Ahu Yağtu

Ahu Yağtu, whose real name is Ahu Yağtuğ, was born on 11 July 1978 in Izmir, in the Karşıyaka district. Her parents divorced while she was still young. She graduated from an art school. At age 14 she decided to become a model — a path she took after not being admitted to a conservatory due to her height at the time — and that same year moved to Istanbul to pursue a modeling career. She began her professional modeling career in 1992 and went on to become one of Turkey's leading models. She made her acting debut in 2001 with the role of Esin in the series "90-60-90." That same year she co-hosted the popular reality show "Biri Bizi Gözetliyor" (Someone Is Watching Us). She appeared in the series "Kampüsistan," "Canım Babam," "Kavak Yelleri," "Savcının Karısı" (2005), and "Aşk ve Ceza" (2010). She gained wide recognition for the role of Candan in the series "Paramparça" (2014–2019), as well as for her role in the popular series "Kardeşlerim" (2021–2024). Her film credits include "Arif V 216" and "Bir Avuç Deniz." In 2013 she won "Style Icon of the Year" at the Elle Style Awards (Turkey). Besides acting, she works in modeling, style consulting, and fashion editing, and owns a vintage boutique called "Second Chance" in Istanbul's Bebek district. She was first married in 2000 to Cankat Doğan Akçura, seventeen years her senior; the couple divorced in 2005. On 10 March 2012, at the Pera Palas Hotel, she married comedian and actor Cem Yılmaz while four and a half months pregnant; the couple had a son, Kemal. The couple divorced in 2013.