Burcu Biricik Yetkin (born 4 May 1989) is a

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actress.

Early life

Biricik was born on 4 May 1988 in

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. She is of Yörük descent, which is a Turkic ethnic subgroup. After participating at a theater festival and winning an award, she decided to become an actress, and after receiving a bachelor's degree in archeology from

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, she received acting training at the

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Municipal City Theater. In 2006, at the beauty competition Miss Mediterranean in

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she was chosen as

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's beauty. Biricik began her acting career by taking part in the internship at Bornova Municipal City Theater. There she took part in plays such as ''İkinin Biri'', ''Yaşlı Hanımın Ziyareti'', ''Gözlerimi Kaparım, Vazifemi Yaparım'' and ''Yedi Kocalı Hürmüz''. She had her first uncredited tv roles in series "Maçolar"(2006), "Ümit Milli"(2006).

Career

She guest roles in historical series "Muhteşem Yüzyıl"(2011) and period series "Ustura Kemal"(2011) based from comic book. Her first leading role is in romantic comedy series ''Düşman Kardeşler'' with

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. Her fame gained with Seda character in popular youth series

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. She played in

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adaptation of Italy drama with

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. Her

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performance with a remarkable sense of psychology and humour in

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was well received by the critics. With

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, she played in

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about death of aselsan workers. She had leading role in Kuzgun with

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. With Feyyaz Şerifoğlu, she played schizophrenic in "Kırmızı Oda". Later, they played in Camdaki Kız for twice.

Web Series

She played as serial killer in Netflix series "Fatma".

Films

She had leading role in festivale films "İnanç Odası", "Çok Uzak Fazla Yakın ", "İnsanlar İkiye Ayrılır", "Toprak'ın Günlüğü". She received critical acclaim and won numerous accolades, including Mannheim Turkish Film Festival Best Actress Award and nominated Seoul Best Actress Awards . She played in "Herşey Seninle Güzel" remake of My Best Friend's Wedding. She played in period film "Çiçero". She had guest roles in comedy films "Kedi Özledi", "Bana Masal Anlatma", "Feride", "Oregon".

Filmography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Biricik, Burcu 1989 births Living people Turkish television actresses Turkish film actresses Ege University alumni People from Antalya Province