Acting

Aybüke Pusat

Biography

Aybüke Pusat (born 25 February 1995) is a Turkish actress, ballet dancer, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Earth Turkey 2014 and was supposed to represent her country at the Miss Earth 2014 pageant. Her maternal family is of Tatar descent (a Turkic ethnic subgroup). She graduated from ballet department of Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory. Pusat made her debut appearance in the popular TV series Medcezir as a supporting role in 2014. She then went on to play a series of supporting roles in comedy series Beş Kardeş (2015) and O Hayat Benim (2015–16). She rose to fame in 2017 for playing the headstrong, resilient female lead Dr. Bahar Kutlu in two seasons of Söz, one of Turkey's most popular and internationally acclaimed action drama, alongside Tolga Sarıtaş, who was nominated for an International Emmy Award (Best Performance by an Actor) for his role. In 2018, she went on to star in a leading role in Şahin Tepesi, an adaptation of the widely acclaimed US TV series Falcon Crest. In 2019, she starred alongside Furkan Andıç in the romantic comedy Her Yerde Sen where she plays Selin Sever, a lively and intelligent interior architect who was forced to share a house with Andıç's character Demir Erendil, who was also her boss. Her Yerde Sen received international recognition and high praise after having won a Golden Lens Award from the Journalists' Association for its impeccable storytelling, directing, and cinematography.