Neslihan Atagül

Neslihan Atagül — Biography

Neslihan Atagül, born on August 20, 1992 in Istanbul, is a Turkish actress. She is the daughter of a Circassian father and a mother of Belarusian descent, and studied theatre at Yeditepe University. She began on screen as a child with the role of Deniz in Yaprak Dökümü (2006); that same year she won the Promising Young Actress award at the Altın Koza festival with the film İlk Aşk.

Her role as Zehra in Araf (2012) brought her the Best Actress award in Tokyo. After Fatih Harbiye (2013), she became world-famous as Nihan in Kara Sevda (2015); sold to more than 110 countries, the series was the first Turkish production to win an International Emmy in 2017. She went on to play Nare in Sefirin Kızı (2019), Macide in Gecenin Ucunda (2022) and Dilara in Aaahh Belinda (2023). In 2026 she returned to the sets after three years with the Ay Yapım series Kaderin Cilvesi. She is married to Kadir Doğulu and has a son named Aziz.