Burcu Kıratlı is a Turkish actress and model. She is best known for her roles in Peri Masalı, ' and Aşk ve Mavi. She earned critical praise for portraying the character Peri in the 2013 hit romantic drama filmPeri Masalı, which was a commercial success. This was noted as one of her best performances and also earned her the Best New Actress Award at Digital Media Awards in 2015. She earned international fame for her portrayal of Gökçe in the historical adventure television series' and subsequently received the Best Actress Award by the Ministry of Youth and Sports due to the votes received from the poll opened by the Ministry. The hit drama series Aşk ve Mavi marked a significant turning point in Kıratlı's career, earning her critics' praise and Best Drama Actress of the Year at the Golden Almond Awards and Drama Actress of the Year at Golden Tourism Awards in 2017. She later won the award for TV Series Actress of the Year at the 5thGolden Palm Awards in 2018.
Career
Kıratlı completed her primary school education at Ata College, her secondary school education at BJK College, and her high school education at Bebek Yeni Yıldız College. She graduated from Yeditepe University, Faculty of Communication, Visual Communication Design with a bachelor's degree and performed in many theatre plays and short movie projects while she was studying. She took acting education at Müjdat GezenArt Academy and then worked there as a permanent actress for 2 years. She started her acting career with the theatre plays Mustafa Kemal'im and Gözlerimi Kaparım, Vazifemi Yaparım. She debuted on television with the character of Yağmur in the series titled Elde Var Hayat and received great acclaim with her acting performance. This series was broadcast on TRT 1 and lasted 2 seasons. In 2013, She made her first appearance in the film with the character of Helin in the movie Su ve Ateş, which was written and directed by Özcan Deniz. In 2014, she played the character of Peri in the movie Peri Masalı. The film gained great critical success and her performances was noted as one of her bests. The work proved to be Kıratlı's first success, earning her the Best New Actress of the Year award at Digital Turkish Traditional Award Ceremony in 2015. The film is directed and produced by Biray Dalkıran. In 2018, Peri Masalı was selected as one of the Best Turkish Love Films of 2000. Returning to the TV screens after this film project, Kıratlı appeared on the TRT 1 in December 2014 with the character Gökçe in the series . She was part of the series for 2 seasons. For this role she received the Best Actress Award by the Ministry of Youth and Sports due to the votes received from the poll opened by the Ministry. Diriliş: Ertuğrul is a Turkish historical fiction and adventure television series created by Mehmet Bozdağ. In 2015, and while her TV career continued, she played the lead character of Elif in the movie Bizim Hikaye, directed by Yasin Uslu. Between 2016–2018, she starred in the drama series Aşk ve Mavi and played the lead character of Mavi. She won the Drama Actress of the Year award at Datça Golden Almond Awards in 2017 for this role. The show received four awards at Golden Tourism Awards. Kıratlı also won the Golden Palm Award for TV Series Actress of the Year in 2018. The show also won the best director and best producer award at Golden Palm Awards and the Best Drama Series of the Year at Dizisi' Awards in 2017. The hit show had three seasons and was aired on ATV channel.
Personal life
Burcu Kiratli was born on 23 July 1989 to Gül Erçetin and Tuncay Kıratlı. She married Turkish singer-songwriter Sinan Akçıl in the Turkish Consulate in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on 24 December 2018 with a simple marriage ceremony. The couple divorced in September 2019, but are planning on remarrying.
