İlayda Alişan

İlayda Alişan — Biography

İlayda Alişan is a Turkish actress and model born in Istanbul on February 26, 1996. After graduating from Behçet Kemal Çağlar High School, she studied at Istanbul Bilgi University; she became involved in acting at a young age.

She first appeared on screen in 2011 in the series Bir Çocuk Sevdim (I Loved a Child) as Merve. In subsequent years, she acted in the series Benim Adım Gültepe (My Name is Gültepe), Gönül Hırsızı (Heart Thief), Bana Sevmeyi Anlat (Tell Me How to Love), and Serçe Sarayı (Sparrow Palace) (2015, Sinem). Her real breakthrough came with the character Akşın in Show TV's hit series Çukur (The Pit), starring Aras Bulut İynemli and Dilan Çiçek Deniz.

Following Çukur, she played Neslihan Günaltay in Şampiyon (2019), Ela Yüksel in the digital platform series Masumiyet (2021), and Asya Çelikbaş in Beğen (2022). In 2023, she portrayed the character Gülayşe in the series Ateş Kuşları and was part of the cast of the Netflix film İyi Adamın 10 Günü.