Biography
Nergis Öztürk was born on 25 May 1980 in Kandıra, Kocaeli, to a teacher mother and an electrician father, with family roots in Ordu. She graduated from the Theatre Department of Ankara University’s Faculty of Language and History-Geography and earned a master’s in advanced acting at Bahçeşehir University.
Her film debut was Hacivat Karagöz Neden Öldürüldü? (2005). She won Best Actress at both the 46th Antalya Golden Orange and the 17th Adana Golden Boll film festivals for Seniha in Zeki Demirkubuz’s Kıskanmak (2009). On stage she won Best Comedy Actress at the 10th Lions Theatre Awards for Bunu Yapan İki Kişi and an Afife Theatre Award for Oda ve Adam. On television she played Ayla in Hatırla Sevgili, Zerrin Şahin in Avlu and Seda in Yargı. She co-founded the Taşra Kabare venue in 2015 with her husband, the actor Cemal Toktaş, and they have a son, Yaman.
In 2026 she joined Kanal D‘s Haysiyet as Nimet Karlıova, the mother of the Karlıova family.
