Gizem Karaca

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

Gizem Karaca
Born
Istanbul, Turkey
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Spouse(s)
Kemal Ekmekçi
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(m. 2017)​
Beauty pageant titleholder
TitleMiss Turkey World 2011
Hair colorBlonde
Eye colorBrown
Major
competition(s)		Miss Turkey 2011 (1st Runner-up)
Miss World 2011

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]

On 25 January 2013, 30 Turkish actors, including Gizem Karaca, were taken into custody for a drugs probe by Istanbul's narcotics police.[3][4]

Early life and Career

Gizem Karaca was born on September 7, 1992 in Istanbul. Her mother is Münevver Karaca and her father is Cüneyt Karaca. She is of Albanian origin on her mother's side. She spent her childhood in the USA and Canada as her family moved to the USA when she was a child.[5] 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.

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. She evaluated the series offers that came right after the competition ended and started her acting career by starring in the TV series Eve Fallen Yıldırım that aired on Show TV in 2012. In the same year, she played the lead role of Güneş Sancaktar in her second TV series, Named Feriha. Since the series was canceled after the 13th episode, Gizem Karaca went to America for a while in the summer of 2013 and studied acting at the New York Film Academy. She continued acting with Ben Still Hope. In 2014 she played the leading role in her first feature film called Seni Seviyorum Adamım. The film was released on November 21. Karaca starred with Mehmet Ali Nuroğlu and Berk Cankat in the TV series Güzel Köylü, which aired on Star TV in June 2014. The series ended on June 17, 2015. In 2017, she began starring in The Storm Inside of Me. In the same year he joined the TV series Kara Sevda with the role of Commissioner Mercan and left after a few episodes.

Gizem Karaca married Kemal Ekmekçi on September 16, 2017.

Filmography
Year Title Role Network
2011L'Oréal Paris Miss TurkeyHerself - As a participantFOX TV
2012Eve Düşen YıldırımMuazzezShow TV
Emir'in YoluGüneş SancaktarShow TV
2013–2014Benim Hala Umudum VarUmut Özden/KorkmazStar TV,
FOX TV
2014Seni Seviyorum AdamımEzelFilm
2014–2015Güzel KöylüGül SümbülStar TV
2016İstanbul SokaklarıNazlıShow TV
2017İçimdeki FırtınaDenizStar TV
Kara SevdaMercanStar TV
Küçük OrtakCerenFilm
Ay Lav Yu tuuSultanFilm
2018İnsanlık SuçuSuna DeğirmenciKanal D
Hürkuş: Göklerdeki KahramanHadiyeFilm
Sosyetik GelinSelinFilm
Organik AşkMerveFilm
2019–2020ŞampiyonElisaTRT 1
2020–2021 BarajBahar ÖzsoyTV series
2021 Dayı: Bir Adamın HikayesiFilm
2021 Yağmur Rengi Yağmur Film
2021Elli Kelimelik MektuplarFilm
2021–Alparslan: Büyük SelçukluEudokia MakrembolitissaTV series

Awards

References
  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. Retrieved 2011-11-19.
  3. "Turkish celebrities in custody in drugs probe: report". Hürriyet Daily News.
  4. "38 People, İncluding Turkish Celebrities, Detained İn Anti-drug Operation". Haberler.com.
  5. "gizem-karaca-hedeflerini-ve-aska-dair-dusuncelerini-anlatti". sozcu (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 7 February 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2020.


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