Bestemsu Özdemir

Bestemsu Özdemir — Biography

Bestemsu Özdemir is an actress who moved from modeling into acting and over the past decade has become a familiar face in Turkish television series. Her roles as Beliz Bilen in Kanal D's Meryem and as Zeynep Gerginoğlu in Ege'nin Hamsisi brought her to a wide audience. Her career has also reached abroad: in 2023 she appeared in the film Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre.

She attended the Saint Benoît French High School, started modeling during her high-school years and graduated from the Fashion Design Department of Istanbul Technical University. After acting training she made her first appearance in 2012 in TRT1's series Sakarya Fırat as Melike Derbent, and the same year she also showed up in Araf Zamanı and İstanbul Hatırası. In 2014 she played Nilüfer Denizer in Kara Para Aşk, and in 2015 she took roles in the series Analar ve Anneler and the film Tabula Rosa. In 2017 she appeared in Meryem and Kırlangıç Fırtınası and played Defne in the film Biz Size Döneriz. In 2018 she then took one of the lead roles in Ege'nin Hamsisi.

In later years she played in Güvercin (İpek, Star TV), Akrep (Selma), İkimizin Sırrı (Ece Kaya), Gecenin Ucunda (Serra Pekdemir) and Kirli Sepeti (Yasemin Ağırtaş), and in 2022 she appeared in the film Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre. In 2025 she married the former basketball player Ersin Görkem.