Derya Karadaş

Derya Karadaş — Biography

Derya Karadaş was born in Istanbul on 4 May 1981. Her family, of Kurdish origin, had moved from Tunceli to Bingöl and then to Istanbul in 1980, and she regards Bingöl as her hometown. She trained at the conservatory of the Müjdat Gezen Art Center and later taught there as an instructor. On stage she has appeared in Zincire Vurulmuş Prometheus, in Dur Bi Dakka at the Müjdat Gezen Theatre in 2012, and in Öteki in 2024.

She came to television in 2007 with Gemilerde Talim Var and also appeared in productions such as Kurtlar Vadisi Terör. Recognition arrived with Zerrin İffet in the sitcom Yalan Dünya; the role won her Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series at the 2013 Antalya Television Awards and a best comedy actress prize the same year. For a long stretch she was part of the Güldür Güldür sketch ensemble as the character Aysel, and she worked as an acting coach on TV8's contest Komedi Türkiye. She played Safiye Yüksel in Jet Sosyete, Gülan in Netflix's Bir Başkadır, Meryem in Andropoz and, from 2025, Kudret Karslı in Veliaht.

Her films include Geniş Aile: Yapıştır, Aile Arasında and Cici Babam. In 2024 she received a Sadri Alışık award for İyi Bir Aile Değiliz. In May 2016 she married actor Haki Biçici.