Biography
Eda Ece was born on 20 June 1990 in Istanbul, the youngest of three daughters of an electrical engineer and a housewife. She graduated from Şişli Terakki High School and the psychology department of Istanbul Bilgi University and had small roles as a child.
Her first leading role was Günçiçek, nicknamed Cimbom, in the youth series Pis Yedili in 2011. She then did romantic comedies, including Beni Böyle Sev, İlişki Durumu: Karışık and the Kocan Kadar Konuş films. Her best-known part is Yıldız Yılmaz Kuyucu in Yasak Elma (2018 to 2023, 177 episodes), which made her known outside Turkey and brought her a Murex d’Or for Best Foreign Actress.
In June 2023 she married the national basketball player Buğrahan Tuncer, and their daughter Mina İpek was born in April 2024. After a break for motherhood she returned in September 2026 as the lead of Star TV‘s Tuzlu Kahve, playing Derin Kutaygil, opposite Buğra Gülsoy.
Photo: Zafer, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
