Sümeyra Koç

Sümeyra Koç — Biography

Sümeyra Koç is an actress of television and film with a background in theater. She became widely known in 2017 as Farah in the series Fazilet Hanım ve Kızları and more recently played Gaye in Kraliçe. She comes from a Bosniak family; her mother is from the Sandžak region of Serbia and her father from Montenegro.

While studying public relations at Istanbul Bilgi University she spent her final year on an exchange program at the European University in Madrid. Back in Turkey she began acting lessons at the Craft Acting Workshop and the Sadri Alışık Cultural Center, also worked at the Şahika Tekand Studio and took lessons from teachers such as İpek Bilgin and Kayhan Yıldızoğlu. Her first screen role was Dilek in Galip Derviş. In 2013 she moved into cinema with Şevkat Yerimdar and the same year played Duru in Sana Bir Sır Vereceğim and Havva in Kurt Seyit ve Şura.

In the following years she played Pervin in Otel Divane, Günce in Günebakan, and Zeynep in the series Kara Kutu in 2015 and in the film Saruhan the next year. Her role as Farah in Fazilet Hanım ve Kızları is regarded as her breakthrough. She later played Alara Beyoğlu in Altın Kafes; she said that Gaye, who joined Kraliçe later in 2023, changed the balance of the story.