Selma Ergeç

Selma Ergeç — Biography

Hatice Sultan, the sister of Sultan Süleyman, in Muhteşem Yüzyıl remains the best-known role of Selma Ergeç, a Turkish-German actress and model. More recently she played Piraye Salacak in Yılmaz Erdoğan's series İnci Taneleri and appeared in the feature film Mevlana Mest-i Aşk.

She was studying medicine in Germany when she came to Turkey for a placement in her third year, saw that actors were being sought for a series, and left medicine for acting. In 2001 she was named best runway model at the Best Model of Turkey contest, appeared in a music video, and then began acting with Böyle mi Olacaktı?. Her Ayça in Yarım Elma was well liked, and Defne in Asi made her widely recognized. On the big screen she appeared in Beş Vakit, Sis ve Gece and Ses. She played Azize in Kalp Ağrısı and spent three seasons as Hatice Sultan in Muhteşem Yüzyıl. Later came Gönül İşleri, Kırımlı and Vatanım Sensin, where she played Halide Edib Adıvar, and on digital platforms she moved into fantasy with Yaşamayanlar, Atiye and Camdaki Kız.

She also studied psychology and philosophy at the University of Hagen, and speaks English, French, German and Turkish fluently and Italian to a limited degree. She has fronted a bank's advertising since 2015, the year she married Can Öz.