Azra Akın (born 8 December 1981) is a Turkish-Dutch actress, dancer, model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss World 2002 in London on 7 December 2002. She is best known for series Yağmur Zamanı.
Biography Akın was born in Almelo, Netherlands, to Turkish parents. Her father (Nazım) and mother (Ayda) emigrated from Turkey to the Netherlands in 1971. Akın has one younger sister named Doruk. In 1998, at the age of 17, Akın was selected Elite Model of Turkey; she then participated in the Europe Elite Model competition in Nice, France, where she reached the final 15. She continued modelling in Germany for the German catalogue Otto.
In 2002, Azra won Star TV's Miss Turkey. Thus, she represented Turkey in the Miss World beauty pageant which was held on 7 December 2002, at Alexandra Palace, London, which she also won. Akin accepted the tiara and $156,000 prize from the previous year's winner Agbani Darego. During her reign, Akın travelled to the United Kingdom, Turkey, the United States, New Zealand, Ireland, Jamaica, Australia, China and many more countries.
In 2003, she won a gold medal when she participated in the British reality TV sports game show The Games.
In 2004, Akın modelled for the postcards of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 which were shown before each song.
In 2010, she won on the TV dance show Yok Boyle Dans, the Turkish version of Dancing With the Stars.
In 2017, she married Turkish male dancer and model Atakan Koru. The couple has two children.
Filmography + Films Year Film Role 2010 PesPese Pelin 2006 İlk Aşk Bahar 2005 Teberik Şanssız Fulya 2004 Anlat İstanbul Pamuk Prenses
+ Television Year Title Role 2016 Miss World 2016 Judge 2015 Miss World 2015 Judge 2014 Miss World 2014 Judge 2013 Miss World 2013 Judge 2012 Muck Elif 2009 Ayrılık Firengiz Babayev 2009 Ah Kalbim Herself 2008 Rüzgar Leyla 2005 Miss World 2005 Judge 2005 Barend en Van Dorp Herself 2004 Nationaal songfestival Herself 2004 Yağmur Zamanı Eylül 2003 The Games Herself 2003 Mister World 2003 Judge
References
External links
(suspended site) Azra Akın Pictures at TurkishStarsDaily.com