Acting
Dec 12, 1997
Istanbul, Turkey
Leyla Tanlar
Acting
Biography
Leyla Tanlar (born December 13, 1997, in Istanbul, Türkiye) is a Turkish actress celebrated for her natural screen presence and emotional depth. Blending a multicultural upbringing with formal studies in Media and Visual Arts at Koç University, she brings both intelligence and sensitivity to her work. Tanlar made her acting debut in 2014 with *Paramparça*, a breakout role that introduced her as one of the most promising young faces in Turkish television. Over the years, she’s taken on a wide range of roles—from the historical drama *Mehmed: Bir Cihan Fatihi* and the modern saga *Şahin Tepesi* to leading performances in *Ferhat ile Şirin*, *Güzel Günler*, and *Siyah Kalp*. In 2025, she earned widespread acclaim for her performance in *Erken Kış*, winning **Best Actress** at the 62nd Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival. Fluent in both Turkish and Italian, Leyla continues to build a career defined by quiet intensity, versatility, and an instinctive understanding of human emotion.
Feature Films (1)
Ferhat (49), a factory manager in Istanbul, and Handan (45), a bank manager, decide to have a child through surrogacy with Lia (28), a young artist of Georgian and Ukrainian descent. Shortly after their daughter Ada (1) is born, war breaks out between Russia and Ukraine. As a result, Lia is forced to stay in Istanbul with Ferhat and Handan for a while longer. Believing that surrogacy is the formula that will take her to Europe, Lia does not want to leave Ada.
Early Winter
Television & Series (7)
A story about difficult choices, tough decisions, entwined lives and parents torn between their children and their hearts. Gulseren comes from a poor background, while Cihans wife Dilara is wealthy. They both gave birth in the same hospital on the same day 15 years ago but a mistake was made that would change their destinies. Having similar surnames, an absent-minded nurse mixed the babies and nobody noticed. As the truth about the children is revealed, fundamental problems arise between the two families because of their totally different lifestyles and economic statuses. However these events bring Cihan and Gulseren closer together. They have inexplicable feelings towards each other that they cannot run away from or ignore.
Broken Pieces
Mehmet, a war photographer, Ilker, a reporter friend of Mehmet, and a group from Germany, with an activist called Zeynep among them, cross the border illegally to visit a Yazidi village. The village is then raided by a radical terrorist organization, and they get captured. They are going to have to put up the fight of their lives to escape.
Runaway
Selma comes to Istanbul from van to get the inheritance left to her when she thinks that all means are exhausted. With her is her father's scrap car, with her well-to-do sister Leylim. The only condition to receive the inheritance is to find the other partner of the inheritance, his old love Mihran. Mihran, who was born on the same day as her, who was prophesied to love each other with great love on the day they were born, and who migrated to Istanbul after the fire in which Selma was declared the scapegoat. Selma finds Mihran in Istanbul. Thus, not only Selma and Mihran, but also Mihran's barista cousin Atakan, Atakan's platonic love boxer Altan, Mihran's big and cheerful family; The lives of his aunt Menemeci Kıymet, his cousin Füsun, his mother Saliha, Kıymet's arm and hand Feyyaz and his arch-rival Hakim's life also change.
