Irem Altug started out as a child actress at the age of 7 by starring in TV commercials and films. Her first silver screen debut was in Women's Ward (1990), a film directed by the late Halit Refig. She has studied acting both in conservatory in Istanbul and at the theatre department of San Francisco State University. Among her TV show performances are; a criminologist (Zeynep) in Seytan Ayrintida Gizlidir (2004), a belly dancer (Feride) in Under the Trees (2005), a young lawyer (Bahar) in Vazgeç gönlüm (2007), a police officer (Asya) in Kayip Araniyor (2011), a house maid (Reyhan) in Ask Ekmek Hayaller and a mysterious woman (Ruya) in Masum (2017). Playing the part Ayse, in the phenomenal TV show (The Pit (2017). (2019) She was nominated as the best actress for her performance in the film Nar (2011). Aside from acting, she has been writing short stories, short and feature film scripts, and doing translation. Love Is Blind (2011) is an awarded short film she has written and produced. She is fluent in Turkish and English, and an intermediate Spanish speaker.

Irem Altug

Irem Altug

Acting Born September 15, 1980 Istanbul, Turkey

Irem Altug started out as a child actress at the age of 7 by starring in TV commercials and films. Her first silver screen debut was in Women's Ward (1990), a film directed by the late Halit Refig. She has studied acting both in conservatory in Istanbul and at the theatre department of San Francisco State University.

Among her TV show performances are; a criminologist (Zeynep) in Seytan Ayrintida Gizlidir (2004), a belly dancer (Feride) in Under the Trees (2005), a young lawyer (Bahar) in Vazgeç gönlüm (2007), a police officer (Asya) in Kayip Araniyor (2011), a house maid (Reyhan) in Ask Ekmek Hayaller and a mysterious woman (Ruya) in Masum (2017).

Playing the part Ayse, in the phenomenal TV show (The Pit (2017). (2019)

She was nominated as the best actress for her performance in the film Nar (2011).

Aside from acting, she has been writing short stories, short and feature film scripts, and doing translation. Love Is Blind (2011) is an awarded short film she has written and produced. She is fluent in Turkish and English, and an intermediate Spanish speaker.

Known For

Yalı Çapkını poster

Yalı Çapkını

Sultan
The Pit poster

The Pit

Ayşe Koçovalı/Ayşe Yılmaz
Circle poster

Circle

Guest Star
The Nightfall poster

The Nightfall

Sevde Yılmaz
Ihlamurlar Altinda poster

Ihlamurlar Altinda

Feride
Wounded Heart poster

Wounded Heart

Feraye Uysal
Homicide Unit Istanbul poster

Homicide Unit Istanbul

Saime Soydan
Innocent poster

Innocent

Rüya
Vazgeç Gönlüm poster

Vazgeç Gönlüm

Bahar Hanoğlu
The Devil's in the Details poster

The Devil's in the Details

Kayıp Aranıyor poster

Kayıp Aranıyor

Asya
Take the Road poster

Take the Road