Birge Akalay - Turkish theater and film actress, model. In 2004, she took part in the beauty contest "Miss Turkey" and took 3rd place. She began acting in films in 2006, and before that she worked as a leading television entertainment program for several years.
Akalay's creative biography began in his youth with performances in ballet, and then on the stage. Currently, she is considered one of the most beautiful actresses in Turkey, who played roles in 15 popular television and film projects.
Facts from the biography
The future actress was born in Turkey in the summer of 1984. Her father was the owner of one of the largest companies selling home appliances that brought the first air conditioners to Turkey. The girl’s mother was engaged in housekeeping and raising her daughter. It was she who instilled Birge's love for art, and tried to comprehensively develop it from an early age.
When Birge was 4 years old, she became interested in dancing. Parents decided to give her to the ballet studio. She showed great hope and soon began to perform on stage. But the girl decided to connect her further life not with ballet, but with the theater.
Nobody knows the real reason for leaving her dancing. Some sources claimed that Akalay received a serious injury that did not allow her to make a career in ballet. But, according to other sources, she herself decided to start studying acting, to which she was much more attracted.
Excellent external data allowed Birge to take part in the Miss Turkey beauty contest held in Istanbul in 2004. There she took an honorable 3rd place.
After receiving primary education, the girl entered the University of Istanbul in the department of theater criticism and drama. After studying for 2 years, she decided to quit her studies due to the fact that she did not like teaching. A few years later, Akalay again entered the theater department, but at another university, and received a professional acting education.
Creative way
Akalai began her career on television as a presenter. At first she worked on a sports channel, and then began to conduct entertainment programs.
The acting debut took place in 2007 in the melodramatic series "Fate". A year later, Birge played in the comedy "The Last Lesson" and the girl was noticed. After a successful start, she began to receive new offers from directors and producers.
The actress gained wide fame after performing one of the main roles in the project "Heavenly Love". It told about the fate of 2 completely different sisters, who became participants in the love triangle. The series was released in 2010 and attracted the attention of viewers around the world.
Akalay played another major role in the Black and White Love project. According to the plot of the picture, the main character Asla works as a doctor. One day she is brought to a wounded man in a country house, where she must undergo an operation. There, she accidentally becomes a witness to the murder and now her life hangs in the balance. Ferkhat should kill the girl, but he cannot raise a hand on her and gives Asla the opportunity to avoid death.
The film received high marks from viewers and film critics and added popularity to the young actress.
Currently Birge continues to work in new projects, performs on the stage and takes vocal lessons.
