Ayça Damgacı

Born

29 July 1973 (aged 53)

Place of birth

Istanbul

On Avşar Film

appeared in 1 movie

Ayça Damgacı was born on 29 July 1973 in Istanbul; her father is an immigrant from Western Thrace. After finishing Nişantaşı Girls' High School, she studied economics at Istanbul University but left the department without completing it. She received her acting training at Şahika Tekand's studio and then enrolled in the theater criticism department at the same university.

At Tiyatro Oyunevi, which she joined in 1998, she worked as an actor and assistant director until 2012. She performed on stage with Tiyatro Biriken in Yala Ama Yutma and in Özen Yula's Sahibinden Satılık; for a time she sang songs in different languages in a music band she formed with friends.

She moved to the big screen with Ravin Asaf's film Sarı Günler. Gitmek: Benim Marlon ve Brandom, whose screenplay she wrote together with Hüseyin Karabey and in which she took the lead role, premiered in Rotterdam; with this film Damgacı was named best actress at the Istanbul, Sarajevo and Altın Koza festivals. She continued working in cinema with Yozgat Blues and Unutma Beni İstanbul, and on television she became known for the roles of Hatçik in Aramızda Kalsın and Hasret in Avlu.

In 2021, together with Tümay Göktepe, she made the documentary Patrida, about her father's migration story, taking her first step into directing.

Damgacı played Fehime in Avşar Film's 2010 film Ay Lav Yu.