Damla Sönmez
Damla Sonmez was born in Istanbul, Turkey. Her native language is Turkish and is fluent in English and French. Cinema has been her greatest passion since she was child. She is an award-winning actor of international distinction. She received several nominations for her performance in Bornova Bornova (2009) , winning the Antalya Golden Orange Award, Ankara Flying Broom Women's Film Festival Award and a Sadri Alisik Theatre & Movie Award. She was also nominated for The Young Talent Award at the Yesilcam Movie Awards for her performance in Mahpeyker - Kösem Sultan (2010) As a young actress, Sonmez trained in cities throughout Europe. After graduating from Saint Joseph French High School in Istanbul, she was accepted to Université de La Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris III Theatre department. She studied for a year in Paris before being awarded a scholarship to the Yeditepe University Fine Arts Theatre Department in Istanbul. She also attended Jillian O'Dowd's Contemporary Acting Workshop at the London Dramatic School of Arts.. Sonmez made her film debut in Kampüste çiplak ayaklar (2009) , which was quickly followed up with her award-winning performance in Bornova Bornova (2009) in which she played a confused, yet ruthless Lady M-inspired girl from Izmir. She played a young conservative worker in _Çakal(2010)_ and was nominated for her work as an Ottoman Empire Sultan in Mahpeyker - Kösem Sultan (2010). Sonmez next played an abused girl who takes matters into her own hands in the comedy Kurtulus Son Durak(2012) She continued her work in film in Uzun Hikaye (2012) as an attorney's daughter who meets the love of her life, followed by Sen Aydinlatirsin Geceyi (2013) playing a young town girl who has the ability to stop time.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Strange, Abandoned, Deranged as
- 2024 · The Contact as Merve
- 2024 · Right Where I Left You as Nihan
- 2024 · Tezgah as Oyuncu
- 2024 · Dark Legacy as Nazan
- 2023 · Maviye Sürgün as Defne Boz
- 2021 · Aziz as Dilruba Paşazadeoğlu
- 2021 · The Second Night as
- 2020 · Respect as
- 2020 · Rise of Empires: Ottoman as Ana
- 2019 · I Am You as Aisha
- 2019 · The Cut as
- 2019 · Sibel as Sibel
- 2018 · Taksim Hold'em as Defne
- 2018 · We Are Not Innocent as Selin
- 2017 · Ayla: The Daughter of War as Nuran
- 2017 · The Pit as Efsun
- 2017 · 7 Faces as Pınar
- 2017 · Aşk ve Gurur as Zeynep Esen
- 2014 · Across the Sea as Damla
- 2014 · War of the Roses as Gülru Çelik / Gülru Sipahi
- 2013 · Thou Gild'st the Even as Defne
- 2013 · A Love Story as Ceylan German
- 2012 · A Long Story as Ayla
- 2012 · Şubat as Gelin
- 2012 · Last Stop: Kurtuluş as Tülay
- 2011 · Scarecrow as Girl
- 2010 · Çakal as
- 2010 · Mahpeyker: Kösem Sultan as Emine/Kösem Sultan
- 2010 · Türkan as Turhan
- 2009 · Bornova Bornova as Özlem
- 2009 · Kampüste Çıplak Ayaklar as Ebru
- 2008 · Gece Gündüz as Pınar
- 2006 · Sahte Prenses as Sedef
- 2005 · Emret Komutanım as Karamel