Yigit Özsener was born in Izmir, Turkey in 1972. He studied electronics and communications engineering at Yildiz Technical University. He obtained a master’s degree in business administration from Koç University, and then studied dramatic arts. Özsener participated in many TV series, plays, as well as films, most notably the series Dudaktan Kalbe (2008), Ezel (2009), and the film Love Likes Coincidences (2011).