Hazal Kaya
Leyla Hazal Kaya (born 1 October 1990) is a Turkish actress best known for Aşki Memnu, Adını Feriha Koydum, Bizim Hikaye and Midnight at the Pera Palace.
Hazal Kaya | |
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| Born | Leyla Hazal Kaya 1 October 1990 Konya, Turkey |
| Alma mater | Istanbul Bilgi University |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | hazalkaya |
Kaya is one of Turkey's highest-paid actresses. She received several accolades and was the only Turkish recipient of the "Lebanon Awards 2015" award. She made her acting debut with a guest role in Acemi Cadı. Kaya gain popularity for Nihal Ziyagil in a modern-day adaptation of the novel Aşk-ı Memnu, written by Halit Ziya Uşaklıgil.
She is best known for playing the role of Feriha Sarrafoglu, Adını Feriha Koydum (2011–2012) and won 2nd Crystal Mouse Media Awards for Best Actress. The series had one of the highest TV ratings in Turkey. She further known for playing Filiz Elibol in Bizim Hikaye (inspired by the British TV show Shameless) (2017–2019) for which she received highly acclaimed and Latina Turkish Awards for Best Actress respectively.
Kaya explore into the webseries world with the time travel historical drama series Midnight at the Pera Palace (2022) playing Esra / Peride. The show was premiered on Netflix. She is married to actor Ali Atay in 2019 with whom she has two children.