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Merve Dizdar

Merve Dizdar

Birthday: 1986-06-25 | Place of Birth: Izmir, Turkey

Merve Dizdar (born 25 June 1986) is a Turkish actress. She was born in Izmir, Turkey. She is a graduate of Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University School of Fine Arts with a degree in acting. She received her master's degree in acting from Kadir Has University. She started her career on stage by joining Semaver Company and continued it at Craft Theatre. Dizdar made her cinematic debut with Bir Ses Böler Geceyi (2011) alongside Cem Davran and pursued a career in television with recurring roles in the series Kavak Yelleri, Genis Aile, Bir Yastikta, Doksanlar, Cilgin Dershane Üniversite, and was first noted with her role in Bes Kardes. She also worked for TRT Children, presenting the programs Arkadasim Bidi and 23 Nisan Senlige Dogru. Dizdar won the Afife Jale Theatre Best Actress Award for her role in the play Yutmak. She then joined the cast of hit series 7 Yüz, Vatanim Sensin, and Mucize Doktor respectively. In 2020, she had a leading role with Uraz Kaygilaroglu in the Gupse Özay's comedy film Eltilerin Savasi, which as of April 2021 is the 22nd most-watched movie of all time in Turkey according to Box Office Türkiye. She shared the leading role with Serenay Sarikaya, Ezgi Mola, Enis Arikan, Sükrü Ozyildiz in a musical adaptation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. In 2020, she started to play in the series Masumlar Apartmani and won Golden Butterfly Awards Best Actress. She played an actress and her many roles in Cem Yilmaz's Netflix spin off comedy series Ersan Kuneri. In 2022 she starred in Selcen Ergun's Kay ve Ayi/Snow and Bear. In 2023, she starred in Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Kuru Otlar Ustüne /About Dry Grasses , for which she become first Turkish actress at the 76th Cannes Film Festival by winning the Best Actress award for her portrayal of a teacher.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2025
The Fall of the King

as    Fadi

2023
Alice The Musical

as    Cheshire Cat

2023
Ömer

as    Nisa Duman

2023
About Dry Grasses

as    Nuray

2022
Snow and the Bear

as    Aslı

2022
The Garage

as    Aynur

2022
The Life and Movies of Erşan Kuneri

as    Feride Orhun

2021
2020
Sisters-In-Law

as    Gizem

2020
The Innocents

as    Gülben Derenoğlu/Bilen

2019
Destiny

as    Sema Yaşar

2018
2017
Yüz Yüze

as    Yeşim

2016
No Way! 2

as    Buket

2014
Çılgın Dersane Üniversitede

as    Astrolog Özge

2012
A Noise in the Night

as    Gülizar ve Demet

1
Arkadaşım Bıdı

as    Merve

1
Destiny Line

as    Merve Dizdar