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Melisa Sözen
Istanbul, Turkey
Melisa Sözen (born 6 July 1985) is a Turkish actress. Starting her professional career at the very early age of 15, she studied in theatre department of Pera Fine Arts High Scho…
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Melisa Sözen (born 6 July 1985) is a Turkish actress. Starting her professional career at the very early age of 15, she studied in theatre department of Pera Fine Arts High School. Sözen starred in many Turkish TV hits including Çemberimde Gül Oya, Bıçak Sırtı, Bir Bulut Olsam, The Magnificent Century, "Kırmızı Oda" and Şubat. She played two different roles in "Şubat".After working with Turkey's most prominent directors in movies like Av Mevsimi, Bir Varmış Bir Yokmuş and Cenneti Beklerken Sözen attracted international attention with her phenomenal acting in Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Palme d'Or winning Winter Sleep in 2014. Following her role in the 3rd Season of Éric Rochant's influential series Le bureau des légendes in 2017, Sözen moved to Paris for a while and worked on her French. Her first leading role in a French movie came in 2019 with Damien veut changer le monde. Achieving an extraordinary level of critical success in her homeland by winning both Theater Critics Association's and Film Critics Association's awards for the actress in a leading role in 2015 with her performances in The Knot of the Heart and Winter Sleep, Sözen frequently was invited as a jury member to many international film festivals including Guanajuato International Film Festival (Mexico, 2015), International Istanbul Film Festival (Turkey, 2016), Sarajevo Film Festival (Bosnia Herzegovina, 2017) and Cannes Series (France, 2018).
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2026
Roya
Movie Roya
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2025
FER
TV show
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2025
Istanbul Encyclopedia
TV show Aylin
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2023
Who Were We Running From?
TV show Mother
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2020
The Red Room
TV show Alya Ergüder
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2020
Aleph
TV show Yaşar
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2019
Tonight with İbrahim Selim
TV show
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2019
The Day After
Movie Otobüsteki Kadın
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2019
Adopt a Daddy
Movie Salma
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2018
My Father's Sins
TV show Yeşim
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2017
7 Faces
TV show Banu
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2017
Circle
TV show
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2016
Benimle Var Mısın?
Movie
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2016
Hayat Şarkısı
TV show İpek Torunbaş
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2015
The Bureau
TV show Esrin
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2015
Once Upon a Time
Movie Nehir
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2015
Beş Kardeş
TV show Fahriye
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2014
A Long Cold Winter
Movie
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2014
Winter Sleep
Movie Nihal
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2014
Analı Oğullu
TV show Ece
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2012
Şubat
TV show Yağmur/Sabah Çankaya
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2012
Pazarları Hiç Sevmem
Movie Deniz
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2011
Reis
TV show Ayşe
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2010
Hunting Season
Movie Asiye
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2010
Güneydoğu'dan Öyküler: Önce Vatan
TV show Aylin Solmaz
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2009
I Wish I Were A Cloud
TV show Narin Bulut
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2007
Bıçak Sırtı
TV show Nisan Ertuğrul
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2007
House of Nightmares: The Time Waiting on You
Movie Mukaddes- Ece
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2006
Eve Giden Yol 1914
Movie Safiye
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2006
Waiting for Heaven
Movie Leyla
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2006
Azap Yolu
TV show
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2006
Eski Hastalık
Movie
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2005
Crash
Movie Çantası Çalınan Kadın
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2005
Deli Mavi
Movie Lara
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2005
He's Convict Now
Movie Aylin
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2004
The Rose and the Thorn
TV show Feriha Eroğlu
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2004
Kayıp Aşıklar
Movie Nermin
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2004
Okul
Movie Ceyda
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2003
Şarkılar Seni Söyler
TV show
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2003
Büyümüş de Küçülmüş
TV show Şebnem
