Didem Özkavukçu is a Turkish theater and television actress born in Ankara on 11 November 1981. Television viewers know him mostly with his character İlkay in the daytime TV series Unutma Beni, which was broadcast for many years.
Education and stage work
He started his higher education at Gazi University by studying political science and public administration. After graduating from this department, he turned to acting and graduated from the theater department of Bilkent University, Faculty of Music and Performing Arts. Since 2001, he took part in plays on the Bilkent stage, State Theaters and private theaters in Ankara.
Among the plays he took part in on stage are Pink Woman and Deformity. He served as an actor in the Trabzon State Theater staff.
Television
One of his first on-screen roles was 2002's Son Son Babalar Duyar, in which he made a guest appearance. He took on the role of İlkay Yücedağ in Unutma Beni, which started in 2008 and was broadcast every weekday; The broadcast of the series lasted about seven years, and this role made the actor's name known to the masses. He played the character Gift in the daytime TV series Sevdim Seni Bir Kere, which was broadcast in the 2019-2020 period.
Özkavukçu, who continues his career between stage and television, is especially known for his long-running characters in daily serials.