Çağla Şıkel (born 2 January 1979) is a Turkish ballet, model, actress and TV presenter.

Çağla Şıkel
Born (1979-01-02) 2 January 1979 (age 45)
Istanbul, Turkey
EducationMimar Sinan Fine Arts University ballet department
Occupation(s)Balet, Actress, TV presenter, model, blogger
Years active1996–present
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Spouse
(m. 2008; div. 2015)
Children2
Websitecaglasikel.com.tr

Early life edit

Çağla Şıkel was born on 2 January 1979 in Istanbul as the second child of Asuman and Hüseyin Şıkel. Her father was a financial advisor of Azerbaijani descent, while her mother was a housewife of Circassian descent.[1][2] She has an elder sister named Berna.[3]

Career edit

Şıkel won Miss Turkey beauty competition in 1997. She was fourth in Miss World and was chosen The Queen of Europe. She is face many famous brands.

She also took ballet lessons at a young age and university. She worked in Istanbul State Operatte and Cemal Reşit Rey Orchestra Ballet. During 10–11 August 2013, she returned to the stage after 16 years, and performed the "Bach Alla Turca" ballet together with Samsun State Opera and Ballet dancers at the 11th International Bodrum Ballet Festival.[4][5][6]

She is best known for role Sultan in spin off series Cennet Mahallesi of hit gypsy comedy films Gırgıriye. She joined as Melek in hit comedy Avrupa Yakası. She had leading role in series Zehirli Çiçek. She was cast in international festival film "Odessa".

She presented in many TV programmings. Şıkel is also a blogger and regularly publishes videos on her YouTube channel.[2]

Personal life edit

In 2002, Şıkel was in a relationship with fellow model Bozok Gören. She was later linked to Beyazıt Öztürk.[1]

Şıkel later dated pop singer Emre Altuğ before marrying him on 10 August 2008. Şıkel announced her first pregnancy on 18 December 2008, but at the same week she had a miscarriage due to a period of illness. On 31 October 2010, she gave birth to her first son Kuzey. They have another son named Uzay, born in 2012. The couple divorced on 12 January 2015.[7]

Filmography edit

As actress
  • Görgüsüzler (Sultan) (2008)
  • Cennet Mahallesi (Sultan Erdağı) (2004–2007)
  • Avrupa Yakası (Melek)
  • Zehirli Çiçek
  • Dostlar Mahallesi (2017)
  • Jet Sosyete (Herself) (2017; episode 3)[8]
As presenter
  • Aile Boyu
  • Şehirler Yarışıyor
  • İlle de Roman Olsun
  • Her şey Dahil (2013–?)
  • Tabu (contest)
  • Her Şey Dahil
  • Bugün Ne Giysem
  • Kız Tarafı Erkek Tarafı (2015)
  • Ben Söylerim (2017)
  • Çağla ile Yeni Bir Gün (2018–)
Music videos
  • "O'nun Vedası" – Singer: Yaşar (1996)
  • "Çiçeklendim" – Singer: Emel Müftüoğlu (1998)
  • "Benimle Evlenir misin?" – Singer: Çelik (1998)
  • "Ölümsüz Aşklar" – Singer: Alişan (2016)[9]
Commercials
  • Clear (2009)[10]
  • ABC (2010)
  • Hepsiburada.com (2014)
  • Vernel (2014)
  • Enpara.com (2017)[11]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Sönmez, Ayşegül (4 May 2001). "'Hanımefendi olmak lazım'". Milliyet. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  2. ^ a b Ergen, Gülben (22 August 2018). "Emre'nin aşk haberini sunmam". Hürriyet. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  3. ^ "İşte Çağla Şıkel'in ablası". Sabah. 12 January 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Baleye dönüş". 28 July 2013.
  5. ^ iha.com.tr. "Magazin haberleri - İhlas Haber Ajansı". www.iha.com.tr.
  6. ^ "Çağla Şikel evlilik yıldönümünde bale yaptı". 11 August 2013.
  7. ^ Mynet. "Çağla Şıkel ile Emre Altuğ boşandı".
  8. ^ "Jet Sosyete 3. yeni bölüm fragmanı yayınlandı! Sürpriz konuk... - GAZETE VATAN". 26 February 2018.
  9. ^ "Çağla Şıkel 16 yıl sonra Alişan'a 'evet' dedi!". Milliyet. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  10. ^ sitesi, milliyet.com.tr Türkiye'nin lider haber (9 July 2013). "Çağla Şikel'den Reklam Rekoru".
  11. ^ "Çağla Şikel enpara.com'un reklam yüzü oldu - Akıllı Gündem". 6 March 2017.

External links edit

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Miss Turkey Succeeded by