Gizem Karaca

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Gizem Karaca
Born (1992-09-07) 7 September 1992 (age 31)
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Spouse
Kemal Ekmekçi
(m. 2017)
Beauty pageant titleholder
TitleMiss Turkey World 2011
Hair colorBlonde
Eye colorHazel
Major
competition(s)
Miss Turkey 2011 (1st Runner-up)
Miss World 2011

Gizem Karaca (born 7 September 1992) is a Turkish actress and model who represented her country at the Miss World 2011 competition.[1]

Karaca competed at the Miss Turkey competition held on 2 June 2011 at TIM Show Centre and finished second overall, which qualified her as Turkey's representative for Miss World.[2]

She is best known for her roles in the series Güzel Köylü, Benim Hala Umudum Var, Alparslan: Büyük Selçuklu, Eve Düşen Yıldırım, and Adını Feriha Koydum: Emirin Yolu. She also starred in the movie Hürkuş, based on the life of aviator Vecihi Hürkuş.

Early life and career[edit]

Gizem Karaca was born on 7 September 1992 in Istanbul. Her mother is Münevver Karaca and her father is Cüneyt Karaca. After Ottoman Empire collapsed, her paternal family is of Turkish origin who immigrated from Thessaloniki (now in Greece). Her maternal family is of Albanian origin. She spent her childhood in the US and Canada as her family moved to the US when she was a child.[3] After Karaca completed elementary school in the United States and secondary school in Canada, she returned to Turkey. After graduating from high school, she won the Faculty of French Language and Literature at Istanbul University.[4]

After graduating from the Faculty of French Language and Literature, Istanbul University, she decided to take part in the beauty pageant to escape from the difficult lessons. She took part in the Miss Turkey 2011 beauty pageant and came second. Gizem Karaca went to America for a while in the summer of 2013 and studied acting at the New York Film Academy. Gizem Karaca married Kemal Ekmekçi on 16 September 2017.

Filmography[edit]

Web series[edit]

Year Title Role Network
2023 Bozkır BluTv

TV series[edit]

Year Title Role Network
2011 Muhteşem Yüzyıl Cariye (guest) Show TV
2012 Eve Düşen Yıldırım Muazzez Show TV
Emir'in Yolu Güneş Sancaktar Show TV
2013–2014 Benim Hala Umudum Var Umut Özden/Korkmaz Star TV,
FOX TV
2014–2015 Güzel Köylü Gül Sümbül Star TV
2016 İstanbul Sokakları Nazlı Show TV
2017 İçimdeki Fırtına Deniz Star TV
Kara Sevda Mercan (guest) Star TV
2018 İnsanlık Suçu Suna Değirmenci Kanal D
2019–2020 Şampiyon Elisa (guest) TRT 1
2020–2021 Baraj Bahar Özsoy (guest) Fox TV
2021–2022 Alparslan: Büyük Selçuklu Eudokia Makrembolitissa TRT1
2023-present Safir Güneş (supporting actor) ATV

Films[edit]

Year Title Role Note
2014 Seni Seviyorum Adamım Ezel
2017 Küçük Ortak Ceren
2017 Ay Lav Yu tuu Sultan
2018 Hürkuş: Göklerdeki Kahraman Hadiye
2018 Sosyetik Gelin Selin
2018 Organik Aşk Merve
2020 Bizim Semtin Çocukları
2021 Dayı: Bir Adamın Hikayesi Hatice
2021 Yağmur Rengi Yağmur
2021 Elli Kelimelik Mektuplar Güzide Duru
2023 Özür Dilerim Merve

Awards[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Miss World representative Turkey". missworld.com. Archived from the original on 2011-11-22. Retrieved 2011-11-19.
  2. ^ "Londra 2011 Dünya Güzellik Yarışması İçin Geri Sayıma Başladı". haber3.com. 31 October 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-19.
  3. ^ "Gizem Karaca, hedeflerini ve aşka dair düşüncelerini anlattı". sozcu (in Turkish). 7 February 2017. Archived from the original on 7 February 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Gizem Karaca kimdir ve kaç yaşındadır? Gizem Karaca'nın hayatı". Hürriyet.

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