Biography
Helin Kandemir was born on 2 June 2004 in Istanbul and started with dubbing work and small parts as a child. She made her television debut in 2017 in İsimsizler and played Ceylan in Netflix’s first Turkish original, Hakan: Muhafız.
At fifteen she won Best Actress at the 38th International Istanbul Film Festival for her role as Havva in Emin Alper’s Kız Kardeşler. She later played Kibrit in Doğduğun Ev Kaderindir, Leyla in Duy Beni, Nihal in the Prime Video film Bihter and Sümbül in Şakir Paşa Ailesi: Mucizeler ve Skandallar, and continues to do voice work for animated films.
In 2026 she took her first adult lead as Dicle Demir in Star TV‘s Sevdiğim Sensin, opposite Aytaç Şaşmaz, a young woman who leaves her village for the Aldur mansion. The series airs on Thursday nights.
Photo: Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.