# Özge Ulusoy

Özge Ulusoy (born October 28, 1982) is a Turkish actress, model, former ballet dancer and beauty pageant titleholder. 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. 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.

## 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 İzmir, 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

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2003 | Miss Universe 2003 | Herself | Turkish participant; Channel: NBC and TVN Entertainment Corporation; Production: Donald Trump |
| 2006–2007 | Arka Sokaklar | Yeliz Balkan | Actress; Channel: Kanal D; TV-series; Production: Erler Film |
| 2007–2008 | Senin Uğruna | Burçak | Actress in leading role along with Rafet el Roman; Channel: FOX; TV series; Production: ABT |
| 2008 | Dilek Ağacı | | Actress in leading role; TV series |
| 2008–2009 | Arka Sokaklar | Yeliz Balkan | Actress; Channel: Kanal D; TV-series; Production: Erler Film |
| 2009 | Ev | | Guest starring; Movie; Production: Pinema Film |
| 2010 | Ateşe Yürümek | Rüya | Actress; Channel: Star TV; TV series; Production: Pastel Film |
| 2011 | Kutsal Damacana: Dracoola | Demet | Actress in leading role; Movie; Production: İyi Seyirler Film, Zero Film |
| 2011 | Survivor: Ünlüler vs. Gönüllüler | Herself | Competitor in the team of Ünlüler (Celebrities); Channel: Show TV; Game Show; Production: Acun Media |
| 2011–2012 | Yok Böyle Dans | Herself | Contestant 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 |
| 2012 | Ha Babam Uzay | Princess Alev | Actress in leading role; Channel: Show TV; TV series; Production: Süreç Film |
| 2012 | Türk'ün Uzayla İmtihanı | Princess Alev | Actress in leading role; Channel: Show TV; TV series succeeded by Ha Babam Uzay; Production: Süreç Film |
| 2012 | Bugün Ne Giysem? | Herself | Backstage host; Judge; Channel: Show TV |
| 2012 | Yalan Dünya | Herself | Special guest star; Channel: Kanal D |
| 2012 | O Ses Türkiye | Herself | Special guest star singing "Peri"; Channel: Star TV; Production: Acun Medya |
| 2013 | Romantik Komedi 2: Bekarlığa Veda | Gözde | Actress; Movie |
| 2014 | Muhteşem Yüzyıl | Anna Jagiellon | Actress; TV series |
| 2014 | Kadın İşi: Banka Soygunu | Nihal | Actress; Movie |
| 2016 | Genis Aile 2: Her Türlü | Şebnem | Actress; Movie |
| 2022 | Iliski Doktoru | Aylin | Actress in leading role; Movie |