Esra Dermancıoğlu

Esra Dermancıoğlu was born on 7 December 1968 in Istanbul into an artistic family. She is a granddaughter of Zeynel Abidin Cümbüş, the Turkish instrument maker. She came to acting later than most.

Her breakthrough was Mukaddes in Fatmagül’ün Suçu Ne? (2010 to 2011), a deliberately unpleasant character that made her widely known. She then played Cennet Hatun in Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem, Zehra in Kırgın Çiçekler, Behice in Bir Zamanlar Çukurova and Asiye in Hudutsuz Sevda. In 2014 she won Best Actress at the 9th International Dadaş Film Festival for Kadın İşi: Banka Soygunu. Her marriage to Mehmet Dermancıoğlu ended in divorce in 2010.

In 2026 she joined the NOW series Anne Yarısı as Meryem Altay.