Hande Soral

Hande Soral — Biography

Hande Soral is a television actress best known for historical and period productions. She became familiar to audiences through widely watched series such as Fatih, Diriliş: Ertuğrul and Bir Zamanlar Çukurova; most recently she appeared as Nihan in Gassal, and she is returning to the screen in the TRT 1 series Evlilik Güzeldir.

She grew up in İnegöl, in Bursa province, and studied psychology at İstanbul Bilgi University. She came to acting by chance: attending Komedi Dükkanı as a spectator, she was invited onto the stage as a guest, and the producer offered her an acting role when the program ended. That led to Armağan Gezici in Küçük Kadınlar and her screen debut. She then appeared in Gecekondu, Bir Günah Gibi and Alev Alev, and played Gevherhan in Fatih. In 2014 she shared the lead with Cemal Toktaş in Yılanların Öcü, adapted from Fakir Baykurt's novel, and Çalıkuşu falls in the same period. Later she was one of the leads in Diriliş: Ertuğrul and played Ümit in Bir Zamanlar Çukurova.

In film she appeared in Birleşen Gönüller and Müstakbel Damat (as Sema); in Ateş Kuşları she played Mercan Ateş, and she was Zeynep in the Kanal D series Evlat Kokusu. Her sister Bensu Soral is also an actress, and she has been married to actor İsmail Demirci since 2017.