Biography
Ece Dizdar was born on 23 November 1981 in Istanbul. Her father was a submarine commander and the family lived in Pakistan, Belgium and England while she was growing up. She started acting at twelve in school musicals in Belgium, studied communication at Marmara University and then took a scholarship at the ARTSED acting academy in London. She has worked on both Turkish and English stages.
She has been a company member of Istanbul’s DOT Theatre since 2008 and has appeared in plays such as Shopping and F***ing and translated works including Festen. On television she appeared in En Son Babalar Duyar (2002), Beş Kardeş, Güneşi Beklerken, Siyah Beyaz Aşk, Fi, Alef, Hekimoğlu and Yasak Elma. In 2020 she won Best Actress at the Istanbul Film Festival for Aşk, Büyü, vs., shared with Selen Uçer.
She married the actor Serdar Orçin in 2025. In September 2026 she announced, before the first episode aired, that she was leaving NOW‘s drama Sevdam Karadeniz, where she was to play Şehnaz. Nur Yazar took over the role.
