Biography
Elifcan Ongurlar was born on 7 June 1993 in Karşıyaka, İzmir, the daughter of the opera dramaturge Hikmet Ongurlar. She played licensed tennis for ten years, including for the Turkish national team, and later studied theatre at Beykent University’s Faculty of Fine Arts.
Her screen debut was the lead role of Ayşe in the 2012 film Ateşin Düştüğü Yer, which won her the Ekrem Bora Promising Actor Award at the 18th Sadri Alışık Awards. The film was Turkey’s submission for the Oscar for best foreign-language film. She went on to series leads including Seher in Kayıp Şehir (2012 to 2013), Mine in Kara Ekmek (2015), Fikret Galo in Kiralık Aşk (2015 to 2016), Sumru in Kızlarım İçin (2017 to 2018), Çilem in Sevgili Geçmiş (2019), Bahar in Leyla ile Mecnun (2021 to 2022) and Doğa in Yıldızlar Bana Uzak (2023 to 2024).
In 2026 she joined Kanal D‘s Haysiyet as Suzan Karlıova, a daughter of the Karlıova family. She is unmarried and keeps her private life private.







