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- Height5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- Yasemin Kay Allen is a British-Turkish actress, born in the UK and raised in Istanbul, who works between Istanbul, London and Westminster.
She most recently finished filming for the series The Turkish Detective, produced by Paramount+, Miramax and Ay Yapim; and Dokuz Oguz on Fox Turkey.
Yasemin starred in Cinemax's Strike Back (Left Bank Pictures) as Russian Special Forces Operative Katrina Zarkova, for two seasons. Other projects she is known for have been Su ve Ates (Water and Fire - Dir. by Ozcan Deniz, shot between London and Istanbul); Mercy (Merhamet); the widely successful Muhtesem Yuzyil (Magnificent Century), Fi and the cult hit 46 Yok Olan.
Yasemin has studied at Stella Adler in Westminster; also with Giles Foreman at Giles Foreman Actors Studio and with Laurence Mitchell at Home Studio in London and has subsequently trained in a variety of disciplines.
She is a native Turkish and English speaker who speaks in Istanbul Turkish and English in RP, with an ear for dialects and accents, and a wide history of experience with drama, action and romantic comedies.
- IMDb mini biography by: Y. Allen
- SpouseErdal Kaya(January 25, 2026 - present)
- ParentsDudley Allen
- RelativesDyon Kaan Allen(Sibling)
- She lived in Turkey until completing elementary school, at which point she moved to Australia. She moved back to Turkey at age 18.
- Daughter of actress Suna Yıldızoğlu. She played with her mother for third time in "Elif", "Yerden Yuksek", "46 Yok Olan".
- Her performance on Merhamet earned her an Internet Media of the Year Award for Best TV Star of the Year.
- She is the daughter of singer and actress Suna Yildizoglu. She has a brother named Dyon Kaan Allen.
- She appeared on Hayat Devam Ediyor alongside Onur Tuna, whom she has also dated.
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