Ayça Elif Varlıer (born 22 June 1977) is a Turkish actress, singer, composer and TV presenter. Born in 1977 in Ankara, while she was going to high school she moved to the United States and finished her education there. She later graduated from University of Hartford Hartt School. She worked in a number of plays during her time in the US and returned to Turkey in 2000. In 2004, she got her first television role in Karım ve Annem. Her breakthrough came in 2005 with her role in Gümüş. In 2007, she got a leading role in the play Hisseli Harikalar Kumpanyası. She had her first leading role on TV in Son Bahar (2008). In 2010, for her role in the musical Leyla'nın Evi she won an Afife Theater Award, a Sadri Alışık Award and a Vasfi Rıza Zobu Theater Award. In 2013, her first studio album Elif was released. In the following years she got main roles in the movies Taş Mektep (2013), Günce (2013), Olur Olur (2014) and Mavi Gece (2015). In 2015, for her performance in the play Fosforlu'nun Hikayesi she won another Sadri Alışık Award. As of 2017, Varlıer stars in the TV series Kalk Gidelim. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
