Melisa Sözen
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).
Known For
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- 2023 · Who Were We Running From? as Mother
- 2020 · The Red Room as Alya Ergüder
- 2020 · Aleph as Yaşar
- 2019 · Tonight with İbrahim Selim as
- 2019 · The Day After as Otobüsteki Kadın
- 2019 · Adopt a Daddy as Salma
- 2018 · My Father's Sins as Yeşim
- 2017 · 7 Faces as Banu
- 2017 · Circle as
- 2016 · Benimle Var Mısın? as
- 2016 · Hayat Şarkısı as İpek Torunbaş
- 2015 · The Bureau as Esrin
- 2015 · Once Upon a Time as Nehir
- 2015 · Beş Kardeş as Fahriye
- 2014 · A Long Cold Winter as
- 2014 · Winter Sleep as Nihal
- 2014 · Analı Oğullu as
- 2012 · Şubat as Yağmur/Sabah Çankaya
- 2012 · Pazarları Hiç Sevmem as Deniz
- 2011 · Reis as Ayşe
- 2010 · Hunting Season as Asiye
- 2010 · Güneydoğu'dan Öyküler: Önce Vatan as Aylin Solmaz
- 2009 · I Wish I Were A Cloud as Narin Bulut
- 2007 · Bıçak Sırtı as Nisan Ertuğrul
- 2006 · Eve Giden Yol 1914 as Safiye
- 2006 · Waiting for Heaven as Leyla
- 2006 · Azap Yolu as
- 2006 · House of Nightmares: The Time Waiting on You as Mukaddes- Ece
- 2006 · Eski Hastalık as
- 2005 · Crash as Çantası Çalınan Kadın
- 2005 · He's Convict Now as Aylin
- 2004 · The Rose and the Thorn as Feriha Eroğlu
- 2004 · Kayıp Aşıklar as Nermin
- 2004 · Okul as Ceyda
- 2003 · Şarkılar Seni Söyler as
- 2003 · Büyümüş de Küçülmüş as Şebnem
- 2002 · İçerideki as Zeynep
- 2002 · Bana Şans Dile as Tuba
- 2001 · Yeni Hayat as Özgür
- 2000 · Köçek as