Merve Akkaya

Born

22 June 1990 (aged 36)

Place of birth

Germany

On Avşar Film

appeared in 1 series

Merve Akkaya was born on 22 June 1990 in Germany. She studied at the Faculty of Law of Istanbul University, then received about 15 weeks of acting and diction training at the Başkent Communication Sciences Academy. Also interested in sports, Akkaya won a gold medal in swimming and played basketball for three years, serving as team captain. She speaks English and German at an advanced level.

She first appeared on screen in the role of a nurse in the series Arka Sokaklar. She then played Ayşe Çelebi in Tatar Ramazan, broadcast on atv, and the character Yakut in Yeşil Deniz. Later she played Heja Bedirhanoğlu in the series İsimsizler and appeared as Billur in Aşk 101.

Akkaya played Maya in Avşar Film's 2010 series Lale Devri.