[3] She is the youngest[4] and 42nd titleholder in the pageant's history and the fourth woman from Turkey to win Best Model of the World.
[7][8] In 2014, she played Nevin Karatay in the Kanal D romantic drama and thriller series Zeytin Tepesi (Turkish: Olive Hill).
One of the lead judges of the competition, fashion designer Yıldırım Mayruk, stated that Sezgi Sena Akay is "the most beautiful and fresh model of the last twenty-five years".
[1] Her debut role as an actor was in the 2014 television drama Zeytin Tepesi which was shot in Ayvalık, Balıkesir.
Between 2015 and 2016, she was cast as lead character Melek Yılmaz Köklükaya in SHOW TV drama series Acı Aşk (Turkish: Bitter Love),[9] an adaptation of the South Korean television series Bad Love (2007–2008).
Since January 2017, she portrays Murad IV's Imperial consort and Safavid Sanavber in the second season of the historical drama series Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem (Turkish: The Magnificent Century: Kösem) broadcast on FOX.