Biography
Ayça Varlıer was born on 22 June 1977 in Ankara, the daughter of the ballerina Duygu Varlıer. As a teenager she moved to the United States as an exchange student, studied musical theatre at the Hartt School at the University of Hartford and trained in Moscow through a Harvard-Moscow Art Theatre programme. She performed in American theatre with The Acting Company before returning to Turkey.
Her television breakthrough was Pınar in Gümüş (2005 to 2007), followed by leads in Son Bahar (2008 to 2009), Dr. Hayat in Geniş Aile, Bahar in Behzat Ç. and Nurcan in Kalk Gidelim (2017 to 2020). On stage, her performance in the musical Leyla’nın Evi won her an Afife Theatre Award, a Sadri Alışık Award and a Vasfi Rıza Zobu Theatre Award in 2010, and she won another Sadri Alışık Award in 2015 for Fosforlu’nun Hikayesi. She also sings and released her debut album Elif in 2013.
In 2026 she joined the cast of Kanal D‘s Haysiyet.
