Özge Özpirinçci

Born

1 April 1986 (aged 40)

Place of birth

Istanbul

On Avşar Film

appeared in 1 movie

Özge Özpirinçci was born on 1 April 1986 in Istanbul. She received her basic education in Istanbul; in high school she spent a year in the United States through the AFS exchange program. In 2008 she graduated from the Sabancı University Management Sciences Department; she also received acting training at the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York.

Her first works on screen were the Kanal D productions Kavak Yelleri and Cesaretin Var mı Aşka; in Kavak Yelleri she played Ada, a young cancer patient. Her real breakthrough came with the role of the university student İpek in the series Melekler Korusun, broadcast on Show TV. For the role of Fikriye Hanım in the film Veda, directed by Zülfü Livaneli, she was nominated for supporting actress at the Yeşilçam Awards; in the atv series Al Yazmalım she played the lead role of Asiye.

Her role as Zeynep in the FOX series Aşk Yeniden won her the best actress in a comedy award at the 42nd Altın Kelebek Awards. Between 2017 and 2020 she played Bahar Çeşmeli, a mother of two, in the series Kadın, and for this role was named best actress at the 45th Altın Kelebek. In the following period she appeared in the series Yakamoz S-245 and Sandık Kokusu; she has also done voice-over work.

Özpirinçci played Efsun in Avşar Film's 2020 film Biz Böyleyiz.