Burcu Esmersoy

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Burcu Esmersoy
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Esmersoy during Fashion's Night Out 2010 at Istinye Park
Born
Kamile Burcu Esmersoy [1]

(1976-10-02) 2 October 1976 (age 47)
Istanbul, Turkey
Alma mater New York University
Istanbul University
Occupation(s)Actress, anchorwoman, beauty pageant contestant, journalist, model, and presenter
Years active1997–present
Spouses
Massimo Cusimano
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(m. 2005;div. 2008)​
Berk Suyabatmaz
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(m. 2018;div. 2019)​
Nazım Akmandil
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(m. 2023)​
Modeling information
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) [2]
Hair colorBlonde [2]
Eye colorBlue [2]
AgencyGaye Sökmen [2]

Kamile Burcu Esmersoy (born 2 October 1976) [2] is a Turkish actress, anchorwoman, journalist, model, occasional and beauty pageant titleholder who represented her nation at Miss International 1997 in Japan. She received a Golden Butterfly Award for Best Female Presenter. [3] Burcu Esmersoy is one of Turkey's leading female reality show hosts and highest-paid television personalities. [4] [5] [6] Amongst the Turkish television shows hosted by Esmersoy are Ver Fırına, Survivor , Popstar, Nedir Ne Değildir, Late Summer Night with Burcu Esmersoy, Komedi Türkiye, En Güzel Bölüm, Elin Oğlu, and Dancing with the Stars . As an actress, she starred in Romantik Komedi (2010), Dedektif Memoli (2011), as Aylin Youlin in Çocuklar Duymasın (2012), and as special guest star Melda in Bir Erkek Bir Kadın (2013), Turkish adaptation of the French-language Canadian comedy television series Un gars, une fille .

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Burcu Esmersoy has been the face of a variety of advertising campaigns. Since her debut, she has also appeared in numerous magazine covers, articles, and editorials across Turkey.

Early life and education

Esmersoy was born in Istanbul to parents of Circassian descent whose parents were from Egypt. [7] [8] [9] In an interview in 2020, Esmersoy revealed that she had been physically abused and beaten by her father in her childhood, who would hit her with a hose. Her parents divorced as her father's affair with another woman came to light. Following her mother's second marriage, Esmersoy and her sister were forced to refer to their mother as 'aunt' instead of 'mom' and became distanced from her as they moved in with their paternal grandparents. [10]

After finishing her secondary studies at Beşiktaş Lisesi, a prestigious high school located on the European side of Istanbul, she enrolled in the Tourism Management Department of the Faculty of Business Management at Istanbul University. Following her graduation, she went on to study Hospitality, Tourism, and Sports Management at Tisch Center, New York University School of Professional Studies. [11]

In addition to her full-time studies, Burcu Esmersoy took part in Barbara Poitier's performing art workshops at Istanbul Bilgi University. [12] She is also an alumna of Dialog Anlatım İletişim. [13]

Besides Turkish, Burcu Esmersoy speaks average English and Italian. [2]

Career

In 1997, she was placed third runner-up at the Miss Turkey beauty pageant. [14] The same year she represented Turkey at Miss International in Tokyo, Japan where she won the "Miss Friendship" title. [2] She began her broadcasting career in a children's programme aired on Kanal D and joined CNN Türk's Sports News in 2000 and worked there until 2005 as sports presenter, coordinator as well as foreign news editor. In April 2006, she joined NTV MSNBC and started presenting the Spor Servisi programme.

She competed in the first season of the reality show Dancing with the Stars (2010–2011) and hosted the second season (2011–2012) of the same competition. [5] In 2013, she hosted Popstar, based on the British television music competition Pop Idol . She also hosted TV8's Ver Fırına, Turkish version of the British television baking competition The Great British Bake Off and co-hosted ATV's Elin Oğlu, based on the South Korean talk show Non-Summit .

Personal life

On 28 February 2005, Burcu Esmersoy married Scuderia Ferrari Formula One's sponsorship and marketing manager Massimo Cusimano at the Turkish Consulate-General in Paris, France and later in Bologna on 28 October 2006. [15] For a short span of time, Burcu Esmersoy lived in Maranello, Emilia-Romagna which is the home of Ferrari S.p.A. [16] The couple divorced in 2008. From May 2018 to September 2019, Esmersoy was married to Berk Suyabatmaz. [17] In September 2023, she married computer game designer Nazım Akmandil. [18]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010 Romantic Comedy Ezgi
2012 The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! Surprisingly Curvaceous PirateVoice in Turkish

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004–2005Spor EkspresSports announcer and commentator
2006Burcu Esmersoy'la Spor ServisiSports announcer, commentator, and host
2009–2011Summer Night ShowCo-host
2010–2011Dancing with the Stars (season 1)Celebrity competitor
2011–2012Dancing with the Stars (season 2)Host
2011Dedektif MemoliAgent Zeyno10 episodes [19]
2011Late Summer Night with Burcu EsmersoyHost [20]
2012 Survivor HostSeason 6
2012Çocuklar DuymasınAylin Youlin [21]
2012–2014Nedir Ne DeğildirHost137 episodes [22]
2013PopstarHost
2013Bir Erkek Bir KadınMelda (as special guest star)Episode 105 [23]
2013–2014Spor GecesiCo-host [24]
2013–2014En Güzel BölümHostOver 500 episodes
2014Arkadaşım Hoş GeldinHerself (as special guest star)
2014–2015Ver FırınaHost
2015Komedi TürkiyeHost
2015–2016 Elin Oğlu Co-host
2017Dünya GüzellerimHost
2019Dünya AvucunuzdaHost
2019–Burcu ile Hafta SonuHost

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