Oya Unustası (born 31 March 1988) is a Turkish actress and model. She is known for her starring role as Zeliş Gıpgıp in ''Kalbim Ege'de Kaldı'' (2015) and has since been in supporting roles in several series.
She was one of the top 20 in the 2013
Miss Turkey
Miss Turkey ( tr, Türkiye Güzellik Kraliçesi) is a national beauty pageant in Turkey. The pageant was founded in 1929, where the winners titled as Miss Turkey Universe, Miss Turkey World and Miss Turkey Supranational.
History
Miss Turk ...
competition.
Life and career
Oya Unustası was born in
Istanbul
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, Turkey. Her paternal side of the family originally migrated from
Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...
, and her maternal side migrated from
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of ...
.
Her parents initially settled in
Buca
Buca (, ) is a district of İzmir Province, Turkey. It is one of the main urban districts of İzmir Metropolitan Municipality.
History
Buca was one of the preferred settlement areas of İzmir's community of Levantines. The great mansions they bu ...
, Izmir before moving to Istanbul. She has two older sisters and an older brother.
She studied at the Flute Department of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University and trained under the Turkish actress
Ayla Algan.
She preferred acting to music.
Her first film was ''
Losers' Club'' in 2010. She has since starred in ''Masum Değiliz'' and the television series ''Beyaz Karanfil'', ''Sevdaluk'', ''İzmir Çetesi'' and ''
Diriliş: Ertuğrul'', in the latter playing the role of Sügay Hatun.
In 2017 she acted the part of Olivia in the play ''Çok Satanlar''. She currently stars in ''
Hercai
Hercai (''Inconstant Love'') is a Turkish romantic television series starring Akın Akınözü and Ebru Şahin, along with Gülçin Santırcıoğlu, Serhat Tutumluer, Oya Unustası and Ahmet Tansu Taşanlar. It premiered on ATV on March 15, ...
'', a series broadcast on
ATV.
Personal life
Unustası is married to fellow actor
Ahmet Tansu Taşanlar
Ahmet Tansu Taşanlar (born 1984) is a Turkish actor.
Life and career
Tansu Taşanlar was born on 31 May 1984 in Ankara. He is a graduate of Selçuk University State Conservatory with a degree in theatre studies. He briefly worked at the Bursa a ...
.
Theatre
Some of her ''notable'' theatre plays:
* 2017— ''Çok Satanlar'' (Olivia)
Filmography
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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1988 births
Living people
Turkish film actresses
Turkish television actresses
21st-century Turkish actresses
Turkish female models
Actresses from Istanbul