Aslı Orcan

Aslı Orcan — Biography

Aslı Orcan is an actress who came to series acting from a background in stage dance and has built a lasting place in it. She reached a wide audience as Baroness Lola in Kurt Seyit ve Şura, and her portrayal of Leyla in Sadakatsiz brought her name back into conversation. Alongside her screen work she now runs, with Müjgan Ferhan Şensoy, a page for mothers called “Bunlar Daha İyi Günlerimiz”.

Her path began with dance. Born in Aydın, she studied in the Turkish Folk Dances department of the State Turkish Music Conservatory at Ege University from 1998 to 2003 and danced professionally with the group Magic You Ney Flames of Passion. She then turned to the film and television acting program at Ekol Drama School and took camera-acting and dialogue lessons from Ayla Algan. Her first experience in front of the camera was Sır Kapısı. After productions such as Yemin, she raised her profile with Karadayı and Medcezir, in which she played Deniz Yekeli. Bana Sevmeyi Anlat, Kara Yazı and Hekimoğlu followed.

In recent years she has played Ayşe in Kahraman Babam, Leyla in Sadakatsiz, and different characters in Darmaduman and Bambaşka Biri. She has said she found the audience's strong reaction to Leyla a source of pride. She married fellow actor Yetkin Dikinciler in Kuşadası in 2014, and they have a daughter.