Gamze Topuz

Gamze Topuz — Biography

In long-running television series, Turkish actress Gamze Topuz is best known for appearing mostly in supporting female roles. Audiences remember her above all as Zeynep in Doktorlar; in recent years she has appeared in the series Sipahi and the film Bugün Güzel. Besides acting, she has also worked behind the camera on casting.

Her family comes originally from the Arhavi district of Artvin. She studied Television and Journalism at Istanbul Bilgi University and also took theater classes at Türvak. She reached the screen in 2004 with En İyi Arkadaşım, continued with Beşinci Boyut, and in 2007 with Doktorlar. Her first significant step in cinema was the 2009 film SüpüRRR. In 2010 she acted in Aşk ve Ceza and Türk Malı, and in the same year she appeared on the game show Çarkıfelek as a hostess. In the following years she took part in productions such as Mavi Kelebekler, Güzel Çirkin, Cesur Hemşire, Evli ve Öfkeli and Aşk Laftan Anlamaz, and played Birtanem in Hayat Bazen Tatlıdır. In 2018 she had a part in Erkenci Kuş, and in 2019 she was in the cast of Arka Sokaklar.

Over her long career she also took part in television programs, among them Ben Bilmem Eşim Bilir. She married actor Ümit Kantarcılar and later separated from him.