[2] Of Circassian and Turkish origin, Özge Gürel was born on 5 February 1987 in Istanbul.
[3] Her father is of Circassian descent while her maternal family were Turkish immigrants from Thessaloniki.
Gürel also played the lead role of "Nazlı Pinar Aslan" in Dolunay with co-star Can Yaman in 2017.
In 2020, Gürel started playing the lead role "Ezgi" in the Turkish series Bay Yanlış (Mr. Wrong), opposite Can Yaman.
[8][9] On 14 July 2022, Gürel and her longtime boyfriend Serkan Çayoğlu married in Germany.