Damla Colbay (pronounced: dɒmlɑ d͡ʒɔlbɑ͡ɪ; born 14 January 1993) is a
Turkish
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*a Turkic language spoken by the Turks
* of or about Turkey
** Turkish language
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actress.
She became famous for her work on the TV series ''
İçerde''.
Life and career
Damla Colbay was born in
İzmir
İzmir ( , ; ), also spelled Izmir, is a metropolitan city in the western extremity of Anatolia, capital of the province of the same name. It is the third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara and the second largest urban agglo ...
on 14 February 1990 to Erhan and Ayten Colbay. She spent her childhood years in
Karşıyaka
Karşıyaka () is a district of İzmir Province in Turkey. The district extends for twelve kilometres along the northern and eastern coastline of the tip of the Gulf of İzmir. Its centre is at a distance of to the north from the traditional cen ...
and moved to
Istanbul
Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...
in 2013.
She studies acting at
Dokuz Eylül University
Dokuz Eylül University ( tr, Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi) (DEÜ) is a university in İzmir, Turkey. It was founded in 1982 and is organized in 15 faculties. DEU is the first university which applied the problem-based learning method in Turkey, ...
in İzmir.
Damla made her first television appearance in 2014 in the TV series named ''
Kara Para Aşk
''Kara Para Aşk'' (English: ''Black Money Love'') is a Turkish television series broadcast on ATV screens on Wednesday evenings. The leading cast are Tuba Büyüküstün, Engin Akyürek and Erkan Can. The production of the series is undertake ...
'' as Demet Demir.
In 2015, Damla got her first leading role as İnci Temizyürek in the Turk remake of ''Juana la Virgen'', titled ''
Hayat Mucizelere Gebe''.
Due to low ratings the series ended in early 2016 with 7 episodes.
In 2016, she starred as Eylem Aydın in ''
İçerde.'' The series received high ratings becoming one of the most successful series in 2016 and 2017 in Turkey. ''
İçerde'' broke the record as the most watched Turkish series on YouTube with its first episode reaching 11.6 million views as of July 2017.
Filmography
References
External links
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1993 births
Living people
Turkish television actresses
21st-century Turkish actresses
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