Birce Akalay (born 19 June 1984) is a Turkish actress.
Akalay, who had her breakthrough with a role in the TV series ''Yer Gök Aşk'' as Havva, has appeared in various TV series and movies to this date. In 2017, she was cast in the famous play ''
7 Kocalı Hürmüz'', directed by
Müjdat Gezen
Müjdat Gezen (born 29 October 1943) is a Turkish theatre actor and writer.
Private life
He was born on 29 October 1943 in Istanbul. He studied in Vefa High School where he met Uğur Dündar and Kemal Sunal, who became lifelong friends. After g ...
.
In 2020, she had a leading role in the famous play ''
Keşanlı Ali Destanı'' and portrayed the character of "Zilha". At the same time, she continued her career on television with a leading role in
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's series ''Babil'', which premiered in January 2020.
Life and career
Akalay was born on 19 June 1984 in Istanbul. She started ballet at the age of four and was injured at the age of sixteen. She graduated from theatre department of Pera Fine Arts High School in 2003.
She then enrolled in
Istanbul University
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with a major in theatre analysis but left the school at third grade to pursue her dream of becoming a theatre actress.
Since she had reached the age of twenty, she lost the chance to win a place in state conservatory but instead won a seat in
Haliç University Conservatory for theatre studies and finished her education there.
As of 2020, she is a lecturer at Haliç University's theatre department, teaching acting courses. In 2004, she completed in
Miss Turkey
Miss Turkey ( tr, Türkiye Güzellik Kraliçesi) is a national beauty pageant in Turkey. The pageant was founded in 1929, where the winners titled as Miss Turkey Universe, Miss Turkey World and Miss Turkey Supranational.
History
Miss Turk ...
and finished in the 3rd place. Subsequently, she represented her country in
Miss Europe
Miss Europe is a beauty pageant for European women from all over Europe. It was established in February 1927 by Fanamet, the European distributor of Paramount, as a one-off event where the winner was to star in a film directed by Friedrich ...
.
In 2007, she made her television debut with a supporting role in the hit series ''
Asi''.
She had her first cinematic role in the same year with a part in the movie ''
Son Ders: Aşk ve Üniversite''.
She got her first leading role in television with the series ''Kader'', playing the character of Lamia, and was then cast in the series ''Senin Uğruna'' in the same year.
After playing supporting roles in ''Alayına İsyan'' and ''Kış Masalı'' in 2009, her breakthrough came with her role as Havva in 2010 series ''Yer Gök Aşk'', which was well received by critics and fans.
In 2013, she portrayed
Ayhan Aydan
Ayhan Aydan (1924, Ankara – 19 February 2009, Çeşme, Izmir) was a Turkish opera singer.
In 1944, she graduated from Ankara State Conservatory Opera Department. She appeared in some small operas. Carl Ebert noticed her, and her role as Su ...
in historical series ''Ben Onu Çok Sevdim'' based on the life of Prime Minister of Turkey
Adnan Menderes
Adnan Menderes (; 1899 – 17 September 1961) was a Turkish politician who served as Prime Minister of Turkey between 1950 and 1960. He was one of the founders of the Democrat Party (DP) in 1946, the fourth legal opposition party of Turkey. He ...
.
She continued her TV career with roles in child series ''
Küçük Ağa'' (2014–2015), rom-com ''Evli ve Öfkeli'' (2015–2016), youth series ''Hayat Bazen Tatlıdır'' (2016–2017) and ''
Siyah Beyaz Aşk'' (2017–2018).
After playing a leading role in the TV series ''Ağlama Anne'' in late 2018, she didn't appear in any productions for 1 year.
In the meantime, she started teaching as a lecturer at Haliç University Theater Department and took part in the music program ''Benimle Söyle'' as the chief judge.
In January 2020, she began portraying İlay in Star TV's series ''Babil''.
Akalay has also continued her career on stage and in 2020 appeared as "Zilha" in the play ''Keşanlı Ali Destanı''.
Her cousin, Barış Murat Yağcı, is also an actor.
In 2022, Birce Akalay starred in two
Netflix
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shows, she played as ''Lale Kıran'' in
Kuş Uçuşu and as ''Önem Özülkü'' in
Mezarlık.These tow series was the first majot projects of her and with the help of Netflix's global audience Birce Akalay's fame was rapidly increased and 2nd and 3rd seasons of the series are contracted.
Filmography
Film
Web series
TV series
TV programs
Commercial
Theatre
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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Turkish film actresses
Turkish television actresses
1984 births
Actresses from Istanbul
Living people
21st-century Turkish actresses