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Melisa Sözen

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).

Personal information

Birthday

1985-07-06

Birth Place

Istanbul, Turkey

Movies and TV shows :

poster

7 Faces

2017

6.9

TV
A Long Cold Winter

A Long Cold Winter

2014

8.0

Movie
Adopt a Daddy

Adopt a Daddy

2019

5.7

Movie
poster

Aleph

2020

7.5

TV
poster

Analı Oğullu

2014

4.0

TV
poster

Azap Yolu

2006

3.0

TV
Bana Şans Dile

Bana Şans Dile

2002

6.8

Movie
Benimle Var Mısın?

Benimle Var Mısın?

2016

0.0

Movie
poster

Beş Kardeş

2015

6.6

TV
poster

Bıçak Sırtı

2007

5.5

TV
poster

Büyümüş de Küçülmüş

2003

0.0

TV
poster

Circle

2017

8.0

TV
Crash

Crash

2005

6.0

Movie
Eski Hastalık

Eski Hastalık

2006

0.0

Movie
Eve Giden Yol 1914

Eve Giden Yol 1914

2006

4.7

Movie
poster

Güneydoğu'dan Öyküler: Önce Vatan

2010

4.0

TV
poster

Hayat Şarkısı

2016

8.6

TV
He's Convict Now

He's Convict Now

2005

5.6

Movie
House of Nightmares:  The Time Waiting on You

House of Nightmares: The Time Waiting on You

2006

7.5

Movie
Hunting Season

Hunting Season

2010

7.0

Movie
poster

I Wish I Were A Cloud

2009

8.0

TV
İçerideki

İçerideki

2002

0.0

Movie
Kayıp Aşıklar

Kayıp Aşıklar

2004

0.0

Movie
Köçek

Köçek

2000

0.0

Movie
poster

My Father's Sins

2018

5.0

TV
Okul

Okul

2004

3.9

Movie
Once Upon a Time

Once Upon a Time

2015

5.2

Movie
Pazarları Hiç Sevmem

Pazarları Hiç Sevmem

2012

4.0

Movie
poster

Reis

2011

2.0

TV
poster

Şarkılar Seni Söyler

2003

0.0

TV
poster

Şubat

2012

7.2

TV
poster

The Bureau

2015

8.2

TV
The Day After

The Day After

2019

7.0

Movie
poster

The Red Room

2020

4.8

TV
poster

The Rose and the Thorn

2004

7.9

TV
poster

Tonight with İbrahim Selim

2019

6.0

TV
Waiting for Heaven

Waiting for Heaven

2006

6.9

Movie
poster

Who Were We Running From?

2023

6.9

TV
Winter Sleep

Winter Sleep

2014

7.6

Movie
poster

Yeni Hayat

2001

0.0

TV