Bige Önal

Acting

Bige Önal

Born 1990-02-01 · Istanbul, Turkey

Bige Önal (February 1, 1990) is a Turkish actress. Önal was born in Istanbul. Her father Erhan Önal was a former football player who played for Bayern Munich and Galatasaray. Her mother, Mine Baysan, is a former model. After graduating from Saint-Benoît French High School, she enrolled in Istanbul Bilgi University and finished her studies there. Her first recognizable role was on "Elde Var Hayat" in 2010, She was then cast in period series "Benim Adım Gültepe." Her portrayal of the character Nazlı served as a breakthrough in her career. In 2020, Netflix series "Ethos", Önal played Hayrunnisa and recognized by more people.

Acting credits

Yan Yana poster
6.8

A wealthy man, paralysed after an accident, hires a caregiver from a completely different background. The unlikely relationship between these two opposite characters soon transforms into an extraordinary and powerful friendship that changes both of their lives.

Yan Yana

2025

In Ten Seconds poster
6.0

The struggle of a mother and guidance counselor who will do anything to get her child back to school, expelled from William College, one of the best and most prestigious schools in the country, for a crime she committed.

In Ten Seconds

2024

GORA 4 GORA poster
NR

Arif, Ceku and their child Kemo return to the planet Gora. Ceku has become the queen of the planet following the death of Amir Tocha. Kemo has graduated from the Gora Military Academy. The film, which begins with Kemo's oath-taking ceremony, concludes the story that began 25 years earlier in Gora, in Gora itself.

GORA 4 GORA

2027

Everything Is Fine poster
5.0

The film, which tells the action-packed fight of two women against evil, will focus on what happens after a bank robbery.

Everything Is Fine

2025

Bygones Be Bygones poster
5.5

A mother's plan to find her bachelor son a match derails when a new prospect turns up and sinister schemes unfold.

Bygones Be Bygones

2017

You Me Lenin poster
6.1

One day waves bring a wooden statue of Lenin to a small town by the Black Sea. The statue is erected in the town square by the Municipality with the hope that it would attract tourists to the town. As an official opening ceremony is planned with the participation of the Prime Minister and a Russian delegation, the statue gets stolen. Two police investigators from Ankara are assigned to find Lenin in twelve hours. Townspeople give an unexpected answer to the question «Where is Lenin?».

You Me Lenin

2021

The Lord of the Seagull poster
5.3

The Lord of the Seagull (MEF) is a man living a calm life on the seashore in Istanbul. There is someone he has been waiting for years. Finally the guest he waits will come out. In white, a woman who shoots on the shore like a tale will change the whole life of the MEF.

The Lord of the Seagull

2017

I'm Here, I'm Fine poster
NR

Filiz, a young, working mother, struggles with postpartum depression. Seeking moments of escape, she sets out to buy ‘a car of her own.’ Along the way, Filiz meets Şule, and her search for a car turns into an unexpected bond, offering both women a chance at solidarity.

I'm Here, I'm Fine

2025

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