Gülse Birsel (née Şener; born 11 March 1971) is a Turkish actress, screenwriter and columnist.

Gülse Birsel was born on 11 March 1971 in Istanbul as the third child of Gültekin and Semiha Şener.

[4][9] During her second year attending university, Gülse Birsel started working for Aktüel magazine.

[4][9] Upon her return to Turkey in 1996, she started working at ATV, writing the foreign news bulletins for three months.

[3][9] During this period, she also worked as general coordinator in FHM, Gezi, Harper's Bazaar and House Beautiful.

[3] Until February 11, 2004, she served as the presenter and writer of g.a.g..[9] In March 2003, together with Levent Özdilek, she played in a leading role in ATV's series Eyvah!

[20][21] In January 2012, she began working as an actress and scenarist on Kanal D's series Yalan Dünya, which lasted for four seasons.

[24] Her first feature film, Aile Arasında, in which she served as both scenarist and actress was released in December 2017.

[25] In February 2018, she started working as a scenarist and lead actress on Star TV's comedy series Jet Sosyete.