Hazal Kaya (born 1 October 1990) is a Turkish actress.Kaya was born in Konya, Turkey. Her motherland is Gaziantep. She attended Gaziosmanpasa elementary school and Liceo Italiano di Istanbul. Kaya started her acting career with Acemi Cadi (2006) Then she appeared in Sila (2006) In 2007 she was in the main cast in Genco (2007) In 2008, with popular soap opera Forbidden Love (2008) her face became known to the audience. She had her first movie experience in 2011 in Çalgi Çengi (2011) with Ahmet Kural. At the same time she took some private acting lessons from Ayla Algan and Ümit Çirak. Her first lead role was in Adini Feriha Koydum (2011) In that time, she also appeared in the Bingo detergent commercials with her mother. In late 2012, she left the cast of Adini Feriha Koydum and started playing leading role in a new series Son Yaz - Balkanlar 1912 (2012) with Tardu Flordun and Tugce Kazaz. However, the series ended after a few episodes due to low ratings. She later appeared in the 2013 series A.S.K. (2013) which also ended after 13 episodes. In 2015 she appeared in Maral: En güzel Hikayem (2015) at TV8, for 17 episodes. In 2017, she worked together with Med Yapim again with Bizim Hikaye (2017) After Misafir (2021) had an early finale after 4 episode, she played in Benden Ne Olur (2022) which was not a big hit; but later she played in a Netflix series Midnight at the Pera Palace (2022)