Ayşegül Cengiz Akman

Ayşegül Cengiz Akman — Biography

Ayşegül Cengiz Akman is an actor who combines two professions: she is both a family-medicine specialist and a stage, television and film actor, and she also directs. On television she became known for playing Kara Hatice in Merhamet, Münevver Demir in Kefaret and Sacide in Yüz Yıllık Mucize; in 2025 she played Meryem Kordağlı in Halef: Köklerin Çağrısı.

Her introduction to the stage came during her medical studies. She graduated from Istanbul Medical Faculty in 1999 and became a family-medicine specialist in 2004; as a student she worked for six years in the Istanbul Medical Faculty Theatre Company, took part in acting workshops by the French actor and director Amedee Bricolo and in 1999 directed the children's play Soytarılar Okulu. In 2004-2006 she trained in acting and the arts at Şahika Tekand's Studio Oyuncuları. She appeared as an actor and assistant director in Tekand's Evridike'nin Çığlığı (2006), rewrote a Beckett play and staged it as Hayır Ben in 2008, was assistant director on Play-Oyun in 2012 and on Gergedanlaşma2.014 in 2014, and continues her theater work at Studio Oyuncuları.

She started on television with Öyle Bir Geçer Zaman ki, went on to act in the series Merhamet, Aşkın Kanunu, Analar ve Anneler and Hayat Sırları, and appeared in the 2016 film İkimizin Yerine.