Gamze Erçel

Gamze Erçel — Biography

A fashion-design background sits alongside the screen career of Gamze Erçel, a Turkish actress and model who reached television as Simge in the Fox Tv series Umuda Kelepçe Vurulmaz. A native of Balıkesir, she is also known as the older sister of Güneşin Kızları actress Hande Erçel.

She started out in fashion design and styling. A graduate of the Fashion and Textile Design Department at Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Erçel spent about ten years on drawing work and developed men's shirt designs. In 2012 she took part in the Miss Face of Cinema contest and was named "Cinema Beauty"; she then worked as a styling consultant, product developer and sales consultant for various companies. She then turned to acting: she appeared on camera in Umuda Kelepçe Vurulmaz in 2016 and went on to take part in projects such as Hayat Ağacı and Çılgın Dershane Üniversite.

In summer 2026 she announced that she was expecting her second child and shared the baby's sex in August, and her pregnancy photos and the pictures she shared with her sister Hande Erçel received wide coverage, and a beach photo shoot drew mixed reactions on social media.