Merve Boluğur

Merve Boluğur — Biography

Merve Boluğur is an actress and model who became known in the mid-2000s through the fantasy teen series Acemi Cadı and then consolidated her place on screen with Küçük Sırlar, Kuzey Güney and Muhteşem Yüzyıl. In the years away from series she stayed in the news through her cosmetics brand, her YouTube channel and music.

She trained in the theater department of the Müjdat Gezen Art Center. Her early work included the film Keloğlan Kara Prens'e Karşı, the lead role of Ayşegül in Acemi Cadı, Gomeda, Aşk Yeniden and Kül ve Ateş. Wider fame came with Ayşegül Yalçın in Küçük Sırlar, the Turkish adaptation of Gossip Girl, and Zeynep in Kuzey Güney. She played Nurbanu Sultan in the later seasons of Muhteşem Yüzyıl in 2013–14, and most recently Ezgi in İçimdeki Fırtına (2017).

She is also known as a brand face: Rexona in 2012 and, in 2014, the first Turkish face of Maybelline New York. In March 2018 she founded a cosmetics brand under her own name, opened her YouTube channel in 2020 and released a single in 2022.