Elif Doğan

Elif Doğan — Biography

Elif Doğan is an actress who moved from stage musicals into television and is known for young female leads in series. She reached a wide audience as Hale in Çukur and gained further prominence as Azra in Gençliğim Eyvah. More recently she has appeared as Sevda Rona in Dilek Taşı and as Mila in Kudüs Fatihi Selahaddin Eyyubi.

She studied English teaching at Istanbul University while taking musical theatre as a minor at the same university's state conservatory, and for a long time trained as a singer and performed in musicals. Her first appearance in front of a camera came in 2016 in Show TV's Aşk Laftan Anlamaz, and the same year she played Zeynep in Hayat Bazen Tatlıdır. What began with a supporting part in Çukur led to her first lead, Öykü in Darısı Başımıza. In 2020, alongside Gençliğim Eyvah, she played the young Sema in the film Aşk Tesadüfleri Sever 2 and contributed a song to its soundtrack. She then joined Destan, played Simge in the digital series Aynen Aynen, and appeared as Su Kız in the tabii series Altay.

She has carried her musical background into voice work, in the animated films Emoji Filmi and Şirinler 3: Kayıp Köy.