| Gizem Karaca | |
| Miss Turkey World 2011 | |
| Competitions: | Miss Turkey 2011 (1st Runner-up) Miss World 2011 |
| Birth Date: | 7 September 1992 |
| Birth Place: | Istanbul, Turkey |
| Hair Color: | Blonde |
| Eye Color: | Hazel |
Gizem Karaca (born 7 September 1992) is a Turkish actress and model who represented her country at the Miss World 2011 competition.[1]
Karaca competed at the Miss Turkey competition held on 2 June 2011 at TIM Show Centre and finished second overall, which qualified her as Turkey's representative for Miss World.[2]
She is best known for her roles in the series Güzel Köylü, Benim Hala Umudum Var, , Eve Düşen Yıldırım, and Adını Feriha Koydum: Emirin Yolu. She also starred in the movie Hürkuş, based on the life of aviator Vecihi Hürkuş.
Gizem Karaca was born on 7 September 1992 in Istanbul. Her mother is Münevver Karaca and her father is Cüneyt Karaca. After Ottoman Empire collapsed, her paternal family is of Turkish origin who immigrated from Thessaloniki (now in Greece). Her maternal family is of Albanian origin. She spent her childhood in the US and Canada as her family moved to the US when she was a child.[3] After Karaca completed elementary school in the United States and secondary school in Canada, she returned to Turkey. After graduating from high school, she won the Faculty of French Language and Literature at Istanbul University.[4]
After graduating from the Faculty of French Language and Literature, Istanbul University, she decided to take part in the beauty pageant to escape from the difficult lessons. She took part in the Miss Turkey 2011 beauty pageant and came second. Gizem Karaca went to America for a while in the summer of 2013 and studied acting at the New York Film Academy. Gizem Karaca married Kemal Ekmekçi on 16 September 2017.
| Year | Title | Role | Network | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Muhteşem Yüzyıl | Cariye (guest) | Show TV | |
| 2012 | Eve Düşen Yıldırım | Muazzez | Show TV | |
| Emir'in Yolu | Güneş Sancaktar | Show TV | ||
| 2013–2014 | Benim Hala Umudum Var | Umut Özden/Korkmaz | Star TV, FOX TV | |
| 2014–2015 | Güzel Köylü | Gül Sümbül | Star TV | |
| 2016 | İstanbul Sokakları | Nazlı | Show TV | |
| 2017 | İçimdeki Fırtına | Deniz | Star TV | |
| Kara Sevda | Mercan (guest) | Star TV | ||
| 2018 | İnsanlık Suçu | Suna Değirmenci | Kanal D | |
| 2019–2020 | Şampiyon | Elisa (guest) | TRT 1 | |
| 2020–2021 | Baraj | Bahar Özsoy (guest) | Fox TV | |
| 2021–2022 | TRT1 | |||
| 2023-present | Safir | Güneş (supporting actor) | ATV |
| Year | Title | Role | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Seni Seviyorum Adamım | Ezel | ||
| 2017 | Küçük Ortak | Ceren | ||
| 2017 | Ay Lav Yu tuu | Sultan | ||
| 2018 | Hürkuş: Göklerdeki Kahraman | Hadiye | ||
| 2018 | Sosyetik Gelin | Selin | ||
| 2018 | Organik Aşk | Merve | ||
| 2020 | Bizim Semtin Çocukları | |||
| 2021 | Dayı: Bir Adamın Hikayesi | Hatice | ||
| 2021 | Yağmur Rengi | Yağmur | ||
| 2021 | Elli Kelimelik Mektuplar | Güzide Duru | ||
| 2023 | Özür Dilerim | Merve |