Aslıhan Malbora

Aslıhan Malbora — Biography

Aslıhan Malbora moved from engineering studies to the screen, and the Turkish actress has become one of the recognized younger faces of television and streaming drama. She reached a wide audience with Her Yerde Sen (2019) and Üç Kuruş (2021), and led the cast of Kübra (2024).

She came to Istanbul from Afyonkarahisar in 2012 to study at Istanbul Technical University and graduated in Food Engineering. She turned to acting during her university years and took a year of basic acting, movement and stage classes at Akademi 35.5 Sanat Evi. She has said that everyone in her family is an engineer and that she followed her passion once she was in Istanbul. Her first role came in 2017 as Zeynep in Seven Ne Yapmaz; the next year she played Saliha Sultan in Sultan of My Heart and Zeynep Fırıncıoğlu in Ağlama Anne. Her breakthrough was Ayda Akman in Her Yerde Sen. In 2020 she played Derin in Gel Dese Aşk and made her film debut as Zeynep in the comedy Aile Hükûmeti. 2021 was a landmark year, with Leyla Çaka in Üç Kuruş and a part in the Netflix film Geçen Yaz. She then played Ece Servet in Darmaduman (2022) and Merve in Kübra, and appeared in the film Her Şeye Rağmen (2023) and the TV film Lefter: Bir Ordinaryüs Hikayesi (2024).

In interviews she has said that her engineering training gave her an analytical outlook, which she brings to her decisions.