Biography
Graduated from Ankara State Conservatory in 1976, she first started as a stage actress. She played in hit series Yeditepe İstanbul. Since 1983 she also started acting in films and became famous with films like "Amansız Yol", "Kurşun Ata Ata Biter", "Bir Avuç Gökyüzü", "Halkalı Köle", and "Dünden Sonra Yarından Önce". In 1989 with Evita musical, she began her singing career.
In 2018, she was sentenced to 10 months in prison for allegedly insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. She had reportedly revised the lyrics to the song "Boş Vermişim Dünyayı" (I Let Go of the World), to say "Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, it's all empty, it's all a lie, life will end one day and you'll say 'I had a dream.'" A lawsuit was filed against her by the Istanbul Prosecutor's office for apparently insulting the president during a concert in 2016, seeking a four-year prison sentence.
Olcay was previously fined 10,620 lira ($2,708) for "insulting a public servant" in 2010.
She was elected as the president of Actors Union in 2024.
Discography
Solo albums
- Küçük Bir Öykü Bu (1989)
- İki Çift Laf (1990)
- Oyuncu (1993)
- İhanet (1998)
- Başucu Şarkıları (2001)
- Başucu Şarkıları 2 (2005)
- Aşk'ın Halleri (2009)
- Başucu Şarkıları 3 (2015)
Singles
- "Dünden Sonra Yarından Önce" (1987)
- "Sensiz" (with Emre Atabek) (2018)
- "Eyvallah" (with Hüsnü Arkan) (2020)
- "Aşkınla Her Şey Oldum" (with Tuna Kiremitçi) (2022)
Other albums
- Asansör Film Müzikleri / Kolektif (1999)
- Bülent Ortaçgil İçin Söylenmiş Bülent Ortaçgil Şarkıları (2000)
- Hiçbiryerde Film Müzikleri (2002)
- Metin Altıok Ağıtı (2003)
- Söz Vermiş Şarkılar (2004)
- 41 Kere Maşallah (2006)
- Nazım / Fazıl Say (2006)
- Pop 2006 (2006)
- Bulutsuzluk Özlemi 20 Yaşında (2007)
- Güldünya Şarkıları (2008)
- Mucize Nağmeler (2009)
- Buğra Uğur'la 30 Yıl (2009)
- 2020 Model (2020 Model: Murathan Mungan) (2020)
