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Melisa Sözen

Melisa Sözen

Birthday: 1985-07-06 | Place of Birth: 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 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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2023
Who Were We Running From?

as    Mother

2020
Aleph

as    Yaşar

2019
Adopt a Daddy

as    Salma

2018
My Father's Sins

as    Yeşim

2016
Hayat Şarkısı

as    İpek Torunbaş

2015
Beş Kardeş

as    Fahriye

2014
Winter Sleep

as    Nihal

2012
Pazarları Hiç Sevmem

as    Deniz

2012
Şubat

as    Yağmur/Sabah Çankaya

2010
Hunting Season

as    Asiye

2010
2009
I Wish I Were A Cloud

as    Narin Bulut

2007
2006
Waiting for Heaven

as    Leyla

2006
Eve Giden Yol 1914

as    Safiye

2005
He's Convict Now

as    Aylin

2004
Okul

as    Ceyda

2004
The Rose and the Thorn

as    Feriha Eroğlu

2003
Büyümüş de Küçülmüş

as    Şebnem

2002
Bana Şans Dile

as    Tuba