Leyla Goksun

Leyla Goksun is a half British, half Turkish actress.

Biography
She was born in Istanbul, Turkey. She studied theatre in the UK, Cambridge during 1997-2003. She went to the Richmond American International University London for her freshman year as a Business Administration student and transferred to Yeditepe University in Istanbul. She started working with her current agent, Gaye Sokmen, in the final year of her studies. She appeared in more than 10 commercials including Avea, Kale Kilit, Akbank Film Festivali, UFO, Bun Design, Cipso and Mavi Jeans. She made her television debut with Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu in 2007, where she played Polat Alemdar's sister in law "Gonul" for two seasons. In 2009 she played the role of Lady Betty, the daughter of a British General in Deli Sarayli set during WWII. In December 2009 her first feature film Dabbe 2 hit the big screen and grossed 264.000 viewers.

In 2010 she played her first leading role in the major adaptation of Grey's Anatomy "Doktorlar" as "Dr. Ela Altindag". She then went on to play a homicide detective in Kursun Bilal during the same year. In 2011 she started playing the Sultan's daughter Fatma Sultan in Bir Zamanlar Osmanlı: Kıyam, alongside influential actors such as Turkan Soray, Firat Tanis and Hazim Kormukcu, which is currently airing its second season.

She attended the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York City during the 2012 summer period and studied Method Acting.

Filmography

 * Bir Zamanlar Osmanlı: Kıyam (2012/ S1 and S2), as "Fatma Sultan" (TV series)
 * Kursun Bilal (2011), as "Komiser Sedef" (TV series)
 * Doktorlar (2010), as Dr. Ela Altindag (TV series)
 * Dabbe 2 (2009), as "Ece"
 * Deli Sarayli (2009), as Lady Betty (TV series)
 * Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu (2007-2008), as "Gonul" (TV series)

Commercials

 * Mavi Jeans "Mavi Amerika" (2011), voiceover
 * Mavi Jeans "Burasi Istanbul" (2009-2010),

Stage

 * Korkuyorum Sevgilim (2010), as "Lilian"