Birce Akalay

Born

19 June 1984 (aged 42)

Place of birth

Istanbul

On Avşar Film

appeared in 1 series

Birce Akalay was born on 19 June 1984 in Istanbul. In 2003 she finished the theater department of Pera Fine Arts High School. She began studying theater criticism and dramaturgy at Istanbul University but did not complete that department; she graduated from the Theater Department of the Haliç University Conservatory.

In 2004, placing third in the Turkey beauty contest, she represented the country in the Europe-wide beauty contest and became a semifinalist. During the same period, she prepared and presented the programs Piyonlar Ligi Özel and 8. Etap. She took her first leading roles in acting in 2007 in the series Kader and Senin Uğruna, and then appeared in the films Son Ders and Nefes: Vatan Sağolsun.

In later years she played Sinem Sipahi in Küçük Ağa, Aslı Çınar in Siyah Beyaz Aşk and İlay Yücedağ in Babil; in the series Mezarlık she took the role of Chief Inspector Önem Özülkü. On stage, she acted in Yedi Kocalı Hürmüz, directed by Müjdat Gezen, and in 2020 brought Zilha to life in Keşanlı Ali Destanı.

Akalay played Havva Karagül Hancıoğlu in Avşar Film's 2010 series Yer Gök Aşk.