Ebru Özkan

Born

18 November 1978 (aged 47)

Place of birth

Ankara

On Avşar Film

appeared in 1 movie

Ebru Özkan was born on 18 November 1978 in Ankara. She attended primary school in Ankara and middle and high school in Nevşehir. She started university on a scholarship at Bilkent University, then moved to the Faculty of Language and History-Geography at Ankara University, from which she graduated. She was introduced to theater in her primary school years and also worked as a model for a time.

She began acting during her university studies with the series Gözyaşı Çetesi. She became widely known through Halide, whom she played in Hanımın Çiftliği; after Suna in Not Defteri, she played the character Dilara in Paramparça, which ran for three seasons.

For her role as İpek Tekin in Hekimoğlu, the adaptation of House M.D., she received the Radio and Television Journalists Association's best actress award in 2020. In later years she co-starred with Erdal Beşikçioğlu in Hakim, the adaptation of Your Honor, and played Leyla Türk in Ben Bu Cihana Sığmazam. In the Netflix production Şahmaran, she brought to life a mystical character named Çavgeş.

Özkan played Melisa in Avşar Film's 2006 film Bir Kış Masalı.