Özge Özpirinçci

Özge Özpirinçci — Biography

Özge Özpirinçci is a television actress who emerged from youth series and moves easily between romantic comedy and drama. She is best remembered as İpek in Melekler Korusun, Zeynep in Aşk Yeniden and Bahar Çeşmeli in Kadın. She currently shares the lead of the series Sakıncalı with Salih Bademci.

She studied management sciences, and appeared in commercials before turning to the screen. After graduating from Sabancı University in 2008, she studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York. Her screen work began with Cesaretin Var mı Aşka and Kavak Yelleri; in the latter she played Ada, a character with cancer, for five episodes. Her breakthrough was her first lead, in Melekler Korusun in 2009. In the years that followed she played Fikriye Hanım in the film Veda, a role that brought a best supporting actress nomination at the 2011 Yeşilçam Awards, appeared in productions such as Anadolu Kartalları, Al Yazmalım and Tatar Ramazan, and hosted the program Toplu Hayat. Her comedy side settled in with Aşk Yeniden in 2015, which won her best actress in a comedy at the 2016 Golden Butterfly Awards.

With Kadın in 2017 she returned to drama, then played Defne in Yakamoz S-245 and Karsu in Sandık Kokusu. Her short film The Loss won several awards at international festivals. In 2021 she married the actor Burak Yamantürk.