Naz Elmas

Naz Elmas — Biography

Naz Elmas is an actress who became widely known in the early 2000s as Havin in the series Haziran Gecesi, and who has since worked across television, film and the stage. In a career of about twenty years she has moved between modern dramas and period productions; in 2024 she returned to the screen as Nihan Akıncı in Karadut.

She studied theatre in the Fine Arts Faculty of Yeditepe University, and her first screen experience was a guest part in the series Gülbeyaz. Haziran Gecesi (2004), shot while she was in her final university year, gave her a wide audience; the same year she made her film debut as the secretary in Cem Yılmaz's G.O.R.A.. She went on to series such as Candan Öte, El Gibi, Nefes, Ay Tutulması and Bir Ömür Yetmez, and played Eylül Soner in the medical drama Doktorlar. She also appeared in television commercials, including one for a bank.

In the 2010s she played the Greek girl Angeli in the comic-book adaptation Ustura Kemal, Commissioner Nazlı in Güzel Çirkin and Azize in the period detective series Filinta, and appeared as Nesrin in Bizim Hikayemiz and as Sibel in the 2018 film Tut Yüreğimden Anne. She is the sister of actress Açelya Elmas.