Hazal Kaya - Biography, Height, Life Story, TV Series

Leyla Hazal Kaya (born 1 October 1990) is a Turkish actress. Kaya was born in Istanbul, Turkey. She attended Gaziosmanpaşa elementary school and she graduated in 2009 from the Liceo Italiano di Istanbul. She went to Istanbul Bilgi University for her university. She is currently continuing her studies in Istanbul. Her parents who are both lawyers divorced when she was 7 years old.

She was introduced to the art and the acting world at a very young age, as a child she took ballet and violin lessons for 7 years. Kaya speaks Italian, and English fluently in addition to her native language Turkish. She was also said to be learning her fourth language German.

Name	Hazal Kaya
Date of Birth	1st October 1990
Birth Place	Istanbul, Turkey
Nationality	Turkish
Education	Graduated in 2009, currently continuing her studies in Istanbul
College	Graduated from Liceo Italiano di Istanbul (2009), went to Department of Performing Arts at Istanbul Bilgi University
Years active	2014–present
Currently Dating	Married (Ali Atay)

Kaya started her acting career in 2007 with TV series Genco. She played Özge (Gülay Erkaya). In 2008, Kaya played Nihal Ziyagil in a modern-day adaptation of the novel Aşk-ı Memnu written by Halit Ziya Uşaklıgil. She had her first cinematic debut in Selçuk Aydemir’s movie Çalgı Çengi in 2011. At the same time she took lessons from Ayla Algan in drama. She then joined Ümit Çırak Modern Acting Techniques Workshop and took acting lessons from Ümit Çırak himself.

Kaya played in the first two seasons of TV series titled Adını Feriha Koydum as Feriha Yılmaz Sarrafoğlu (2011). She played the role of a porter’s daughter trapped between two lives that fall in love with the most popular student at her university, a rich and handsome boy “Emir Sarrafoğlu” (Çağatay Ulusoy). The series had one of the highest TV ratings in Turkey. Later, together with her mother Ayşegül Kaya, she appeared in the commercials for Bingo.

In late 2012, she left the cast of Adını Feriha Koydum and starred in a new series called Son Yaz Balkanlar 1912, portraying the character Emine. However, the series ended after a few episodes due to low ratings. She later appeared in the 2013 series A.Ş.K and played the character of Azra Özak, a tennis coach. That series also ended after 13 episodes.

In 2015 she appeared in Maral: En Güzel Hikayem opposite Aras Bulut İynemli. She played the leading character Maral Erdem. Her latest TV show is Bizim Hikaye (in English: Our Story) which is the Turkish version of the American TV series Shameless. In this TV show, Kaya plays Filiz, opposite the Turkish TV actor Burak Deniz.

Kaya is one of Turkey’s highest-paid actresses. Ichaps, having chosen the most important names of 2014 in many categories, included Hazal Kaya among the “most influential names in the world” and granted her the medal of international excellence in the category of artists. According to the results of a survey conducted on the United Arab Emirates-based MBC channels which ranked Turkish series and special programs, she ranked 4th on the list of most admired Turkish women artists.

At the same time, official surveys covering the August 2010 – August 2015 period, taken in 35 different countries, placed her 6th on the list of 10 most popular actresses. She was also the only Turkish recipient of the “Lebanon Awards 2015” award. According to the results obtained from 35 different countries between May 2011 and May 2016, Kaya was the 6th most popular actress. In May 2016, she rose to number five on the list. The website World’s Most Beautiful ranked her fifth on the list of 10 most beautiful women of 2016.

Movies And TV Series

Series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006–2007	Acemi Cadı	Pelin	Guest appearance
2006	Taşların Sırrı	Bengü	Guest appearance
2006–2008	Sıla	Berrin	Guest appearance
2007–2008	Genco	Özge (Gülay Erkaya)	Supporting role
2008–2010	Aşk-ı Memnu	Nihal Ziyagil	Supporting role
2010	Behzat Ç. Bir Ankara Polisiyesi	Berna Ç.	Guest appearance
2011–2012	Adını Feriha Koydum	Feriha Yılmaz Sarrafoğlu	Leading role
2012	Son Yaz-Balkanlar 1912	Emine	Leading role
2013	A.Ş.K.	Azra Özak	Leading role
2015	Maral: En Güzel Hikayem	Maral Erdem	Leading role
2017–2019	Bizim Hikaye	Filiz Elibol Aktan	Leading role
2020	Menajerimi Ara	Herself	Guest appearance
2021	Misafir	Gece / Güneş	Leading role

Movies

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	Çalgı Çengi	Young girl at the warehouse	Special guest appearance
2011	Behzat Ç. Seni Kalbime Gömdüm	Berna Ç.	Special guest appearance
2011	Ay Büyürken Uyuyamam	Hülya	Leading role
2012	Bu Son Olsun	Lale	Leading role
2013	Mavi Dalga	Arzu	Supporting role
2014	İtirazım Var	Zeynep Bulut	Leading role
2015	Kırık Kalpler Bankası	Aslım	Leading role
2022	Benden Ne Olur?	Sertab Bal	Leading role