Gupse Özay

Gupse Özay was born on July 30, 1984 in Izmir, as the youngest child of a family of Circassian origin. Its Circassian name, meaning "my dearest", reflects how strong these family ties are. After graduating from Ege University, Department of Radio, Television and Cinema, he first attracted attention with the documentary project Yaman Yaşamışım, which he prepared with his friends during his university years, and won an award for this work.

Gupse Özay, who started to gain experience in different media after her graduation, worked in many different fields, from TRT productions to magazines, from advertising agencies to TV series sets. After working as a copywriter for four years, he stepped into the TV series industry and found a role in the TV series Yalan Dünya, thanks to the psychologist sketches he prepared with his friends. The actor, who made a name for himself with this series, also appeared in Dacia commercials.

He made his first step into cinema in 2014 with the movie Deliha, for which he both wrote the script and starred. She appeared before the audience with the character of Zeliha in this movie directed by Hakan Algül. Then, in 2016, she starred as Burcu in the movie Küçük Esnaf. In the same year, he also met the audience with the movie Görümce, for which he wrote his own script and played the leading role.

In 2018, he took part in the Deliha series for the second time as both a scriptwriter, director and actor. In 2020, he was on the screens with the movie War of the Elts, which he both wrote and starred in. She also served as the spokesperson of UN Woman Turkey between 2020 and 2022.

Gupse Özay, who is also active in her private life, married Barış Arduç, whom she met during the shooting of the movie Deliha in 2014, in Çeşme district of İzmir on July 29, 2020. The couple had a daughter, whom they named "Jan Asya", on September 9, 2022.

Gupse Özay was born in 1984. Gupse Özay was born in Izmir from a family of Circassian origin. Its Circassian name means "my dear".

Gupse Özay studied at Ege University, Radio, TV and Cinema department. He received an award for the documentary titled Yaman Yaşamışım, which he shot with his friends during his university years. From TRT to production companies; He has tried every field that will benefit his career, from magazines to TV series sets.

And later, he worked as a copywriter for 4 years and then left his job and moved to the TV series industry. After trying a few TV series, he performed psychologist skits with his friends; Thanks to this, he got a role in the TV series Yalan Dünya.

Gupse Özay appeared before the audience with the character of Zeliha in her first movie, Deliha, which was released on November 14, 2014, the script of which she wrote and directed by Hakan Algül. She played the leading role as Burcu in the movie Küçük Esnaf, which was released on April 8, 2016. He was also among the main characters of the movie Görümce, which was released on December 2, 2016 and whose script he wrote.

On January 31, 2020, the comedy film War of the Elts, which he wrote and starred in, was released.

Productions in which he took part

He took part in 21 productions in total; 12 of the most well-known are listed.

• Güldür Güldür Show (2013)
• Golden Butterfly Awards (1973) — Self - Winner
• Tonight with İbrahim Selim (2019)
• Shoulder to Shoulder with Arda (2022)
• Uncle Show (2021)
• It's Already a Show with Melis İşiten (2023) — Gupse Özay
• Lie World (2012) — Nurhayat Karakaş
• Platonic (2025) — Gulten
• Sing It With Me (2019) — Self - Jury Captain
• Gupi (2025) — Gupi - Pastry Scents
• Talk Show with Kaan Sekban (2020)
• Little Tradesman (2016) — Burcu

Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.