Özgü Namal

Born

28 December 1978 (aged 47)

Place of birth

Üsküdar

On Avşar Film

appeared in 1 movie

Özgü Namal was born on 28 December 1978 in Istanbul's Üsküdar district. Her maternal side are immigrants from Thessaloniki and her paternal side from Skopje. She took her first acting lessons at the Kadıköy Public Education Center and the Müjdat Gezen Theatre; after Üsküdar Cumhuriyet High School, she graduated in 2002 from the Istanbul University State Conservatory Theater Department.

She first appeared on stage at the age of 14 at the Enis Fosforoğlu Theatre; in 1997 she moved into professional acting with children's plays at the Masal Gerçek Theatre. On television, after Yeditepe İstanbul, she reached a wide audience with the character Elif Eylül in the series Kurtlar Vadisi. She played Güllü in Hanımın Çiftliği, an adaptation of Orhan Kemal, and Narin in Merhamet; after a long break she returned to the screen with the role of Meryem Tezel in Kızıl Goncalar.

In cinema, she appeared in the films Organize İşler, Beynelmilel and Polis; for her role as Meryem in Mutluluk, she won the Altın Portakal Best Actress Award in 2007. Her performance in the play Kiralık Oyun brought her an award in the supporting role in a musical-comedy category at the Afife Theater Awards. In the 2014-2015 season she served as a judge on Yetenek Sizsiniz Türkiye.

Namal appeared in Avşar Film's 2002 film Kolay Para.