Özge Ulusoy

Özge Ulusoy (born October 28, 1982) is a Turkish model, retired ballet dancer, and occasional film actress. She is best known for her appearance in the popular TV-series Arka Sokaklar from 2006 to 2009. As a model, she walked the runways for Hussein Chalayan, Mavi Jeans, Mudo, Hervé Léger, Balenciaga, Eva Gronbach, Guy Laroche, Emanuel Ungaro, Christian Dior, Marks & Spencer, Harvey Nichols, Mango, etc. She held the first runner-up title for the annual beauty pageant Miss Turkey in 2003.[2] In 2002, Ulusoy finished third in Elite Model Management's Elite Model Look competition, took second place the following year in the Miss Turkey competition, and won the Miss Turkey Universe 2003 title before signing with Uğurkan Erez Model Management in Istanbul. Since her debut, Ulusoy has been the face of a variety of advertising campaigns in Turkey.

Özge Ulusoy
Born (1982-10-28) October 28, 1982
Ankara, Turkey
NationalityTurkish
Occupation(s)Model, actress
television presenter
ballerina
Modeling information
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Hair colorBrunette[1]
Eye colorBrown[1]
AgencyUğurkan Erez Agency
Gaye Sökmen Agency
Beauty pageant titleholder
TitleMiss Turkey 2003
(1st runner-up)
Elite Model Look 2002
(2nd runner-up)
Major
competition(s)		Miss Turkey 2003
Miss Universe 2003
Elite Model Look

Early life and career

Özge Ulusoy was born on October 28, 1982, in Ankara, the youngest and second of two children of H. Ulusoy, a retired chief military justice of Turkish Armed Forces, and Armağan (née ?), a former mayor. Ulusoy was raised a Muslim. She has an elder sister, Associate Professor Nilay Ulusoy, an academician in Bahçeşehir University and Marmara University and an alumna of Sorbonne.

Education

A native of Izmir, Turkey, Özge Ulusoy is a graduate of faculty of fine arts in Hacettepe University, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University and Yeditepe University, where she had classical ballet course and arts administration bachelor's degree. She passed her conservatory examinations to be accepted into these most considerable ballet schools at the age of 12. She has first studied in Hacettepe University, two years later she transferred to Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in Istanbul.

Career

Miss Turkey

Later in 2003, after holding the first runner-up for the Miss Turkey 2003 title she entered Yeditepe University where she majored in Arts administration with a specialty in classical ballet. In 2011, she finished fifth in Survivor: Ünlüler vs. Gönüllüler, the fifth season of Show TV's Turkish version of the reality television game show Survivor, produced by Acun Media.

Yok Böyle Dans

In 2011, after heating up the stage on Yok Böyle Dans—the Turkish version of Dancing With the Stars—for weeks, Ulusoy won the show, along with her professional partner Vitali Kozmin. Subsequently, she acted in Show TV's comic science fiction series Ha Babam Uzay. She was cast as HRH The Princess Alev in Türk'ün Uzayla İmtihanı that was the identical successor of Ha Babam Uzay. She also hosted the backstage of Bugün Ne Giysem? which is a fashion competition on Show TV for one season before she became a judge on the show in 2012. Later that same year, she appeared as a special guest star in the thirty fourth episode of the Kanal D series Yalan Dünya as herself.

Personal life

Ulusoy had been in a relationship with Hacı Sabancı, a member of the fourth generation of the renowned Sabancı family, since August 2011. However, they broke up in 2017.

Filmography
YearTitleRoleNotes
2003Miss Universe 2003HerselfTurkish participant; Channel: NBC and TVN Entertainment Corporation; Production: Donald Trump
2006–2007Arka SokaklarYeliz BalkanActress; Channel: Kanal D; TV-series; Production: Erler Film
2007–2008Senin UğrunaBurçakActress in leading role along with Rafet el Roman; Channel: FOX; TV series; Production: ABT
2008Dilek AğacıActress in leading role; TV series
2008–2009Arka SokaklarYeliz BalkanActress; Channel: Kanal D; TV-series; Production: Erler Film
2009EvGuest starring; Movie; Production: Pinema Film
2010Ateşe YürümekRüyaActress; Channel: Star TV; TV series; Production: Pastel Film
2011Kutsal Damacana: DracoolaDemetActress in leading role; Movie; Production: İyi Seyirler Film, Zero Film
2011Survivor: Ünlüler vs. GönüllülerHerselfCompetitor in the team of Ünlüler (Celebrities); Channel: Show TV; Game Show; Production: Acun Media
2011–2012Yok Böyle DansHerselfContestant on the second season of the Turkish version of "Dancing with the Stars", partnered with professional dancer Vitaly Kozmin; Channel: Show TV; Production: Acun Medya
2012Ha Babam UzayPrincess AlevActress in leading role; Channel: Show TV; TV series; Production: Süreç Film
2012Türk'ün Uzayla İmtihanıPrincess AlevActress in leading role; Channel: Show TV; TV series succeeded by Ha Babam Uzay; Production: Süreç Film
2012Bugün Ne Giysem?HerselfBackstage host; Judge; Channel: Show TV
2012Yalan DünyaHerselfSpecial guest star; Channel: Kanal D
2012O Ses TürkiyeHerselfSpecial guest star singing "Peri"; Channel: Star TV; Production: Acun Medya
2013Romantik Komedi 2: Bekarlığa VedaGözdeActress; Movie
2014Muhteşem YüzyılAnna JagiellonActress; TV series
2014Kadın İşi: Banka SoygunuNihalActress; Movie

References
  1. "Özge Ulusoy" (click "Woman", then "Özge Ulusoy" - "Page No: 3"). Uğurkan Erez Modeling Agency. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
  2. Second runner-up titleholder for the Elite Model Look Özge Ulusoy wins the Miss Turkey Universe tiara in 2003
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