Birce Akalay is a Turkish theater and film actress, model. In 2004 she took part in the Miss Turkey beauty contest and took 3rd place. She began acting in films in 2006, and before that she worked as a leading television entertainment program for several years.
Akalai's creative biography began in his youth with performances in ballet, and then on the theater stage. She is currently considered one of the most beautiful actresses in Turkey, having played roles in 15 popular television and film projects.
Biography facts
The future actress was born in Turkey in the summer of 1984. Her father was the owner of one of the large companies selling home appliances, which brought the first air conditioners to Turkey. The girl's mother was engaged in housekeeping and raising her daughter. It was she who instilled Birje's love for art, and tried to comprehensively develop it from an early age.
When Birje was 4 years old, she became interested in dancing. Parents decided to send her to a ballet studio. She showed great promise and soon began performing on stage. But the girl decided to associate her further life not with ballet, but with the theater.
Nobody knows the real reason for her leaving dancing. Several sources claimed that Akalai suffered a serious injury that prevented her from pursuing a career in ballet. But, according to other sources, she herself decided to start learning acting, to which she was attracted much more.
Excellent external data allowed Birce to take part in the beauty contest "Miss Turkey", held in Istanbul in 2004. There she took the honorable 3rd place.
After receiving her primary education, the girl entered the university in Istanbul at the department of theater criticism and drama. After studying for 2 years, she decided to drop out because she did not like teaching. A few years later, Akalay again entered the theater department, but at a different university, and received a professional acting education.
Creative way
Akalay began her television career as a presenter. At first she worked on a sports channel, and then began to conduct entertainment programs.
He made his acting debut in 2007 in the melodramatic series Destiny. A year later, Birje played in the comedy "The Last Lesson" and the girl was noticed. After a successful start, she began to receive new proposals from directors and producers.
The actress gained wide popularity after performing one of the main roles in the project "Heavenly Love". It told about the fate of 2 completely dissimilar sisters who became participants in a love triangle. The series was released in 2010 and attracted the attention of viewers around the world.
Another major role Akalay played in the project "Black and White Love". According to the plot of the picture, Asla's main character works as a doctor. One day she is brought to a wounded man in a country house, where she must perform an operation. There she accidentally witnesses a murder and now her life hangs in the balance. Ferhat should kill the girl, but he cannot raise a hand on her and gives Asli the opportunity to escape death.
The film received high marks from viewers and film critics and added to the popularity of the young actress.
Currently, Birje continues to work in new projects, performs on the theater stage and takes vocal lessons.
Personal life
In the personal life of the actress, not everything is as rosy as in her career. In 2010, the girl married Murat Unalmysh, with whom she starred in one of the films. Their romantic relationship only lasted a few months and led to a wedding. But the marriage did not turn out to be happy for both. The husband and wife quarreled constantly. As a result, after 2 years they decided to leave.
In 2014, the girl met her new lover Sarp Levendglu. In the same year, the couple got married. But after 3 years, Akalay found out that her husband was cheating on her, and filed for divorce. In 2017, their marriage broke up.
