Hande Kazanova

Hande Kazanova — Biography

Hande Kazanova is a versatile figure better known today for her astrology commentary, though she began her career in beauty pageants, acting and television presenting. As an actress she reached a wide audience with the role of Canan Çavan in Kurtlar Vadisi (Valley of the Wolves) and the film G.O.R.A.; in recent years she has stood out for her monthly horoscope readings for elele.com.tr and her astrology talks on television programmes.

Her full name is Zişan Hande Kazanova. She attended İzmir Özel Fatih College and studied at Istanbul University. In 1993 she entered the Miss Turkey contest and, representing Turkey at Miss International, reached the top 10. She took theatre lessons at TRT Istanbul Radio. She began acting in 1992 with the series Mahallenin Muhtarları; in 2000 she presented a programme bearing her own name on Kiss TV and became an astrology writer the same year. From 2003 to 2005 she played Canan Çavan in Kurtlar Vadisi. She then appeared in series such as Yasemince, Hanımeli Sokağı, Nakş-ı Dil Sultan and Servet Avcısı, and in the films Alice Harikalar Diyarında and Bu İşte Bir Yalnızlık Var; she also acted in the series Mordkommission Istanbul.

She also wrote her astrology column for the newspaper Habertürk. At the end of 2025 and the start of 2026 she presented her horoscope forecasts for 2026 on Bloomberg HT and CNBC-e programmes, and in June 2026 she was the guest of a cafe's first astrology-talk brunch.