Seray Özkan

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Seray Özkan is a Turkish actress. She had her first professional acting experience in 2019 with the TV series Kuzey Yıldızı (The North Star), which aired on Show TV. She also acted as Çağla in Yabani (Wild Heart, also: Gizem & Simay) and in the Netflix series As the Crow Flies. Her new series Sakıncalı (A Mother’s Oath, also: Salih, Nihal, Özge, Cem & Miray) was released on November 19, 2025.

Facts:

• besides acting, she attends various workshops and continually works on improving herself
  • received acting training at the Craft Acting School and later continued with private lessons
  • although she once saw acting as something playful yet demanding in childhood, she says that as she grew older, she found the confidence and inner strength to pursue it as a profession
• although she doesn’t like to share many details about her family, she says they have always been her biggest supporters
• sees her mother as her greatest inspiration, describing her as a strong and successful woman whose energy and strength she deeply admires
• about the family she grew up in, she says she was raised in a large, female-centred family, living with her grandmother and mother during her childhood
  • sees this as a great advantage, having grown up surrounded by strong, supportive women who prepared her well for life
  • adds that she has been interested in art for as long as she can remember and that her mother’s constant support allowed her to explore this side of herself freely and find her own path
• asked about her biggest childhood dream, she says she wanted to achieve her goals together with her mother and sister, make them proud through her work and reach the success she desired in her career
  • discovering new places and cultures has always been a passion of hers
• believes love is not something one can make absolute statements about, as it can emerge unexpectedly at any time or place
  • for that reason, she sees the possibility of falling in love with a co-star as something that can happen and doesn’t rule it out
• enjoys listening to certain Arabic and Korean songs and has six tattoos
• she is close friends with actress Rojbin Erden
• she has one signature fragrance, which is Guidance by Amouage
• once wanted to become a model, but as she got older, she realised that the field wasn’t right for her, she worked as a photo model for about four years
• describes herself as someone who may seem reserved from the outside but is sincere, warm-hearted, patient and a good listener, she says she has high energy, is friendly and affectionate
• has been slim for as long as she can remember and her only real difficulty has been gaining weight
• what she values most in the characters she plays is the subtext and emotional depth
• portraying a woman who lacks affection from her family and suffers violence from the man she loves deeply strengthened her sense of empathy
  • through her experience on Yabani, she came to better understand the emotional struggles and inner battles faced by women who live through such situations
  • she is strongly against all forms of violence, says she would never try to “fix” an abusive person and prefers calm, intelligent, emotionally aware and forward-thinking partners
• believes that beauty should be individual and unique to each person
  • while she is not opposed to aesthetic procedures, she feels that today many people try too hard to look alike and she prefers seeing and valuing everyone’s own distinctive, characteristic beauty