Asiye Nur Fettahoğlu () (born 12 November 1980) is a Turkish-German actress, model, television presenter and fashion designer known for playing numerous characters in several films and television series, including her role as Mahidevran Sultan in ''

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''.

Early life

Fettahoğlu was born in 1980 to Fatma and Sinan Fettahoğlu as one of their five children in

Duisburg Duisburg () is a city in the Ruhr metropolitan area of the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Lying on the confluence of the Rhine and the Ruhr rivers in the center of the Rhine-Ruhr Region, Duisburg is the 5th largest city in ...

, West Germany. Her family is from

Rize Rize ( Greek: ρίζα, Laz: რიზინი, Georgian: რიზე, , Ottoman Turkish: ريزه) is the capital city of Rize Province in the eastern part of the Black Sea Region of Turkey. Rize is a typically Turkish provincial capital wi ...

, Turkey. After Ottoman Empire collapsed, Her paternal family is of Turkish descent and immigrated from

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. During Yugoslavia, Her maternal family is

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, they later migrated to Rize. Her education was at Beşiktaş High School and then she went to

Haliç University Haliç University ( tr, Haliç Üniversitesi) is a university in Turkey, which was founded in 1998 by the Children Leukemia Foundation. Haliç University offers 21 academic departments, with three schools: the School of Nursing, the School of P ...

and graduated with a degree in fashion design. She worked for a while as a television anchor for financial news on the Sky Türk channel.

Personal life

Between 2008 and 2011, Fettahoğlu was married to Murat Aysan. In 2013, she married businessman Levent Veziroğlu. The couple separated in 2015 but reconciled before the divorce proceedings were finalized. On 14 February 2016, Fettahoğlu gave birth to their daughter. The couple formally divorced in March 2021.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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1980 births Living people Turkish film actresses People from Duisburg German people of Turkish descent German people of Albanian descent German people of Kosovan descent Turkish people of Albanian descent Turkish people of Kosovan descent German film actresses Turkish television actresses German television actresses {{Turkey-actor-stub