Serenay Sarıkaya

Serenay Sarıkaya — Biography

Serenay Sarıkaya is an actress who carried a career that began in modeling into television and film acting; she reached a wide audience as the lead of Lale Devri and Medcezir. She has also worked as an advertising face and voice artist, and in 2019 she made her stage debut in Alice Müzikali.

At 15 she won the jury's special award at the European Youth Beauty Competition held in the Czech Republic. She had her first acting experience in the 2006 film Şaşkın and then in Plajda (2008). She started in series acting as the good fairy Talya in Sinan Çetin's Peri Masalı, took her first lead role in Limon Ağacı the same year, and played Sofia, the daughter of Oktay Kaynarca's character, in Adanalı (2008-2010). In 2010 she came second at Miss Turkey and earned the right to represent Turkey at Miss Universe, but withdrew from it to continue acting.

In Lale Devri (2010-2013) she played Yeşim Taşkıran, and a song she performed in one episode drew great interest. In Medcezir (2013-2015) she shared the lead with Çağatay Ulusoy as Mira Beylice, and for it was named best actress at the 2014 Golden Butterfly TV Stars Awards. The same year GQ Turkey named her woman of the year, and she was the face of Elidor and Mavi Jeans. She also appeared in Behzat Ç. Ankara Yanıyor (2013), İkimizin Yerine (2016) and Fi (2017-2018).