Burcu Kara was born on March 1, 1980 in Bursa. Turkish TV series, cinema theater actress and presenter.
Name: Burcu Kara
Date of Birth: March 1, 1980
Place of Birth: Bursa
Height: 1.75 m.
Weight: 57 kg
Horoscope: Pisces
Eyes are blue
Hair Color: Light Brown
Mother: Fatma Kara
Father: Ali Kara
Wife: Fırat Doğu Parlak
Child: Ali Çınar Parlak
Siblings: Başak Kara Balibeyoğlu
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/burcuukara
Family: Her parents are teachers. She has a sister. She married director and producer Fırat Parlak in 2016. The couple has a son named Ali Çınar.
Childhood years: She started primary school very early. As a child, she dreamed of being on stage, she wanted to be a singer. “My mother and father were teachers, they could not find a nanny for me in the village. My mother also teaches the first grade. He started to take me with him. One month later she realized that whatever other children knew about literacy, I learned the same. When they attended the second grade, they registered. I entered university at the age of 16, graduated at the age of 20. I am practical, my perception is high. I am someone who handles several things at the same time. I think 7 years old is too late to start primary school, especially for children now. They have an above-normal intelligence. Since my parents were teachers, my childhood passed with a mentality of not showing myself and not drawing attention, but as a child, I wanted to be on the stage somehow. I even had a dream of being a singer. I didn’t know much at the time, but I was singing all the time. I even recorded my voice on cassettes, but during adolescence I drew the songs of the singers on those tapes. Especially Kenan Doğulu songs. Now I’m so regretful that I wish I hadn’t suffered.
Education life: She finished primary school at the age of 9. She met university desks at the age of 16. She graduated from Eskişehir Anadolu University, Department of Economics.
How did her acting career start? While studying in Eskişehir, she also hosted local channels. Then hse returned to Bursa and started to work as an investment specialist, which is her own profession, but could not find the excitement she hoped for in this profession and started to go to Istanbul for diction and announcer courses. After presenting the program on Olay TV, she had the opportunity to work for Kanal D, and after working as a reporter for a while, she started to present the news in 2002. At the same time, Şahika started taking acting lessons at Tekand and soon had the opportunity to portray the ‘Duygu’ character on A Night in June. “Acting is a gift of life to me. It was not something I had decided or planned. It was completely in line with the offers. Ayşenur Yazıcı has written a novel named “Bedriye”. Her grandmother’s life. He met with the producers to make it a movie or TV series. But she talked about me every time she met. Then the producers called me. First, I said ‘I can’t do it’. Then I said ‘Maybe’. I started taking acting lessons from Şahika Tekand. You can see whether I can do it later or not, as a result of those studies in the texts given in front of the camera. This is how the acting started. The period when I was a news editor on the radio was a period when I could only sleep for 2 hours. I couldn’t even pay my house rent. It was a period when I was experiencing financial and moral difficulties. There were also acting offers, but frankly, I didn’t take it seriously. Then we had a conversation with the news team and I left. After having tasted acting, it would not be possible to return to news anchors. We used to play house when we were children, we used to say, “Let me be a doctor now, let me be a teacher”, it is such a nice feeling to take on those professions and be someone else all the time that I never change playing house for anything my life. I had serious financial difficulties. I had saved money in Bursa, I had money to manage me for 8-10 months, but back then, you could employ a lot of people in the television industry without paying any money or paying very little money. Therefore, it took me many years to earn the money I could afford. 450 million lira was the rent of my house, I was getting 350 million lira in salary. Then my patience paid off. Now people dream of reaching out and meeting me. It is a strange feeling and at the same time very beautiful and happy. I thank you a thousand times every day for the feelings of love, respect and appreciation for me.
First step into acting: She started her television adventure with the character “Duygu”, which she played in the “A Night in June” series in 2004.
With which project did she shine? She attracted attention with the character of “Zeynep”, which he portrayed in the series “Bidding Farewell”.
Personality traits: Shy, emotional, disciplined, modest, proud. “Throughout my business life, I always stood on my own feet, did not ask anyone for help. Of course, my parents would support me, but I am extremely proud. I chose this road, I didn’t want anyone to help me financially. It also made me happy to deal with what happened at that time. There is a very submissive production and I always live because this is the best, I suppress my anger. Of course, I have always seen the benefit of this. I think that I will be nourished by my ambitions, everyone will live whatever they are destined to be. That’s why I never see other people’s work power, property, property, I just deal with myself. I recommend this to everyone, you live very lightly. It is best not to look into the past, to look ahead by saying that I have learned I will learn. In short, it is necessary to get ourselves out of negative thoughts and always go ahead. ”
Social: In her spare time, she likes to travel by car and explore places she never knew. “We enjoy going to a family place, meeting new people and exploring new places. We are adventurous and curious about life in both my wife and me. I also love Istanbul very much. I think sitting somewhere in the Bosphorus, spending time with my friends, big tables, long conversations are the most enjoyable parts of life. I try to be in quiet places as much as possible. I try to spend time in other cities, not in Istanbul. These are the things that actually feed me. Because here all the same places, same people, same subjects.
Mindset: She prefers to let life flow. “I don’t regret anything in my life. Because even the unpleasant, sad things you go through teach you a lot of things. I am a person of trust. I even tire of the bad thing that happened to me. If my health and the well-being of my loved ones are good, okay. The only thing man cannot cure is death. There is no need to worry about anything other than it. ”
The set memory she cannot forget: She cannot forget the memory of her first television experience, “A Night in June”. “My first drama was on the set of A Night in June, they made me wait seventeen hours. Of course, then I realized that they forgot that I was on the set. After that day, every time I come to the set, I appear to the director team. ”
The source of happiness: She thinks that the greatest wealth is ‘peace’. “If I can take my coffee and drink it whenever I want, if I have the luxury not to work at that moment, I can go out whenever I want, if I am healthy and everyone I love is healthy, I think there is no greater wealth than this. I feel very lucky to lead a happy, peaceful and orderly life. I never broke my peace for fame and money, nor did I spoil it. The greatest wealth of man is peace. ”
Her first feature film: Abdullah Oğuz / O Şimdi Mahkum
Her gaze on love: “I am very in love with my wife, it feeds my soul. I am very lucky to marry a man who touches my soul, mind and heart. I have a wife whom I love and respect very much. He is also against me. We have a lot of common taste. We love to spend time together, take care of nature, spend time at home, entertain guests and travel. We have never tried to dominate each other and this is the most precious thing. The secret of a happy relationship; it is necessary to respect boundaries, to empathize and to leave room for them even if you are married. It should not be forgotten that you are not someone you have, but someone you share life with. ”
Her view of life: She tries to live without forgetting that life is very short, everything is temporary, without having to argue with anyone “The ways I have passed, the failures I have experienced, my unhappiness have brought me to what I want to do. I don’t have any big words about life, but I have principles. I don’t want anything in my life to disturb my general peace. I am afraid of the turmoil that will disturb my house. I try to live that life is very short, without forgetting that everything is temporary and without arguing with anyone. Life is very changeable and full of great tests. It hits you from where you avoid. I usually don’t say ‘never’. ”
Her attitude to business life: There was no fame anxiety. On the contrary, she thinks that the more she is known, the more restricted her freedom is. “I have always been the exemplary children of teacher parents. For this reason, although I am doing this job, I did not take part in the magazine side of this sector. I’m ashamed to be seen around when there is no work. If I am doing a job, I will meet everyone for that job or for a character. But that’s why I don’t prefer to look different. They say I look very cool from the outside. But for example, when I say camera engine, someone else comes out of me. In my normal life, I have a very calm temperament. If you leave me here, I will stay for a week without getting bored. Everything experienced in life is an experience. It enriches you and determines your stance in life. My life before acting also prepared me for acting. If you can play life itself, the character you are trying to portray becomes real. The paths I went through, the failures I went through, the unhappiness brought me to what I wanted to do. That’s why I get angry when people break down at the slightest misery and give up. However, life will not pass if you do not hope for what life prepares for you in the next stage. I was very excited to play face to face with celebrities that I have been a fan of for years, I would start the sets with a shiver. At first, I did not know where to stand and what to do, I was afraid of disrupting the work and breaking the order of the set. But then I started enjoying it. Digital platforms; It is an environment where you can be more free and where both producers and actors can make new experiments. It will be very good for all of us to be able to work in an area where you can use your imagination without worrying about ratings. Therefore, I wish the digital platforms to increase even more. ”
Career plan: ‘Comedy in the Dark’ was the project that excited her the most. “It is a very adrenaline-filled and very high-rhythm game. I can’t wait to get back on stage. Frankly, I don’t like to make a career plan. But of course I can act anywhere in the world. I do not restrict myself. Whatever life throws at me, everything is my acceptance. I’m just trying to make the best of the opportunities that come up. Jobs abroad actually attract my attention. Already many fantastic work being done in Turkey. Because our people mostly watch what they find something of themselves. For this reason, routine work is usually watched here. I would like to have very good movies. Cinema is such a fascinating art. It is very persistent. So I want to be in something that is appreciated after 50 years. ”
Future Dream: She is not dreaming, she prefers to live unplanned and unscheduled. “Life doesn’t care about my plans. When life is flowing so quickly, one has to keep up with it and not get drowned in details. I am not planning a year ahead. That’s why life doesn’t give weight to me.
What kind of mother? She says she coded herself to raise a good person, not as a mother, and wanted to achieve this. “In our country, in patriarchal societies, my son and my son are not mentioned. I hate the attributes of my lion, coach, valiant, pasha. It is also unfair to impose such a mission on men. Maybe there won’t be such a child? Maybe it will be too emotional, fragile? My son does it, my son errrrkek; Show it to aunts, uncles, his mentality is very wrong. Men are not superior because they are men; nobody is superior to anybody. The approach of women is very important as they raise children. If I feel that my son feels one click different and one click superior because he is a man, I will get really angry and upset. I raise him very very very afraid. I don’t want my child to be cheeky, disrespectful and selfish. Tell me ‘What do you want when you grow up? Would you like to be an actor? ” I think it doesn’t matter what profession you do. Whether he is a butcher or a greengrocer, as long as he does not devour anyone’s rights, he is a moral, honorable, good person. The biggest job is to be a good person. ”
Concerns: “Managing the world with interest policies made people more individual and self-centered. This is how we raise all our young people. Social media also supports this. An age has emerged of people who live entirely for themselves. This is very dangerous.”
How is she with social media? She is not very active on social media. “Frankly, I am not one of those who live on social media. I don’t have such a time anyway. I do not like it very much, but I know it will not work in this age. ”
Social responsibility projects; She conducts social responsibility projects with the Spinal Cord Paralytics Association. “There are many organizations like ‘Battery Powered Wheelchair’, ‘Accessible Education Campaign’ and many more. There are many movements in city and country planning. It is necessary to make a continuous noise in order to build ramps everywhere or to plan the whole city and the world, from the disabled toilet to the disabled elevator. It has been working for years to warn managers. I’m trying to do my best too. I work for other associations as much as I can. I have never said no to the offers that have come to me until today. I broadcast live, collected donations. At the same time, I try to support social media in every way. ”
Who does she admire? She is happy to have the opportunity to work together with Okan Bayülgen, whom she admires, in the theater play “Eğlenceli Cinayetler Kumpanyası”. “I’ve always admired Okan Bayülgen’s intelligence and his work, he seeks to make a difference. I always wanted to do something with him. Maybe because I am a teacher child, or maybe because I grew up in a small place, even though I am doing this job, I have a shy nature and I am withdrawn. Burcu, I’m not comfortable when I’m but when I’m in another role, I’m comfortable. I wanted to work with a person like Okan and break my chains, and I had dreams that he would work with me a little bit, if he would go on something. Coincidentally we gave such a speech. I said I wanted to do theater. I am very happy to get together. ”
Relationship with nature: Her family has olive groves in Bursa, she goes there whenever she gets the opportunity and becomes intertwined with nature. “I love going there and spending time with my family in nature. I am Pisces and the sea always gives me peace with its effect. It makes me happy to go to the islands. I am totally in love with Istanbul and the sea. ”
What are the grooming rituals? There is nothing she does all the time, but she is careful not to sleep with makeup. “I clean and moisturize my face every day. But the biggest cure for my skin to be smooth is sunscreen. I use protective creams even in winter. ”
What does she do at home? She has a domestic nature and likes to spend time in her garden at home and cook. “If I have time, spending time with a coffee and a book is my favorite thing. Taking care of my house and garden is very good for me. I can say that it is a domestic production. I prefer to spend time in my house. I love to entertain guests. That’s why I want to sit at my house, cook, let my guests come. Since I am from Aegean, I usually cook dishes with olive oil. I like combining more colorful vegetables.
How is she with fashion? There is no “what’s in fashion” style of fashion right now. “For a while, I presented a program called” Bi Dünya Tasarım “in TRT. Thus, I had the opportunity to meet with many of the designer in Turkey. I made friends with many of them. I try to participate when they have fashion shows. That’s why I get more or less ideas. But no matter what happens, I go again and take what I know. I generally prefer comfortable and stylish clothes. ”
TV SERIES
2004 / 2006- A Night in June / Duygu
2007 / 2008- Bidding Farewell / Zeynep
2008- İpsiz Recep / Ayşe
2009- Maskeli Balo / Zeynep
2010- Kirli Beyaz (Dirty White) / Zeynep
2011-Yıllar Sonra / Seda
2013- Tozlu Yollar (Dusty Roads) / Feraye
2013- Tatar Ramazan: Ben Bu Oyunu Bozarım / Ebru
2015- Milat / Gökçe Eroğlu
2016- Intersection / Nihan
2018- Keşke Hiç Büyümeseydik / Uluışık
2020- Red Room / Zuhal
CINEMA FILMS
2005- O Şimdi Mahkum
2006- Dünyayı Kurtaran Adamın Oğlu / Princess Maya
2010- Romantik Komedi / Zeynep
2012- Romantik Komedi 2: Bekarlığa Veda / Zeynep
2019- Şuursuz Aşk / Sezen
THEATRE GAMES
2013- Güllü / Güllü
2013- Tatlı Çarşamba / Ellen
2015- Eğlenceli Cinayetler Kumpanyası
2020- Karanlıkta Komedi
TV SHOWS SHE HOSTED
2005- Cinesinema
2007- Burcu’yla
2007- Bayram Zamanı
2008- Benim Yolum
2009- NTV Yılbaşı
2010/2013- Bi Dünya Tasarım