Ayşe Kırca

Ayşe Kırca was born on 2 May 1994 in Istanbul. She is the daughter of renowned Turkish comedic actors Levent Kırca and Oya Başar; she has an older brother, Umut Kırca. Her parents married in 1985, divorced and remarried twice, finally separating in 2005; her father died in 2015 at the age of 65. She studied acting for four years at the New York Film Academy, receiving broad training ranging from Method acting to on-camera technique. She began her acting career in Hollywood with the role of a waitress in the film "Carrie Pilby" (2016), directed by Susan Johnson; in 2015 she also appeared in the production "Immortality in Blue." After returning to Turkey she combined theatre and television work: in 2019 she performed in "Pera Müzikali," written and directed by Müjdat Gezen. On television she appeared in the Star TV series "Sol Yanım" as Yasemin, alongside Özge Yağız, Tolga Mendi, Cansel Elçin, and Defne Samyeli. More recently she has taken up painting and exhibits her own work in galleries. She is represented by the acting agency Gaye Sökmen Ajans. She has been in a relationship with comedian Doğu Demirkol since late 2023; she has described her partner as "the most talented comedian to emerge in Turkey since my father."