Ebru Özkan (born 18 November 1978) is a Turkish actress.

Life and career

Ebru Özkan was born on 18 November 1978 in Ankara. She completed her primary school education in Ankara and secondary and high school education in Nevşehir. She settled in Istanbul after her high school education. She started her university education as a scholarship student at Bilkent University, then continued at

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and graduated from there. She started her theatre education at primary school level and first wrote a play called ''Milli Piyango''. While continuing her university education, she started acting in the TV series ''Gözyaşı Çetesi'' and fantasy child series "Kara İnci" alongside

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for twice. She also had a number of modeling jobs. Özkan rose to prominence with her role as Halide in '' Hanımın Çiftliği'' based on the classic novel. She continued her television career with the youth series ''Not Defteri'', where she played the character of Suna. She played with Haluk Bilginer in series Hayatımın Rolü adaptation of "Mrs. Doubtfire". She played the character of Dilara in the series '' Paramparça'', which was broadcast between 2014 and 2017 and lasted for 3 seasons. In 2018, she played the character of Melek in the TV series ''

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'' adaptation of "Falcon Crest". Later, she had the role of İpek Tekin in '' Hekimoğlu'', the Turkish adaptation of the ''

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'' series. In 2021, she was awarded the best actress award by the Radio and Television Journalists Association for her role as İpek Tekin. The award was presented by President

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. She then shared the lead role with

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in the TV series ''Hakim'', which is an adaptation of '' Your Honor''. Together with Timuçin Esen, with whom she shared the leading role in the ''Hekimoğlu'' series, she appeared in the Disney+ series ''Ben Gri''. In 2023, she portrayed a mystical character named Çavgeş in the Netflix original series ''Şahmaran''.

Personal life

She married

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in 2016 and they had a daughter named Biricik Saban in 2018.

Filmography

;Film ;Television ; Web series ;Theatre

References

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* 1978 births Turkish female models Turkish film actresses Turkish television actresses Actresses from Ankara Living people 21st-century Turkish actresses {{Turkey-actor-stub