Selma Ergeç (1 November 1978) is a Turkish-German actress, beauty pageant titleholder, model, designer, philologist, psychologist and doctor. Her mother is a German and her father is a Turk. Her paternal family came from lineage of Mahmud II, Sultan of Ottoman Empire.Born in Hamm, Germany, she studied medicine at Westfalia Wilhems University in Münster for 3 years and psychology and philosophy at the FernUniversität Hagen. She started modeling in 2000. She acted as Ugur Polat's wife in Sis ve Gece, as the teacher in Bes Vakit and as the Hatice Sultan in Muhtesem Yüzyil. She speaks German, English, Turkish, French fluently and Italian with limited proficiency. On 26 September 2015 Ergeç married Can Öz. The wedding was held in Ergeç's childhood hometown in Germany. Show less «