Begüm Akkaya

Born

8 February 1991 (aged 35)

Place of birth

Istanbul

On Avşar Film

appeared in 1 series

Begüm Akkaya was born on 8 February 1991 in Istanbul. She received her theater training at the conservatory of Istanbul University. She first stepped in front of the camera with the series Beşinci Boyut.

In cinema, she drew attention at an early age: she received the Ekrem Bora Promising Young Actress Award at the 20th Sadri Alışık Awards for the film Mavi Dalga, the Türkan Şoray Promising Young Actress Award at the Adana Altın Koza for the film Nergis Hanım and the Young Witch Award at the Uçan Süpürge Festival. Her performance in the film Kuma was rewarded with best actress awards at the Molodist and Philadelphia film festivals.

On television, she played Dilek Keskin in the series Kapalıçarşı and Zeliha Başeski in 20 Dakika. In later years she appeared in the series Adı: Zehra, Çukur and Bambaşka Biri; in Çukur she played Seher.

Akkaya played Feride Katiboğlu in Avşar Film's 2013 series Bugünün Saraylısı.