Dilara Büyükbayraktar

Dilara Büyükbayraktar — Biography

Born on 23 October 1989 in İzmir, Dilara Büyükbayraktar is a Turkish actress who began her stage career after graduating from the Theatre Department of Anadolu University's State Conservatory and joining a private theatre company in İzmir. During this period she appeared in plays including Yeraltılı and Evlilikte Uzatmalar before moving into film and television acting.

She reached a wide audience playing Naza, portrayed as a fearless, combative woman, in the series Şefkat Tepe starting in 2012, and continued the same character for 39 episodes after the show was renamed Sungurlar in 2014. Building on the fan base she gained there, she moved to the big screen in 2016, playing the character Hürel in the action-mystery film Senarist.

In 2019 she played Türkan in Siccin 6, the sixth installment of the horror franchise, and also appeared in the series Arka Sokaklar the same year; in 2022-2023 she played the character Melek in the TV8 daily series Canım Annem.