Person Details

Birthday:

Aliases: Ayşe Melisa Sözen

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Istanbul, Turkey

Homepage: http://melisasozenofficial.com/

Movie Involvements: 11

TV Involvements: 11


Most Famous Work

Biography

​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).

Most Famous Work

The Bureau
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8

The Bureau

(2015) Esrin
The Red Room
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5

The Red Room

(2020) Alya Ergüder
Winter Sleep
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8

Winter Sleep

(2014) Nihal
Hayat Şarkısı
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8

Hayat Şarkısı

(2016) İpek Torunbaş
Aleph
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8

Aleph

(2020) Yaşar
Hunting Season
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7

Hunting Season

(2010) Asiye
Bıçak Sırtı
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6

Bıçak Sırtı

(2007) Nisan Ertugrul
I Wish I Were A Cloud
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8

I Wish I Were A Cloud

(2009) Narin Bulut

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 N/A
2020 Alya Ergüder
Yaşar
2019 N/A
Otobüsteki Kadın
Salma
2018 N/A
Yeşim
2017 Banu
N/A
2016 N/A
İpek Torunbaş
2015 Esrin
Nehir
Fahriye
2014 Nihal
N/A
2012 Yağmur/Sabah Çankaya
Deniz
2011 Ayşe
2010 Asiye
Aylin Solmaz
2009 Narin Bulut
2007 Nisan Ertugrul
2006 Safiye
Leyla
Mukaddes- Ece
N/A
2005 Çantası Çalınan Kadın
Aylin
2004 Nermin
Ceyda
2003 Şebnem
2002 Zeynep
Tuba
2000 N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

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