Özge Gürel (born 5 February 1987) is a Turkish actress and singer. She starred alongside her husband Serkan Çayoğlu in Kiraz Mevsimi and Börü. She also starred in Dolunay and Bay Yanlis alongside Can Yaman.
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Life and career
Of Circassian and Turkish origin, Gürel was born on 5 February 1987 in Istanbul. Her father is of Circassian descent while her maternal family were Turkish immigrants from Thessaloniki. She lived in Silivri, Turkey, until she finished high school. Gürel initially studied business at Beykent University, but did not finish it. She then took acting lessons, followed by acting management lessons.
Gürel began acting as Zeynep in Kızım Nerede?. In 2014, she became the lead actress in Kiraz Mevsimi. Between 2016 and 2017, Kiraz Mevsimi was broadcast on Canale 5, one of Italy's television channels, and became the first Turkish TV series broadcast on Italian television. She played the leading role in the TV series Yıldızlar Şahidim in 2017.
Gürel also played the lead role of Nazlı Pinar Aslan in Dolunay alongside Can Yaman in 2017.
In 2020, Gürel started playing the lead role Ezgi in the Turkish series Bay Yanlış (Mr. Wrong), opposite Can Yaman. The series was produced by Gold Film, directed by Deniz Yorulmazer, and written by Aslı Zengin and Banu Zengin Tak. It premiered on FOX in June 2020 and concluded in October 2020.
Personal life
On 14 July 2022, Gürel and her longtime boyfriend, Serkan Çayoğlu, whom she had been dating since 2014, married in Germany. Family and close friends attended the ceremony.
