Müge Boz (born 13 April 1984) is a Turkish actress and model. She is best known for hit surreal comedy series

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and film

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based on the historical comic book. She played supporting roles in popular series

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, Melekler Korusun,

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, Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem.

Life and career

Boz's mother is a

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Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

n immigrant She has a sister. She spent her childhood in Istanbul, but at the age of 12 she moved with her family to

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in İzmir due to her father's job demands. Boz graduated from İzmir Atatürk High School. Then she finished her studies at

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with a degree in Cinema, TV and Public Relations studies. She subsequently received a scholarship from the school named Hogskulen i Volda in Norway and received 'strategic design' and 'digital photography' training afterwards. She studied ballet for 11 years and piano for 4 years. In 2009, she appeared in a commercial for

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and the following year she was cast in commercials for

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, Maximum Kart and Nescafe. In 2011, she played the character of Meltem in the series ''Şüphe'' and Ada in the series ''Karakol''.Aside from her acting career she has also practiced modelling. In 2010, she was chosen as the advertising face for Zen Diamonds. She has done fashion shoots for magazines such as Vogue, Tempo, Marie Claire, Women's Health and Instyle. A breakthrough in her career came with her role in hit surreal comedy series ''

''. She then had a role in

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series ''Gurbette Aşk''.Finally, she starred in the series Kayıtdışı, which aired on FOX in 2017.

Filmography

Series

Films

Programming

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* * 1984 births Turkish television actresses Turkish film actresses Turkish female models Living people Actresses from Istanbul Turkish people of Bosniak descent {{Turkey-actor-stub