Biography
Simay Barlas was born on 7 May 1999 in Istanbul and studied cinema and television at İstanbul Bilgi University. She made her television debut at fifteen in 2014 in Paramparça and then had recurring roles in Hayat Bazen Tatlıdır and Adı Efsane.
Her first major lead was Damla Karaçay in Kanal D‘s Zalim İstanbul (2019 to 2020), and she led again as Efnan in Show TV’s Aziz. She made her film debut in the comedy Dijital Esaret, played Süreyya in Star TV’s Ömer and became better known as Rüya in FOX’s Yabani (2023 to 2024), which won her a Pantene Golden Butterfly Shining Stars award in 2023. She later led Sen Ağlama İstanbul as Şehrazat.
In 2026 she moved into historical drama with ATV’s Aşk ve Taht as Melike Hüma Hatun, the daughter of the Erzurum melik, who is in love with Alaeddin Keykubad. The Bozdağ Film production premiered on 9 September 2026.
