Sema Şimşek

Sema Şimşek — Biography

Sema Şimşek is an actress who moved from modeling into acting and reached a wide audience as İnci Tataroğlu in Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu. She was born in Germany, returned to Turkey at the age of eight, and won a place at Mimar Sinan University but could not attend. She is remembered both as a former model and as an actress known for long-running television roles.

She started modeling in her high school years. In 1994 she won Best Model of Turkey, the following year placed fourth at Best Model of the World, and in 1998 walked in Jean Louis Scherrer's show at Paris Fashion Week. She moved into acting in 2002 with the role of Naime in Azad and played Ece in İstanbul Şahidimdir in 2004. Her turning point was Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu, which kept her on screen for about six years and where she worked with experienced actors.

In 2014 she appeared as the mother in Vebal; later she played the nurse in Terkedilmiş and Zeren in Dabbe 6, and gave life to Seza Serter in the Fox TV series Komşular. Further roles include Roza in Savaşçı, Eylem Aydın in Avlu, Nihan in Yeni Başlayanlar İçin Hayatta Kalma Sanatı, Alaca in Destan and Derya in Sıfırıncı Gün. She married in 2001, divorced in 2012, and has a son.