Gözde Kaya

Gözde Kaya — Biography

Gözde Kaya is an actress who works across theater, film and television. Audiences know her best as Hatice Sultan in the TRT1 period drama Payitaht Abdülhamid, and she has more recently appeared in the series Modern Kadın.

She grew up in Antalya and moved to İzmir for university, where she took her first steps in acting. Her older sister is also an actress and was a close example to follow. Photographer Nihat Odabaşı, whom she met in a restaurant in İzmir, helped bring her in front of the camera, and she began with commercials. She also trained in musical theater and the united arts.

Her television career began in 2011 with the role of İpek in Kalbim Seni Seçti. Over the following years she played Masha in Uçurum, Maya in Sil Baştan and Çağla in Çilek Kokusu, with Benim Hala Umudum Var, Gölgedekiler and Rumuz Cavidan also among the work of this period. In 2017 she played Hatice Sultan, a daughter of Sultan Murad V, in Payitaht Abdülhamid, which raised her profile; she then took on Sultan Korkmazer in Vuslat, Nadya in Ramo and Gülden in Senden Daha Güzel. In 2025 she returned to screens in Bir Zamanlar İstanbul and Modern Kadın.