Hazal Kaya

Hazal Kaya is a well-known Turkish actress. Her birth name is Hazal Leyla Kaya. Her birthdate is 1 October 1990. Her birthplace is Konya, Turkey. She did schooling in Gaziosmanpasa, Istanbul, Turkey, and completed graduation from Liceo Italiano Di Istanbul in 2009. She was admitted to Istanbul Bilgi University. Her parents are lawyers. She speaks Italian, English, Turkish, and German languages. She is married to Ali Atay, a Turkish actor, musician, director and screenwriter. She has two children, Fikret Ali Atay and Sureyya Leyla Atay.

In 2006, she began her career in the TV series Genco, playing the character of Ozge. She played a guest role in the fantasy series Cadı, a Turkish version of Sabrina Teenage Witch, famous series Sila. She also acted in the Aşk-ı Memnu, a modern-day adaptation of a novel scripted by Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil and Taşların Sırrı. In 2011, She entered the cinema with her debut movie, Çalgı Çengi, directed by Selçuk Aydemir.

Her notable TV shows are Adını Feriha Koydum  (English: The Girl Named Feriha) (2011) in the lead role of Feriha Yilmaz, Son Yaz Balkanlar 1912 (2012) playing the role of Emine,  A.Ş.K (2013) and played the character of a tennis coach, Azra Özak, Maral: En Güzel Hikayem (2015) opposite Aras Bulut İynemli, Bizim Hikaye (Our Story), based on British TV Show Shameless opposite Burak Deniz, Misafir with Bugra Gulsoy Bugra Gulsoy is a well-known screenwriter, actor, >> Read More... and Ozan Dolunay. Hazal also did the commercial for Bingo with her mother, Ayşegül Kaya.

Her notable movies are Bu Son Alsun (2012), Mavi Dalga (2013), Benden Ne Olur (2022), Kırık Kalpler Bankası (2015), Behzat Ç. Seni Kalbime Gömdüm (2011) and many more. In addition to this, she has done commercials such as Tofita, Bingo Nescafe, Penti, Lux Arabia, Molped, Turkcell, and others. Hazal has done the web series Midnight At The Pera Palace.

Hazal is one of the most admired Turkish artists based on the survey of United Arab Emirates-based MBC channels. She is also one of the top ten popular actresses in 35 countries.  She has received and been nominated for various awards. She won the Best Actress award from the Latina Turkish Award in 2019, 19th Internet Media Best of The Year in 2019, the Istanbul Aydın University Communication Awards in 2019, the Lebanon Award in 2015,Megazincity.com Awards in 2013, Sosyalmedya.cc Awards in 2012, Eniyiyisec.com Awards in 2012, and Bakmoda.com Awards in 2012. Above all, she is the only Turkish recipient of the Lebanon Awards 2015.