Öykü Karayel
Birthday: 1990-08-20
Place of Birth: Istanbul, Turkey
Synopsis
Öykü Karayel was born in Istanbul in 1990 with her single twin brother Ezgi. Cemberlitas Girls High School graduated. When she was in her final year of high school, she received a short training at the Kenter Theater academy and then in 2007 she entered the Theater Department of the University of Istanbul Conservatory. While at the Conservatory, she went to London to study theater with a five-month exchange program.
While she was a conservator student, she started playing the role of Ayse in "Güzel Seyler Bizim Tarafta", written and directed by Berkun Oya in 2010 at the Theater Krek.
Her first professional experience was "Ayse" in the play "Güzel Seyler Bizim Tarafta", 16th Sadri Alisik Cinema and Theater Awards, "Efes Special Award" and "Theater Critics Association Young Talent Award".
Between the years 2011-2013, she played with "Kivanç Tatlitug, Bugra Gülsoy, Bade Isçil, Merve Bolugur, Mustafa Avkiran, Zerrin Tekindor, Hale Soygazi and Kaan Tasaner in the series "Kuzey Güney". Öykü Karayel is also a certified underwater diving expert.
Öykü was starred in the Turkish show Muhtesem Yuzyil: Kosem.She also bagged a Turkish film in the year 2015 by the name Bulanti. This was a story based on the life of Ahmet who has to struggle the loss of his beloved wife and son. Öykü played a key role in the film that had Zeki Demirkubuz , Sebnem Hassanisoughi and Öykü in the lead roles.
Öykü is fond of dancing and spending time with her family. She is also a travel enthusiast and is known among her co stars as a warm person.
Acting
The Game of Destiny
as Asiye
Asiye, who struggles with her two young children at a young age, devotes herself to the happiness of her children despite all her deprivation, and is both a mother and a father to them, her life turns upside down with the disaster that happened to her daughter Narcissus, whom she avoids from her eyes. After that, Asiyah's path crosses with Mahir, an unfamiliar stranger who helps them, who is dragged on an irreversible journey with his children for the sake of protecting his daughter. Mahir, who helps them with humanitarian feelings and takes them to his car, is unaware yet that he will change the fate of both himself and Asiye and their children with this decision he has made. For Asiye, who took refuge in the Demirhan Mansion thanks to Mahir, this is not a salvation, but the beginning of a whole new war.
Ethos
as Meryem
A group of unique characters from dramatically different socio-cultural backgrounds meet in startling circumstances in the vibrant and colorful city of Istanbul, some by chance and some by force of will.
Something Useful
as Canan
Leyla, a lawyer and a poet, takes the long-distance train to attend her high school reunion dinner. On the train, she meets Canan, a young nursing student in distress. As the conversation develops, Leyla learns that Canan is travelling to assist with the suicide of a paralysed man, Yavuz, who wants to die. At the end of the long over- night trip, surrounded by the stories of people both on and off the train, Leyla decides to accompany Canan on her difficult visit.
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North South
as Cemre Çayak
Brothers, Kuzey and Guney, are poles apart in character and perception. Despite their differences, the brothers fall in love with the same girl, Cemre.
