: Meryem Uzerli is a German-Turkish actress and model born on August 12, 1983, in Kassel, Germany, to a Turkish father and German mother. She achieved extraordinary fame across Turkey and the Middle East for her portrayal of the Ukrainian slave girl Hürrem Sultan (Roxelana) in the globally watched Turkish historical drama Muhteşem Yüzyıl (Magnificent Century, 2011–2013). Known for her extraordinary beauty — a fusion of German and Turkish features — she became one of the most recognised faces across the MENA region and Eastern Europe.