Esra Bilgiç (; born 14 October 1992) is a

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actress. She is best known for portraying the role of

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in the Turkish historical adventure television series '' Diriliş: Ertuğrul'' from 2014 to 2018. Among other roles, she starred in the 2020–2021 crime drama ''

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Career

Bilgiç was born on 14 October 1992 in

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. In 2014, she made her television debut in the Turkish historical adventure series '' Diriliş: Ertuğrul'' on TRT 1, alongside co-actors Engin Düzyatan and Hülya Darcan. The story of the series is centred around the life of Ertuğrul Bey, the father of Ottoman dynasty founder Osman Bey. Bilgiç played the role of

, mother of Osman, but left in 2018, due to changes in the new season. She also appeared in ' alongside

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and

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. In 2020, Bilgiç appeared in a leading role in the Turkish film ''Adanış Kutsal Kavga'' with co-star İsmail Filiz. She is the female lead in the Turkish crime-drama television series ''

'' with co-star Murat Yıldırım. Outside of Turkey, Bilgiç has seen wide popularity in

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, leading her to become the brand ambassador of the Pakistani

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in 2020. From September 2021 until February 2022, she shared the lead role in the period drama ' with actor Uğur Güneş. The series was canceled after 16 episodes due to poor ratings. In March 2022, Bilgiç appeared in a

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commercial for the "Love Cloud" collection.

Personal life

In 2014, Bilgiç began dating a professional Turkish footballer,

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. The couple got married on 21 October 2017, and divorced on 17 June 2019.

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and

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were present at Bilgiç's wedding. In August 2021, after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, Bilgiç posted

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s with hashtags including "I don’t want refugees in my country" and "I don’t want Afghans here." She later removed the retweets. ''

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'' described the original tweets as "hateful".

Filmography

Awards and nominations

Bilgiç has won several awards. Some of them are:

References

External links

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