My 213 Best Turkish Actress

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

Zeynep Tokus was born on 30 July 1977 in Ankara, Turkey. She is an actress, known for Vizontele (2001), Fate (2001) and Beyaz Melek (2007).

Ezgi Mola is a Turkish actress. While studying at Akademi Istanbul, she made her debut in Kartal Tibet's Karate Can. She studied at Müjdat Gezen Arts Centre for 4 years under Aydogan Temel and appeared first in his play Cürük Elma. In 2005, she joined BKM and appeared alongside Ugur Yucel in the series Hirsiz Polis. In 2006, she acted in the film Hayatimin Kadinisin for which she won a Sadri Alisik award.

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)

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.

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.

Cansu Dere born on October 14, 1980 in Ankara is a Turkish film and television actress, model, and beauty pageant runner-up. After graduation from the department of Archaeology at Istanbul University, she made her debut in TV and movies in the beginning of 2004. Between 2006-2008 she had a leading role as 'Sila' in the Sila series with Mehmet Akif Alakurt. She then starred as 'Defne' with Kenan Imirzalioglu, in the film "the Last Ottoman Yandim Ali". In 2009, she acted in 'black comedy' Aci Ask. In 2011, she played the lead protagonist 'Eysan' in the TV series Ezel. She is now getting ready for her new project with.

Gözde Kansu was born on 23 August 1980 in Izmir, Turkey. She is an actress, known for Insider (2016), Alone (2008) and Golden Boy (2022).

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.

Ceren Moray is a Turkish actress who born and raised in Diyarbakir, Turkey. She studied at Pera Fine Arts in Istanbul, and graduated from Haliç University Theater Department in Istanbul. The actress best known for her roles as Su at "Kavak Yelleri" and Zehra Cengiz at "Isler Güçler". She was in the cast of Fox's successful tv series "O Hayat Benim". Just after that, she played in the tv series "Avlu". Then she had a role in tv series "Ogretmen", but the series ended early. She had one of the leading roles in the series "Yalancilar ve Mumlari", but that series too had an early end. She has now returned to the screen after a two year break with tv series "Kirli Sepeti".

She graduated from theatre department of Istanbul University State Conservatory. She is best known for character Zenan in medical series "Doktorlar" and "Merhaba Hayat". He had guest roles in hit series "Dadi" Turkish adaptation of "The Nanny", Gulbeyaz, Ekmek Teknesi, Vay Anam Vay, Mahallenin Muhtarlari. She was cast in series "Kizlar Yurdu", "Iffet", "Boyle Bitmesin". She played franchise films "Incir Receli", "Organize Isler" and "Labirent".

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.

Melis Sezen was born on 2 January 1997 in Istanbul, Turkey. She is an actress, known for Gülcemal (2023), The Miracle 2: Love (2019) and Champion (2018).

Zerrin Tekindor holds a degree in both acting and painting. In 1985, she graduated from the Hacettepe University's School of Theatre. After graduating, she started working as an intern at the Adana State Theatre in 1985 before joining the National theatre in Ankara in 1987. She later started studying painting at the Fine Art's faculty at the Bilkent University and graduated in 1994.

Born in Izmir in 1980, Selen Öztürk graduated from Hacettepe University State Conservatory Theater Department in 2004. She acted in the plays "Kamelyali Kadin", "Bes Yil Gecince", "Leonce ile Lena" , "Hircin Kiz", "7-Sekspir Müzikali", "Bakarsin Bulutlar Gider" and "Intiharin Genel Provasi".

She won the Youth Special Award in the Musical / Comedy category of the Sadri Alisik Acting Awards and the Ankara Art Institute Commendable Actress Award with her play "7-Sekspir Musical".

She received nominations for Best Actress in the Afife Jale Theater Awards for her role in "Bakarsin Bulutlar Go", and Best Supporting Actress in the Comedy / Musical category at the 2018 Sadri Alisik Actor Awards for her role in the "General Rehearsal of Suicide". She composed the music for the plays The Shrewd Girl and Purgatory, which were exhibited at the Play Workshop, and the plays "Varolmayan Ayse'nin Maceralari" by Bab-i Tiyatro. His work in Bab-i Tiyatro received the Best Play Music nomination at the Theater Magazine Awards.

Karayilan has appeared in the TV series Cümbür Cemaat Aile, Muhtesem Yüzyil, Benim Adim Gültepe, Serçe Sarayi, Hatirla Gönül, Payitaht Abdülhamit, Azize, and in the movies "Cicero", "Naim" and "Mücadele Cikmazi".

Selen Öztürk, who received the "Best Female Voice Over Artist of the Year" award by Evos Angels and Kirmiziturk in 2011, took place as the Narrator in Fazil Say's "For Children" album in 2015, where she played the works of Turkish Composers for children and wrote their stories.

She performs and sings in movies, TV series, cartoons, commercials and movies.

Öztürk, who can play the piano, guitar, ukulele, harmonica and accordion, also has composition works.

Selen Öztürk gives life to the character of "Gulay" in the TV series "Childhood".

Gozde Mutluer is a Turkish actress, who started as an Ad performer in 2009. After Ads she started playing in episodic roles and most known in Lale Devri. She was cast in comedies such as "Bizim Yenge", "Bebek Isi", Askin Kanunu, Bana Baba Dedi. She became more famous in the TV series Asla Vazgecmem , Tovbeler Tovbesi, Kordugum. She was cast in popular youth series such as Melekler Korusun, Not Defteri.

Since 2017, she gained fame and success by 4N1K , franchise youth movies, web series and TV series. She was cast in franchise military film "Dag" and franchise film "Kardesim Benim".

Buse Varol came to the world in Manisa. After completing his undergraduate education at the Department of Teaching at the Faculty of Education, he has been teaching in classrooms for a long time. The beautiful actress who lives separately from her family has a brother.

Buse Varol participated in Miss Turkey Beauty Contest organized in 2012 with the support of her cousins and modeled for a long time as a result of the competition.Being recognized as a model, Buse Varol began to receive acting offers. Buse Varol, evaluating the proposals, has taken the first step into her acting career by leaving model. The first series is Tozlu Yollar TV series published in 2013. She then received an offer from Arka Sokaklar and played Yasemin's character here for two years.

The series played by Buse Varol; Sevda Kusun Kanadinda, Kis Günesi, Tozlu Yollar, Dostlar Mahallesi, Arka Sokaklar, Rüya, Sehrin Melekleri, Payitaht Abdulhamit.

Melis Hacic was born on 8 September 1994 in Istanbul, Turkey. She is an actress, known for Bir Litre Gözyasi (2018), Wolf (2018) and Wolf (2018).

Serenay Sarikaya was born 1 July 1992 in Ankara, Turkey. She is a Turkish actress and model. Sarikaya started to study at Antalya Saime Salih Konca High School. But she moved to Istanbul. So, she graduated from theatre department of Atasehir Adiguzel Fine Arts High School in Istanbul.

At the age of fourteen, she had minor roles in the movie "Saskin" (2006) and the film "Plajda" (2008). Her first leading role is in the fantasy child series Peri Masali (2008). With Kaan Urgancioglu, she played in series Limon Agaci (2008) and english short film "Hoscakal".

Her breakthrough role is "Sofia" in hit comedy crime series Adanali (2008-10). She came to international attention for her roles in series "Lale Devri", "Medcezir" Turkish remake of The O.C, "Fi" based on the novel and fantasy series "Sahmaran".

With Nejat Isler, she continued her movie career in franchise film series "Behzat C. Ankara Yaniyor" and "Ikimizin Yerine". Since 2019, Sarikaya performs in "Alice Müzikali", which a musical adaption based on the Alice in Wonderland. She received critical acclaim and won numerous accolades, including two Golden Butterfly Awards.

At the age of fifteen, she participated in a beauty competition and received a special award from the jury at the European Youth Beauty Competition. Later, Sarikaya became the first runner-up at Miss Turkey 2010. In addition to her acting career, Sarikaya has appeared in many advertising films and is the face of numerous brands. In 2014, she was chosen as the Woman of the Year by GQ Turkey.

Asli Bekiroglu was born on 16 November 1995 in Turkey. She is an actress, known for Benim Tatli Yalanim (2019), Jet Sosyete (2018) and Love Me as I Am (2013).

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.

Yasemin Kay Allen is a British-Turkish actress, born in the UK and raised in Istanbul, who works between Istanbul, London and Los Angeles.

She most recently finished filming for the series The Turkish Detective, produced by Paramount+, Miramax and Ay Yapim; and Dokuz Oguz on Fox Turkey.

Yasemin starred in Cinemax's Strike Back (Left Bank Pictures) as Russian Special Forces Operative Katrina Zarkova, for two seasons. Other projects she is known for have been Su ve Ates (Water and Fire - Dir. by Ozcan Deniz, shot between London and Istanbul); Mercy (Merhamet); the widely successful Muhtesem Yuzyil (Magnificent Century), Fi and the cult hit 46 Yok Olan.

Yasemin has studied at Stella Adler in Los Angeles; also with Giles Foreman at Giles Foreman Actors Studio and with Laurence Mitchell at Home Studio in London and has subsequently trained in a variety of disciplines.

She is a native Turkish and English speaker who speaks in Istanbul Turkish and English in RP, with an ear for dialects and accents, and a wide history of experience with drama, action and romantic comedies.

Pelin Akil was born on 17 April 1986 in Istanbul, Turkey. She is an actress, known for Çember (2017), Son Aksam Yemegi (2023) and Eskiya Dünyaya Hükümdar Olmaz (2015). She has been married to Anil Altan since 1 September 2016. She was previously married to Anil Altan.

Burcu Kiratli was born in Istanbul on 23rd of July 1989.

She graduated from Yeditepe University - Department Visual Communication Design and performed in many theatre plays and short movie projects while she was studying.

She took Actor Studio education in Müjdat Gezen Art Academy and then worked in here as a permanent actress for 2 years.

She started her acting career with the theatre plays "Mustafa Kemal'im" and "Gözlerimi Kaparim Vazifemi Yaparim", then featured in the movies "Su ve Ates", "Peri Masali", "Bizim Hikaye" and in the Tv series "Elde Var Hayat" and "Dirilis Ertugrul".

Lastly, she is starring in the Tv series "Ask ve Mavi" the role of "Mavi" on the tv channel Atv

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.