Hazal Filiz Küçükköse

Hazal Filiz Küçükköse — Biography

Hazal Filiz Küçükköse was born on 9 February 1988 in Mersin and finished high school in Ankara. She studied biology at Kırıkkale University until her third year, then transferred to the chemistry department at Ankara University; she has said a director spotted her photos on a social network and invited her to audition while she was studying for a general biology exam.

She made her screen debut in 2009 in Deniz Yıldızı; her real breakthrough as a performer came playing the antagonist opposite Seçkin Özdemir in Günahkar (2014), after which she appeared in Beni Affet, Ustura Kemal and Uçurum. She became widely known as Zeynep Soydere in Kara Sevda (2015-2017), sold to 110 countries. She went on to play Elif Ardalı in Rüya (2017), Melike Hatun in Mehmed: Bir Cihan Fatihi (2018), Berrak in Zemheri (2020) and Neslihan Köksal in Bir Peri Masalı (2022). In 2023 she played Buket in the film Kötü Adamın 10 Günü and appeared in the series Üvey Anne.

She married Tuan Tunalı in Italy in 2023; in 2026 she is preparing to return to the screen playing two characters at once in a TRT Tabii production.