Esra Bilgiç (; born 14 October 1992) is a Turkish actress. She is best known for portraying the role of Halime Hatun in the Turkish historical adventure television series '' Diriliş: Ertuğrul'' from 2014 to 2018. Among other roles, she starred in the 2020–2021 crime drama '' Ramo''.

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

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founder Osman Bey. Bilgiç played the role of Halime Hatun, mother of Osman, but left in 2018, due to changes in the new season. She also appeared in ' alongside Tolgahan Sayışman and Hazal Subaşı. 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 '' Ramo'' 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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team Peshawar Zalmi, consumer electronics company QMobile and mobile network provider

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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

She is currently studying law at Marmara University. In 2015, 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. Turkish President

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and First Lady Emine Erdoğan 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

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bilgiç, Esra 1992 births Living people 21st-century Turkish actresses Actresses from Ankara Actors from Ankara Turkish film actresses Turkish television actresses