Alina Boz

Alina Boz is a Russian-Turkish actress who became one of the most popular young stars in Turkey thanks to the Netflix series Aşk 101 and the action drama Maraşlı. She was born on 14 June 1998 in Moscow to a Turkish father and a Russian mother, and moved to Turkey at the age of seven when her father took a new job there. She speaks Turkish, Russian and English.

Early career

Before acting, Boz trained in dance theatre and worked as a model in commercials and magazines. She began acting at fifteen with the role of Canan in Cesur Hemşire (2013), then played Hazal opposite Nurgül Yeşilçay in the drama Paramparça (2014). Film roles in Kaçma Birader and Bölük followed, along with the series Sevdanın Bahçesi.

In 2018 she played Princess Anastasia Romanova in the period drama Vatanım Sensin and had her first leading role as Azra Güneş in Elimi Bırakma.

Breakthrough: Aşk 101 and Maraşlı

As Eda in Netflix’s Aşk 101, Boz reached a global audience; the show returned for a second season in September 2021. The same year she starred as Mahur Türel opposite Burak Deniz in Maraşlı, a role that cemented her as a leading lady on Turkish television.

She went on to play Leyla in the film Bandırma Füze Kulübü, set in the late 1950s, joined the TRT 1 series Bir Zamanlar İstanbul as Seher Nazar, and in December 2025 joined the historical drama Kuruluş: Orhan as Asporça Hatun.

Personal life

In December 2023 Alina Boz married her long-time partner, film producer Umut Evirgen, in Istanbul.

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