Esra Kılıç

Esra Kılıç — Biography

The role that introduced Esra Kılıç to a wide audience was Fulya in the Show TV series İçerde, whose leads were Çetin Tekindor, Bensu Soral and Çağatay Ulusoy. An actress in theater, television and film, she later played Diana in Payitaht Abdülhamid and the Chinese bride Mei Jin in the 2021 series Destan.

Her interest in acting began at an early age. She was born in Istanbul, attended the Saint-Benoît French high school, and trained at the Müjdat Gezen Art Centre during her school years. Her first series was Kendi Okulumuza Doğru in 2008, followed by Canan in Uygun Adım Aşk. She took professional cooking training at the Mutfak Sanatları Akademisi, then won a full scholarship to the acting department of Beykent University's Faculty of Fine Arts and graduated in 2016. While studying, she played Felike in Çalıkuşu.

She also went on stage in 2015, in Ortaoyuncular 2015 and Pera'daki Hayalet, taking the part of Ahenk in the latter through the 2015-2016 season. She also appeared at Ses Tiyatrosu. After graduating came Seviyor Sevmiyor and İçerde, and in March 2020 she joined Payitaht Abdülhamid. While Destan was on air she was a guest on ATV's Dizi TV program.