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 (1992-09-07) 7 September 1992
Istanbul, Turkey
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Spouse
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]

She is best known for her roles in the series Güzel Köylü, Benim Hala Umudum Var, Alparslan: Büyük Selçuklu, Eve Düşen Yıldırım, and Adını Feriha Koydum: Emirin Yolu. She also starred in the movie Hürkuş, based on the life of aviator Vecihi Hürkuş.

Early life and career

Gizem Karaca was born on 7 September 1992 in Istanbul. Her mother is Münevver Karaca and her father is Cüneyt Karaca. After Ottoman Empire collapsed, her paternal family is of Turkish origin who immigrated from Thessaloniki (now in Greece). Her maternal family is of Albanian origin. She spent her childhood in the US and Canada as her family moved to the US when she was a child.[3] 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.[4]

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. Gizem Karaca went to America for a while in the summer of 2013 and studied acting at the New York Film Academy. Gizem Karaca married Kemal Ekmekçi on 16 September 2017.

Filmography

Web series
Year Title Role Network
2023 Bozkır BluTv

TV series
Year Title Role Network
2011Muhteşem YüzyılCariye (guest)Show TV
2012Eve Düşen YıldırımMuazzezShow TV
Emir'in YoluGüneş SancaktarShow TV
2013–2014Benim Hala Umudum VarUmut Özden/KorkmazStar TV,
FOX TV
2014–2015Güzel KöylüGül SümbülStar TV
2016İstanbul SokaklarıNazlıShow TV
2017İçimdeki FırtınaDenizStar TV
Kara SevdaMercan (guest)Star TV
2018İnsanlık SuçuSuna DeğirmenciKanal D
2019–2020ŞampiyonElisa (guest)TRT 1
2020–2021 BarajBahar Özsoy (guest)Fox TV
2021–2022Alparslan: Büyük SelçukluEudokia MakrembolitissaTRT1

Films
Year Title Role Note
2014Seni Seviyorum AdamımEzel
2017Küçük OrtakCeren
2017Ay Lav Yu tuuSultan
2018Hürkuş: Göklerdeki KahramanHadiye
2018Sosyetik GelinSelin
2018Organik AşkMerve
2020Bizim Semtin Çocukları
2021 Dayı: Bir Adamın HikayesiHatice
2021 Yağmur Rengi Yağmur
2021Elli Kelimelik MektuplarGüzide Duru
2023Özür DilerimMerve

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. 31 October 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-19.
  3. "Gizem Karaca, hedeflerini ve aşka dair düşüncelerini anlattı". sozcu (in Turkish). 7 February 2017. Archived from the original on 7 February 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  4. "Gizem Karaca kimdir ve kaç yaşındadır? Gizem Karaca'nın hayatı". Hürriyet.


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