey and the Middle Eastern Region.
With her performance as 'Melek', in '20 Minutes' (2013), Tuba was nominated 'Best Actress' at the '42 International Emmy Awards', which makes her the first ever 'EMMY' nominee to come out of Turkey. Tuba has also won the 'Best Actress Award' at the '14th International Giuseppe Sciacca Awards' held in Vatican City.
Tuba is also a 'UNICEF National Goodwill Ambassador' who works as an advocate for Children's Rights. - She graduated from the High School for Girls Çemberlitas. After a short training at the Kenter Theater in 2007, she started studying at the Istanbul Univercities State Conservatory of Dramatic Arts. Still studying at the conservatory, she auditioned for a leading role at the Kenter Theater in 2011 and was offered a part.
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Bensu Soral is a Turkish actress. She studied at Inegöl Anatolian High School in Bursa. She is still studying graphic at Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts. She started acting career by the support of her sister Hande Soral who is an actress. For the first time she appeared on television screen with Yol Ayrimi TV series. She played the character of Melek on Içerde TV series.
Awards; 2015 - 42. Pantene Golden Butterfly Awards (Pantene Star Shines)- Demet Özdemir is a Turkish actress and dancer. She is best known for as the character Aylin in the popular fantasy series Sana Bir Sir Verecegim alongside Su Burcu Yazgi Coskun, Ekin Koc, Burak Can, Berk Cankat, Sumeyra Koc, Ipek Bagriacik. It is about love of electric girl Aylin and invisible boy Tilki. Aylin and Tilki never touch and kiss each other.
She joined as the character of "Ayla" on historical series Kurt Seyit ve Sura. She played in romantic comedies "Cilek Kokusu", "No:309", "Erkenci Kus" respectively.
She played in the surreal comedy film "Tut Sözünü" and dance-comedy film "Sen Kiminle Dans Ediyorsun" and romantic comedy film "Ask Taktikleri".
She played in dramas "Dogdugun Ev Kaderindir", "Dunyayla Benim Aramda", "Adim Farah" respectively. - Aybüke Pusat is an Turkish actress born in Ankara, Turkey in 1995. She started her career as ballet performer at the age of 10. She graduated from Hacettepe University Conservartory Classical Ballet Department. She had her acting debut in TV show Medcezir portraying the character of a dancer, Elif. She then continued her acting career in many succesful drama series such as O Hayat Benim, Söz, Her Yerde Sen and 50m2. Along with her acting career she also is known for her collabrations with global brands like Gilette Venus and Hummel. She continues her career working as an actor for free TV, cinema, digital platforms and TV commercials.
Pusat is also known for her active presence on social media as well. Having a large community of followers on Instagram she often shares her daily life and behind-the-scenes moments from her work. - Actress
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She was born on 20 August 1992 in Istanbul. Neslihan Atagül Dogulu, studied at Yeditepe University Theater Department, took her first step as child actor in acting with the TV series "Yaprak Dökümü" based on classic novel in 2006 for four seasons. At the same year, she starred with Vahide Gördüm and Cetin Tekindor in her first feature film "Ilk Ask". She received the "Promising Young Actress Award" at the Golden Boll International Film Festival with her role in this film. She continued acting with the TV series "Hayat Devam Ediyor" in 2011.
In 2012, with the feature film "Araf", written and directed by Yesim Ustaoglu, she won 45th Cinema Writers Association Awards' 'Cahide Sonku Best Actress Award', 25th Tokyo International Film Festival's 'Best Actress Award', International Adana Golden Boll Film Festival's 'Türkan Soray Promising Young Actress Award' and the Moscow 2Morrow Film Festival's 'Best Actor of the Present and the Future'.
After the final of the series "Fatih Harbiye" in 2014, which was adapted from Peyami Safa's classic novel of the same name and shared the leading roles with her husband Kadir Dogulu, she was on Star TV between 2015-2017 with the series "Kara Sevda", in which she shared the leading role with Burak Özcivit. Neslihan Atagül Dogulu successfully gave life to the character of Bilge in the digital series "Dip", which was broadcasted on Puhu TV. In 2019, she reunited with her audience again on Star TV with the TV series "Sefirin Kizi".
Since 2020, she continues to work on online magazine 'hadsiz' which sheds light on the stories of the uninhibited.- Actress
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Ozge Ozpirincci was born in 1986 in Istanbul. Her family is from Diyarbakir. After a year in Rockford, Illinois as an exchange student, she perfected her English and graduated from Sabanci University with a degree in International Business Management and studied at The Lee Strasberg Institute in New York. She became an instant household name in Turkey with her portrayal of the lead character Ipek in the prominent Turkish TV series "Melekler Korusun / Guardian Angels." Following that, she appeared in numerous film and TV projects as seen in her filmography. In 2011, she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in Turkey's prestigious Greenpine Film Awards for her portrayal of Ms. Fikriye in the motion picture "Veda / Farewell." In 2016, she won Best Lead Actress/TV Comedy in Turkey's Golden Butterfly TV Awards, for the long-running TV show "Ask Yeniden/Love, Again." As an active supporter of animal and human rights, Ozge also appeared in various Public Service Announcement videos, including the Adopt-a-Pet campaign in Turkey and United Nation's "He for She" PSAs. With over half a million followers on Twitter and 1.7 million followers on Instagram, Ozge's fan base extends from Germany to Azerbaijan.- Ozgu Namal was born in Istanbul in 1978. Her maternal family is Turkish immigrant from Thessaloniki, Greece. Her paternal family is Turkish immigrant from North Macedonia. At the age of 14 she was already on the theater stage. In 1996 she graduated from Uskudar Cumhuriyet High School. In 1998 she was admitted into the Theater Section of the Istanbul State Conservatory. During the conservatory years she took part professionally in plays such as "Tekrar Cal Sam", "Yan Etkili Konusmalar", and "Taraf Tutmak". Since 1998 when she started her performing career she has had lead roles in cinema films such as Beynelmilel, Polis, and Mutluluk and TV series such as Yeditepe Istanbul and Hanimin Ciftligi.
With her role in the play "Kiralik Oyun" in 2005 Namal was given "The Most Successful Comedy Actress of the Year" award at the Afife Theater Awards and Sadri Alisik Theater Awards. In 2007 she was given "Best Female Actress" award at the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival with the film "Mutluluk" and also at the Istanbul International Film Festival with the film "Beynelmilel".
Namal has received "Best Female Actress" award in several local and foreign festivals such as Pune International Film Festival, Funchal International Film Festival, Oxford Film Festival, and Yesilcam Awards. - Actress
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Irem Sak was born on 9 February 1986 in Sivas, Turkey. She is an actress, known for Mortal World (2018), Almost Famous (2012) and Marti (2017).- Actress
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Nesrin Cavadzade was born in Baku. At the age of 11 she moved to Istanbul with her family. Majored in Cinema and Television at Marmara University, Nesrin directed five short films during her university years. She later decided to be in front of cameras. Focusing entirely on acting, she took acting classes for 4 years. With her first leading role in "Dilber's Eight Days" she received awards as Best Actress at several different film festivals. Taking part in "To Better Days", Nesrin received several awards including the prestigious Golden Orange. With her performance at The Lamb she won her second Golden Orange award and won critical acclaim. Nesrin played a part in a well-known American TV thriller called Legends 2015. In 2017, she acted in a Fox TV series namely "Our Story" for three consecutive seasons. She also appeared in Spanish Movie "El Desentierro" in 2018. The next year, Nesrin became the iconic femme fatale Shahika in another Fox TV series "Forbidden Fruit" and won again critical acclaim. In January 2020, she was the leading actress at the movie "Love Like Coincidences 2" by also contributing the movie and its soundtrack with her vocal performance. The same year she also acted in a Netflix series "Ethos" directed by Berkun Oya, as well as in an independent film Cemil Show both of which will be released in 2020.- Actress
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She was born on August 13 1985 in Izmir. She graduated from Mersin University Fine Arts Faculty - Department of Opera. She began her acting training at Sahne Tozu Theater.
She made her acting debut in the TV drama series, "Öyle Bir Geçer Zaman Ki" in 2011-2012. Following that, she starred in other TV series; "Ask Kaç Beden Giyer", "Bir Ask Hikayesi", "Kurt Seyit ve Shura", "Kiralik Ask/Love for Rent", "Çarpisma/Crash", and Netflix original series "Yasamayanlar/Immortals."
Elçin Sangu's first role in the silver screen was "Mutluluk Zamani" in 2017. She also starred in an Ezel Akay film "9 Kere Leyla/Leyla Everlasting" in 2020, which premiered in Netflix.
In 2015, with Defne character she played in "Kiralik Ask", she got the "Best Actress" awards from "Radyo Televizyon Gazetecileri Dernegi", "Ayakli Gazete", "MGD 22. Altin Objektif" and from many other universities, educative, and public organizations. Lastly, she won the "Best Actress in Comedy" award from "43. Pantene Golden Butterfly Awards". In January 2018 for her performance in the TV series "Kiralik Ask", Elçin Sangu was given Best International Actress award by DIAFA (Distinctive International Arab Festivals Awards).- Ahu Türkpençe was born in Samsun on the Black Sea coast. She was interested in theatre and with the help of a close friend, she joined the cast of the Müjdat Gezen Arts Center. Doing do, she put her studies in Physics at Yildiz Teknik University on hold. She had parts in the series Yedi Numara and Azad and gained fame for starring in Bir Istanbul Masali. Most popular in Kaybedenler Kulubu
- Merve Bolugur is a Turkish actress and model. Her mother is Yugoslav immigrant. She is well known for her roles in Acemi Cadi, Küçük Sirlar, Kuzey Güney and Muhtesem Yüzyil. Istanbul born player Merve Bolugur is originally from Karabük. She married Murat Dalkiliç in 2015 but marriage ended in 2017. Merve Bolugur has previously starred in several films, playing in commercials. She studied at Müjdat Gezen Art Center Theater Department. The television series published in 2006 - 2007 played a leading role by playing a witch named Aysegül in Acemi Cadi and became famous on this count. Then, she played a character named Eylül on Ask Yeniden TV series. In 2009, she continued her acting by playing the character Hayal Isfendiyar in the Ash and Fire series published on Star TV. As of May 2012, she was the advertising face of the Rexona brand.
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Hayal Köseoglu was born on 20 December 1992 in Istanbul, Turkey. She is an actress, known for Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2019), The List of Those Who Love Me (2021) and A Miracle (2019).- Actress
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Beren Saat (born on 26 February 1984) is a Turkish actress, best known for her leading roles as Yasemin Unsal in the ATV series Hatirla Sevgili (2006-2008), as Bihter Yöreoglu Ziyagil in the Kanal D series Ask-i Memnu (2008-2010), as Fatmagül Ketenci Ilgaz in Fatmagül'ün Suçu Ne? (2010-2012), and as Derin Çelik/Yagmur Özden in the drama series Intikam (2013-2014), a spin-off from the television series Revenge.- Actress
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Hazal Kaya (born 1 October 1990) is a Turkish actress.
Kaya was born in Konya, Turkey. Her motherland is Gaziantep. She attended Gaziosmanpasa elementary school and Liceo Italiano di Istanbul. Kaya started her acting career with Acemi Cadi (2006) Turkish adaptation "Sabrina The Teenage Witch". Then she appeared in Sila (2006). In 2007 she was in the main cast as Ozge who suffers from loss of memory at 1999 Yalova Earthquake in popular series Genco (2007). In 2008, with popular soap opera Forbidden Love (2008) based from classic novel, her face became known to the audience. At the same time she took some private acting lessons from Ayla Algan and Ümit Çirak. Her first lead role was in Adini Feriha Koydum (2011) In that time, she also appeared in the Bingo detergent commercials with her mother. In late 2012, she left the cast of Adini Feriha Koydum and started playing leading role in historical series Son Yaz - Balkanlar 1912 (2012) with Furkan Palali, Tardu Flordun and Tugce Kazaz. However, the series ended after a few episodes due to low ratings. She later appeared in the 2013 series A.S.K. (2013) which also ended after 13 episodes. In 2015 she appeared in Maral: My Most Beautiful Story (2015) at TV8, for 17 episodes. In 2017, she worked together with Med Yapim again with Our Story (2017) After Misafir (2021) had an early finale after 4 episode, but later she played in a Netflix series Midnight at the Pera Palace (2022).
She had with minor role her first movie experience in 2011 in franchise Çalgi Çengi (2011) with Ahmet Kural. She played as Berna C in hit crime series Behzat Ç: An Ankara Detective Story (2010) and franchise film Behzat Ç.: Seni Kalbime Gömdüm (2011). Since 2010, The series continues. Although her character dead, she played in some episodes. She played in Onur Unlu's films hit films Kirik Kalpler Bankasi (2017) and Let's Sin (2014). With Engin Altan Duzyatan, she played in Bu Son Olsun (2012). She played in Benden Ne Olur (2022) , The Blue Wave (2013) , Ay Büyürken Uyuyamam (2011).- Actress
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Melisa Asli Pamuk is a Dutch citizen. Her family is from antique multicultural city Iskenderun, Hatay, Turkey. She is beauty pageant titleholder, actress and model who won the title of Miss Turkey 2011 on Thursday 2 June 2011. Pamuk accepted the crown from Gizem Memic, Miss Turkey 2010 beauty pageant titleholder. She enrolled on a Psychology degree at University of Amsterdam but abandoned it later due to her desire to focus on her modeling career. She also won the title of "Best Promising" in Best Model of Turkey 2009 and stands 1.76 m. She is fluent in Turkish, English, Dutch and German and speaks a bit of French. She began modeling at the age of 14.
A native of Istanbul, Melisa competed in Miss Turkey held in the TIM Show Centre in Istanbul on June 2, 2011 and won the title of Miss Turkey 2011. As the official representative of her country, she competed in Miss Universe 2011 in Brazil but Unplaced.- Actress
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Seda Bakan (born 10 October 1985) is a Turkish actress. Her maternal family is of Turkish descent eho immigrated from Thessaloniki, Ottoman Empire.(now, in Greece). Her paternal family is of Bosnian descent who immigrated from Sarajevo. She is best known for comedy roles in films and as Eda in Behzat C. hit crime series, as Feyyza in Kardes Payi hit comedy series. She played in the movie Arif V 216, which as of April 2021 is the 10th most-watched movie of all time in Turkiye according to Box Office.- Actress
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Esra Bilgic is the daughters of a mother from Yozgat and a father from Konya, born in Ankara in 1992. She took her first professional step into acting with her first project Dirilis: Ertugrul (2014) in 2014. With the popularity she gained with her role as Halime Hatun, Ertugrul Gazi's wife, she began to receive advertising offers from brands. In 2017, she married football player Gökhan Töre, with whom she had been in love for two years. The wedding witnesses of the couple were President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife Emine Erdogan. After receiving drama and voice training for six months in 2018, she started acting in the TV series Ramo (2020), shot in Adana, in 2019. In the same year, she ended her marriage with Gökhan Töre, which lasted two years. Bilgiç, who said that she has rules in acting and does not play roles that would disrupt the Turkish family structure, had her first movie experience in 2022 with the movie Adanis: Kutsal Kavga (2022). Bilgiç continues her career with roles she finds suitable for her criteria.- Actress
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Özge Özberk is a Turkish actress who has acted in many films, television series and plays. Özge Özberk was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1976. She studied theater at Istanbul University and Mujdat Gezen Arts Centre. She gained recognition with her role in the Turkish film, GORA. Her most recent roles are in the films 'Mavi Gözlü Dev' and in a historical drama series called 'Kirik Kanatlar'. As of 2013, she stars in the Turkish TV series Pis Yedili.- Actress
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Miray Naz Daner is a Turkish actress. She began her career at the age of nine as child actor.
Since the age of nine, she played 121 episodes as "Gonca" grandchild of Metin Akpinar who cited as one of the best actor of Turkish cinema in Papatyam. She played Sabiha Gökçen who was the world's first female fighter pilot and Turkish pilot, foster child of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in her first movie Dersimiz Atatürk with Halit Ergenç and played in Çinar Agaci film, starring an ensemble cast. She played as "Doll Nergis" her first role in an episode of popular fantastic series Bez Bebek, "Young Zeynep" in an episode of hit comedy series 1 Kadin 1 Erkek. She also played in theatre "Sürç-i Lisan Etti-isek Affola" and commercials. At the age of thirteen, she played her first lead role "Duygu" in Zil Çalinca which first Turkish series of Disney Channel, version of As The Bell Rings and played herself in Zil Çalinca Avi short movie. She played with Cihan Simsek for the fifth time in Merhaba Hayat adaptation of Private Practice and Medcezir which is an adaptation of The O.C. series. She played in Arkadasim Max film, starring a dog named Max. At the age of seventeen, she played "Hilal" in Vatanim Sensin about Turkish War of Independence and won a Golden Butterfly Award. She played in Hürkus movie based life of aviator Vecihi Hürkus.
She left music department of fine arts high school due to absences. At the age of twenty four, she graduated from high school by distance education. Her paternal relatives are actors Aras Bulut Iynemli (cousin), Orçun Iynemli (cousin), Cengiz Daner (uncle), Ilhan Daner (grandfather's brother). She has an older sister, fashion designer Ipek Nur Daner. After Ottoman Empire collapsed, Her grandfather (maternal) is Turkish origin who immigrated from Greece to Turkey.- Actress
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Nurgül Yesilçay (born 26 March 1976) is a Turkish stage and film actress. Nurgül Yesilçay was born in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey, in 1976. She studied drama at the State Conservatoire of Anadolu University in Eskisehir. Since her graduation, she has performed several major roles for the stage, including Ophelia in Hamlet and Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire. Theatre aside, she shot to prominence as the lead in, among others, three record-breaking Turkish television dramas. Her movie, Edge of Heaven won the prize for best screenplay at the 60th Cannes Film Festival in 2007. She reported "big projects were offered to me by well-known producers in Cannes. But my son is a baby. I need begin new life. I can't." She made her screen debut in 2001 in Semir Arslanyürek's feature Sellale, (The Waterfall). She won the "Best Actress" award at the 45th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival with the movie Vicdan.- Actress
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Ece Çesmioglu was born on 26 November 1990 in Istanbul, Turkey. She is an actress, known for Pure White (2021), Yakamoz S-245 (2022) and Iki Aile (2006).- Rojda Demirer (born 12 August 1980 in Ankara) is a Turkish theater, movie, television, and voice actress.
She was born in Ankara to a father of origin from Diyarbakir. She was born in Ankara to a father of origin from Diyarbakir. Her paternal family is of Kurdish descent, from Raman tribe. (mix Assyrian people, Jewiishs people, Farsi, Armenian, Turkic people) Her cousin is actress, Belcim Bilgin. She and Belcim Bilgin played in Kordugum Her father died of cancer when Demirer was seven. She lived with her mother and elder sister Ruken. Rojda is the Kurdish language word for "sunrise". However, she can't speak Kurdish.
At the age of 8, she began performing in children's programmes at the state-owned TRT's Radio Ankara. Between 1997-2001, Demirer studied drama at the Turkish State Conservatory of Hacettepe University in Ankara. After graduation, she worked for the State Theater of Trabzon from 2003 to 2008.
She received the Ismail Cem Television Award, the "Best Supporting Actress in a TV-series for Youth" in 2010 for her role in the Show TV youth drama series Melekler Korusun. The serial is at present being re-run by the Fox TV Turkey.
Lately, she opened an upmarket home-made chocolate store in the Nisantasi quarter of Istanbul together with her sister Ruken Demirer, who is also an actress. - Actress
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Gizem Karaca is a Turkish actress and model who represented her country at the 2011 Miss World pageant. Gizem is a student at the faculty of social sciences at Istanbul University. Besides her mother tongue, she can speak English and French. She stands at 173 cm tall and weighs 53 kg. She competed at the Miss Turkey pageant held on June 2, 2011 at TIM Show Centre and finished second overall, which selected her as Turkey's representative for Miss World.- Actress
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Meriç Aral was born in Istanbul. After completing her education at Bilgi University Faculty of Law, she was trained at Craft Acting Workshop. She worked briefly as a film assistant. She performed her first experience on the string Sultan (2012) and started to study acting. After the role of 'Hale' in Ebb and Tide (2013), she acted in various film and television productions. Then she played in the film Whisper If I Forget (2014), directed by Çagan Irmak. In the following period, she appeared in the series Yüksek Sosyete (2016) and The Oath (2017).- Actress
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Yagmur Ün was born on 4 November 1995 in Istanbul, Turkey. She is an actress, known for The Oath (2017), Çember (2017) and Zevcat (2023).- Hilal Altinbilek was born on 11 February 1991 in Izmir, Turkey. She is an actress, known for Bitter Lands (2018), My Wonderful Life (2023) and Çocuklar Sana Emanet (2018).
- Burcin Terzioglu is a Turkish actress. Being raised in a family working in cinema, she started her career as a child-actor at a very young age, and later furthered and completed her education at the M.G.S.M. Actor Studio. Terzioglu has successfully portrayed various roles in many Turkish TV shows and movies. Her most recent TV show has been the hit series 'Poyraz Karayel' in which she took on the leading role of 'Aysegul'. This tv show was extremely successul and became a phenomenon in its own genre and aired 82 episodes. Some of her previous TV work includes: 'Merhamet', another all time Turkish TV hit 'Ezel', 'Ey Ask Nerdesin', 'Firtina', 'Melekler Adasi', 'Kadin Isterse', 'Kinali Kar', and a classic, 'Mahallenin Muhtarlari'. On the big screen, Terzioglu took on the role of 'Benek' in the movie 'Halam Geldi' in 2013. She has appeared in the commercials of the popular snack 'Eti Browni Intense'. Burcin Terzioglu has won a significant amount of awards in a remarkably short time. She has won fifteen awards from 2015 to 2017. Some of these awards include; 'Best Actress' at the Galatasaray University 'Best of the Best Awards' in 2017, 'Best TV Actress' at the 43rd Annual Golden Butterfly Awards in 2016, 'Best TV Actress' in the MGD 22nd Annual Golden Lens Awards in 2016, 'Actress of the Year' in 2015 at the Halic University Awards, 'Best Actress' at the Yeditepe University 5th Wish Awards in 2017, and again 'Best Actress' at the Sabanci University Media Club 3rd Navy Awards in 2016.
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Demet Evgar is a Turkish theater, film, and TV actor. She is the advocate of women rights as a Goodwill ambassador at UN woman.
Upon graduating from Istanbul University's National Conservatory as a theatre major. She started her theater career at the Tiyatro Kilcik, which she founded with her conservatory friends, and continued at the Kenter Tiyatrosu. After acting in the plays "Gece Mevsimi", "Anna Karenina", "39 Basamak" and "Cimri" as one of the cast of Kent Players, Evgar founded her own theater, Tiyatro Pangar. At Tiyatro Pangar she took part in the plays "Macbeth", "Soytarim Kral Lear", "Kozalar" and "Hedda Gabler". Tiyatro Pangar where she was able to get her fully locally produced play 'Kozalar' to the Avignon-Off Festival, one of the most prestigious in the world.
In addition to her TV performances in ''1 Kadin 1 Erkek", 'Avlu", and 'Alev Alev', she gave life to unforgettable characters in movies such as Banyo", "Beyza'nin Kadinlari", "Yahsi Bati", "Sen Aydinlatirsin Geceyi" "Askin Gören Gözlere Ihtiyaci Yok", "Sofra Sirlari", "Aile Arasinda", and "Topal Sükran'in Maceralari".
Ever since stepping foot onto the stage at age 17, Evgar has described acting as her life's purpose and she continues to serve this purpose through her performances as well as helping others find their purpose as an acting teacher in Hata Yapim Atölyesi which she founded.
Evgar has been honored with many awards for her performances in theater, film, and TV and has also been one of the recipients of the prestigious 'Best Ten Female Comedy Actors in the History of Turkish Cinema award.- Actress
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Fahriye Evcen is a German citizen. Her maternal family is of Circassian descent. After, Ottoman Empire collapsed, her paternal family is of Turkish descent who immigrated from Kavala (in Greece, today). She is best known for her roles as Necla Tekin on the Yaprak Dökümü based on the novel by Resat Nuri Güntekin and as Feride in the TV series Çalikusu, based on the novel by Resat Nuri Güntekin. Fahriye studied sociology for one year in Germany. At age 19, she moved to Turkey where she studied history at Bogaziçi University in Istanbul, graduating in 2014. Fahriye speaks Turkish, English, German and Spanish fluently. On December 23, 2016 she got engaged to Burak Özcivit.- Ayça Aysin Turan (born in Sinop) is a Turkish actress. She continued her education in the Department of Radio, Cinema and Television in Istanbul University. She was educated in Sinop Municipal Conservatory.
In 2011; she played "Gülfem" in "Dinle Sevgili" TV series.
The main output of the actress was with "Ada" in Karagül TV series. Karagül stepped into publishing life in 2013.
Her first feature film is "Sevimli Tehlikeli" directed by Özcan Deniz in 2015.
She played her first lead role in "Meryem" TV series as "Meryem".
In 2018, She acted as "Leyla Sancak" in Netflix's first Turkish Original series "The Protector". - Actress
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Born 17 August 1989 in Istanbul, Farah moved to the UK at the age of 15. She studied French, Media, and Drama in Sixth Form in Maidenhead, Berkshire, where she received her first award for acting from Theresa May. Her first professional acting experience in theatre was 'Closer' by Patrick Marber with the role of Alice, in Canterbury. A graduate from University of Kent, Drama and Theatre Studies & French Department, she started her professional career on screen with the record-breaking Turkish TV series, 'Öyle Bir Geçer Zaman Ki', where she was given the opportunity to star as one of the leading roles before she had thought upon a pathway in acting. After 2 years of experience in the television industry, Farah made her powerful film debut with Turkey's nominee for The Academy Awards, 'The Butterfly's Dream' (2013) where she was highly acclaimed for her performance. She continued her success in the well-known TV series 'Magnificent Century: Kösem', which has been sold to 43 countries and 'Kurt Seyit & Shura', one of the highly preferred Turkish drama series around the world, currently being shown in 52 countries. The song 'Gel ya da git' performed by Farah for the soundtrack of the film 'Whisper If I Forget' topped the national charts for numeral consecutive weeks. She has been nominated and received many awards for her films, including SIYAD Turkish Film Critiques Association Awards, one of the most important award ceremonies in the national film industry. Farah also attended film festivals as an international jury member with members such as Guillermo Arriaga, Hayet Benkara, Pierre-Henri Deleau, and Nathan Silver. In addition to her achievements, she is a strong supporter of WWF, HeForShe campaign and Amnesty International Turkey.- Mine Tugay was born in Konya. In 2002 graduated from Istanbul University State Conservatory-Theater Department.
She received her Master Degree (Advanced Acting) in 2005 from Bahçesehir University.
Her professional debut as an actress was a theatre play with Masal Gerçek Theater.
From 2002 on she performed with the Semaver Kumpanya Theater in theater plays such as "Mem u Zin","Simurg /Kuslar Meclisi","Onikinci Gece". After that performed with the Theater Dot in the plays,"Çok Uzak", "Karatavuk", "Vur/Yagmala/Yeniden".
Mine Tugay received the " Most Successful Actress" and "Best Actress" awards in Afife Jale Awards
Theatre Awards and 8.Lions Theatre Awards respectively with her role as Una in the theatre play named "Karatavuk".
Mine Tugay also starred in the short films "10,9,8" ,"Yoldaki Kedi","Felix und Scorpion" and got the award of
"Best Actress" in the Sinepark Short Film Festival with her performance in the short film "Yoldaki Kedi"
On the silver screen, she starred in the tv series "Aliye" as Defne, in "Benden Baba Olmaz" as Sevil,
In the Tv series "Behzat Ç." as Suna Komiser, in "Oyle Bir Geçer zaman ki" as Bahar, in "Medcezir " as Ender and in "Paramparça" she played the character called Asuman. - Actress
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Damla Sonmez was born in Istanbul, Turkey. Her maternal family is Abkhazian immigrants. Her paternal grandmother is of Circassian descent who immigrated to Diyarbakir from Syria. Her native language is Turkish and is fluent in English and French. Cinema has been her greatest passion since she was child.
She is an award-winning actor of international distinction. She received several nominations for her performance in Bornova Bornova (2009) , winning the Antalya Golden Orange Award, Ankara Flying Broom Women's Film Festival Award and a Sadri Alisik Theatre & Movie Award. She was also nominated for The Young Talent Award at the Yesilcam Movie Awards for her performance in Mahpeyker: Kösem Sultan (2010)
As a young actress, Sonmez trained in cities throughout Europe. After graduating from Saint Joseph French High School in Istanbul, she was accepted to Université de La Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris III Theatre department. She studied for a year in Paris before being awarded a scholarship to the Yeditepe University Fine Arts Theatre Department in Istanbul. She also attended Jillian O'Dowd's Contemporary Acting Workshop at the London Dramatic School of Arts..
Sonmez made her film debut in Kampüste Çiplak Ayaklar (2009) , which was quickly followed up with her award-winning performance in Bornova Bornova (2009) in which she played a confused, yet ruthless Lady M-inspired girl from Izmir. She played a young conservative worker in _Çakal(2010)_ and was nominated for her work as an Ottoman Empire Sultan in Mahpeyker: Kösem Sultan (2010). Sonmez next played an abused girl who takes matters into her own hands in the comedy Last Stop: Kurtulus (2012) She continued her work in film in A Long Story (2012) as an attorney's daughter who meets the love of her life, followed by Thou Gild'st the Even (2013) playing a young town girl who has the ability to stop time. She won the Best Actress Award in 2015 Milano Film Festival and 21. Adana International Film Festival with her role in Across the Sea (2014) as a young pregnant Turkish immigrant living in NY who tries to make peace with her haunting past which was followed up with another award-winning performance in Taksim Hold'em (2017) in which she played a young journalist who's about to lose her job due to political conflicts. Her latest film Sibel (2018) just made it's world premier in 71.Locarno Film Festival.- Afra Saraçoglu was born in Balikesir-Edremit, Turkey. She completed her primary and high school studies in Antalya. She started her literature education in Eskisehir University and in 2016, she intimidate her education to start her first acting career in a Turkish movie "Ikinci Sans". In 2017, she started a role in a Turkish TV series called "Fazilet Hanim Kizlari" which is still currently on TVs, as the character called "Ece".
In 2018, Continuing her career climb Saraçoglu was offered to be the face of sportswear brand Hummel. - Actress
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Burcu Özberk is a Turkish actress. She has received a Golden Butterfly Award for Best Actress in a Romantic Comedy in 2020 for her role in Afili Ask. Her television debut in 2013, in the historical series Muhtesem Yüzyil and played the character of Huricihan Sultan. Her breakthrough came with her role as Nazli Yilmaz in youth series Günesin Kizlari. She made her cinematic debut with the historical movie Direnis Karatay who won Türkiye Gençlik Best Actress Award. She also had parts in several plays at Erdal Besikçioglu's Tatbikat Stage, including Quills and Woyzeck.- Actress
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Born in Germany, Irem Helvacioglu received her acting education at Müjdat Gezen Art Center. Her grandfather is Albanian from Thessaloniki. Behzat C. She appeared in front of the audience for the first time in an Ankara Police TV series. Later, she starred in the TV series Magnificent Century / Muhtesem Yuzyil, Kurtlar Vadisi Ambush / Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu, Günesin Kizlari. In 2016, she played the character of Pelin Su in the TV series No: 309. Between 2018-2019, he played the character of Nefes in the TV series Sen Anlat Karadeniz. In 2021, she played the character of Ayliz in the TV series Seni Cok Bekledim. Again, in 2021, she plays the character of Psychologist Ipek in the TV series Bas Belasi.- Actress
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Ayten Asli Enver is a Cypriot-Turkish actress. Her native language is English. She speaks fluent Turkish. She holds British passport. Enver was born in 1984, in London, England, and lived there until she was 12 years old. Her father is a Turkish Cypriot, grown up in London who met and married Enver's mother after she had arrived in London from Turkey to study. Asli Enver's native language is English. She couldn't speak Turkish while she went to Istanbul. She won song contest in London. She was started theatre at Mujdat Gezen Art Centre in Istanbul. Enver studied at Pera Fine Arts High School and graduated in Theatre from Haliç University. Later, she joined the cult TV series Hayat Bilgisi (2003) and played the main character "Mine Ergun" in the popular youth series Daydreaming (2007) (a remake of Dawson's Creek (1998)) for five seasons. She has acted in the movies Are We OK? (2013) and My Brother (2016), and starred in the TV series Suskunlar (2012), Kayip (2013), Bana Artik Hicran De (2014), Mutlu Ol Yeter (2015) and Kis Günesi (2016).- Actress
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Pelin Akil was born on 17 April 1986 in Istanbul, Turkey. She is an actress, known for Çember (2017), Suskunlar (2012) and Son Aksam Yemegi (2023). She has been married to Anil Altan since 1 September 2016. She was previously married to Anil Altan.- Actress
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Selin Sekerci is a Turkish actress. Selin Sekerci was born in Izmir from an Arab father and Azeri mother. She completed primary and secondary school education in Izmir. She participated in Izmir State Theater's plays. She played in private theaters and children's plays in Izmir. She graduated from Istanbul Bilgi University the department of cinema-television. After coming to Istanbul, she played in many commercials.
She had guest roles in Kavak Yelleri Turkish version of Dawson's Creek and hit surreal comedy Leyla ile Mecnun. Turkish actress known for her role and Ozgur Celikli on popular youth series Melekler Korusun. She also played Irmak on Benim Icin Uzulme.
She played in many TV series. After acting Melekler Korusun as Özgür, she became popular. She played leading actor in the romantic comedy Kaçak Gelinler and became known in social media for the Sebnem Gürsoy character in the show.- Hande Soral (born 2 February 1987) is a Turkish actress. Originally from Bursa, she completed her primary, secondary, and post-secondary education there, graduating from the Department of Psychology at the Bilgi University in Istanbul.
Her career as an actress began when she appeared as a guest actor, in 2008, for a part on a comedy series. This eventually led to offers of other roles from the show's producer when the program ended. She is a lead actress in Season 5 of Dirilis: Ertugrul alongside Engin Altan Düzyatan, who stars in the series' namesake leading role. - Actress
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Ebru Sahin was born on 18 May 1994 in Istanbul, Turkey. She is an actress, known for Inconstant Love (2019), Destan (2021) and The Gentlemen. She has been married to Cedi Osman since 1 July 2022.- Actress
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Biran Damla Yilmaz was born on 28 June 1996 in Kocaeli, Turkey. She is an actress, known for The Miracle 2: Love (2019), Orphan Flowers (2015) and Maske: Kimsin Sen? (2022).- Actress
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Gökçe Bahadir is a Turkish film and television actress. She is best known for her performance as Leyla Tekin in hit series Yaprak Dökümü based on classic novel of Resat Nuri Güntekin, as Yeliz in hit series "Hayat Bilgisi", Kayip Sehir, Ufak Tefek Cinayetler, Aramizda Kalsin, Adi Efsane, Dedemin Insanlari and other roles. She divorced Ali Sunal in 2013.
Awards;
1 - 2012 Bilkent University - Best Supporting Actress - Dedemin Insanlari - Won
2 - 2013 Mimar Sinan Fine Arts High School - Best Actress - Aramizda Kalsin - Won
3 - 2014 Ayakli Gazete - Best Comedy Series Supporting Actress - Aramizda Kalsin - Won- Buçe Buse Kahraman was born on 1 April 1996 in Izmir, Turkey. She is an actress, known for Golden Boy (2022), Crash (2018) and Bas Belasi (2021).