Ege Kökenli

Ege Kökenli — Biography

Ege Kökenli first went on television at eleven, and the Turkish actress has since built a career stretching from child roles to adult series casts. Her parts range from teen series to a doctor character, from the lead of an internet series to comedy films; since 2024 she has appeared on Kanal D as Hanzade Alaca in Güzel Aşklar Diyarı.

She grew up in Kırklareli, attended Saint-Joseph French High School in Istanbul and spent five years in its French-language theater team. She continued her education at the Haliç University Conservatory and also studied at İstanbul Bilgi University. She began in 2004 as Ece in En İyi Arkadaşım, then became known for young characters in series such as Anadolu Kaplanı, Öğretmen Kemal, Yahşi Cazibe (Itır), Çalıkuşu (Mari Pırlantacıyan) and Güneşin Kızları (Melisa Taşkıran). Her turn to adult roles came in 2017 as Dr. Bahar Tunç in Kalp Atışı, followed by Yağmur in Yasak Elma, Aylin Kaya in Benim Tatlı Yalanım, Nil in Kefaret and Bahar Aydın in Duy Beni. She took the lead in BluTV's comedy series Doğu.

In cinema she has appeared in films such as Taksim Hold'em, Aykut Enişte (2019), Son Şaka, Obsesyon, Hava Muhalefeti (2023), Çakallarla Dans 7 and Paranoya. She became a mother in 2026.