Arzu Gamze Kılınç

Arzu Gamze Kılınç — Biography

Arzu Gamze Kılınç works as an actress, theater director, acting teacher and owner of a casting agency. On television she is best remembered as Saime in Gönülçelen and Şahika Arsoy in İntikam; more recently she has been on stage in Filler ve Karıncalar at Cihangir Atölye Sahnesi.

After graduating from the Theatre Department of Ankara University's Faculty of Language, History and Geography in 1994, she made her screen debut in 1995 in Çiçek Taksi. In the early 2000s she appeared in productions such as Böyle mi Olacaktı, Hızma, Sır Çocukları, Büyük Yalan, Perçem, Hırsız Polis, Duvar and Hicran. She reached a wide audience with Gönülçelen in 2010-2011, and İntikam in 2013-2014 consolidated that standing. She then played Handan in Eşkıya Dünyaya Hükümdar Olmaz, Yeter Aslan in Siyah Beyaz Aşk and, in 2023, Nüzhet Sipahioğlu in Kader Bağları. On a digital platform she played Mehtap in Öğrenci Evi.

Away from the screen she has put weight on stage work and teaching: she has directed plays such as Yanlışlıklar Komedyası and has taught acting since 1998, first at various institutions in Antalya and later at the Sadri Alışık Academy and Cihangir Atölye Sahnesi. She also runs a management agency under her own name. She has long been together with actor Muhammet Uzuner.