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Demet Akbağ

Demet Akbağ

Demet Akbağ (born 23 December 1959) is a Turkish theatre and film actress. Demet Akbağ was born in Denizli as the third child of Benan and Oktay İybar. Her maternal family is of Turkmen descent. Her paternal family is of Kurdish descent. Her father's religion is Alevism. His family was in Denizli at the time because of the duty of his grandfather as the head of justice department in the city. Her father was a journalist and photographer. She has two elder siblings, Sedef and Kemal. As her parents separated when she was 13, she and her mother and grandmother moved to Istanbul in 1972. She later enrolled in the Istanbul Girls High School, and as her parents got separated she started attending the Erenköy Girls High School and finished her education there. After finishing high school in 1982, she entered Istanbul Municipal Conservatory and completed school in four years. Her first marriage, when she was 21, lasted four years. She started her professional career first in theatre in the early 1980s and then in television from 1987 onwards. That same year, she was chosen as the TV Star of The Year by Turkey's Association of Magazine Reporters. Akbağ has been awarded with numerous prizes, including the Golden and Sadri Alisik Best Character Actor for her role in Vizontele, the Afife Jale Best Female Actor for Sen Hiç Ateşböceği Gördün mü?, the Golden Butterfly for Tersine Dünya in 1993, the Ismail Dumbullu (the first actress to get this prize after Suna Pekuysal) in 1995, the Golden Butterfly – Best Comedy Star of The Year in 1996, 1997 and 1998, and the MGD-Comedy Artist Award in both 1996 and 1997. She has also worked with the BKM Actors since their career starts and performed various leading roles in television including Bir Demet Tiyatro and Ölümsüz Aşk, in theatrical plays including Otogargara, Sen Hiç Ateşböceği Gördün mü?, and Bana Bir Şeyler Oluyor, as well as in movies including Where's Firuze?, Eyyvah Eyvah, Eyyvah Eyvah 2, and Eyyvah Eyvah 3. She played in "Kış Uykusu" which won Cannes Award, with Haluk Bilginer for many times.

Personal information

Birthday

1959-12-23

Birth Place

Denizli, Turkey

Movies and TV shows :

A Long Cold Winter

A Long Cold Winter

2014

8.0

Movie
A Unique Life

A Unique Life

2015

6.1

Movie
Artiz Mektebi

Artiz Mektebi

1987

0.0

Movie
Bana Bir Şeyhler Oluyor

Bana Bir Şeyhler Oluyor

2003

7.4

Movie
poster

Benzemez Kimse Sana

2012

9.0

TV
poster

Bir Demet Tiyatro

1995

8.2

TV
Davacı

Davacı

1986

7.1

Movie
Deliler

Deliler

1988

7.3

Movie
poster

Devekuşu Kabare

1984

0.0

TV
poster

Elveda Rumeli

2007

8.2

TV
Eyyvah Eyvah

Eyyvah Eyvah

2010

6.4

Movie
Eyyvah Eyvah 2

Eyyvah Eyvah 2

2011

5.8

Movie
Eyyvah Eyvah 3

Eyyvah Eyvah 3

2014

5.3

Movie
poster

Fırıldak Ailesi

2013

7.8

TV
Görevimiz Tatil

Görevimiz Tatil

2018

4.9

Movie
Government Woman

Government Woman

2013

6.0

Movie
Government Woman 2

Government Woman 2

2013

5.8

Movie
Have You Ever Seen Fireflies? - Theatre Play

Have You Ever Seen Fireflies? - Theatre Play

1999

7.8

Movie
Haybeden Gerçeküstü Aşk

Haybeden Gerçeküstü Aşk

2007

6.2

Movie
Homoti

Homoti

1987

4.0

Movie
I'm Glad I Did

I'm Glad I Did

2020

7.8

Movie
poster

İstanbul'un Altınları

2011

6.5

TV
poster

Kaan Sekban'la Alt Tarafı Bi' Talk Show

2020

0.0

TV
Last Stop: Kurtuluş

Last Stop: Kurtuluş

2012

5.9

Movie
Leyla Everlasting

Leyla Everlasting

2020

3.8

Movie
Locked on You

Locked on You

2018

5.6

Movie
Magic Carpet Ride

Magic Carpet Ride

2005

6.8

Movie
Niyazi Gül Dörtnala

Niyazi Gül Dörtnala

2015

4.0

Movie
O... Çocukları

O... Çocukları

2008

6.3

Movie
poster

Ölümsüz Aşk

2003

0.0

TV
Otogargara

Otogargara

1995

7.6

Movie
poster

Sandık Kokusu

2023

9.0

TV
poster

Scorpion

2020

4.5

TV
poster

Sen Harikasın

2008

7.0

TV
poster

Sevdaluk

2013

4.0

TV
Sister In Law

Sister In Law

2016

5.9

Movie
Tersine Dünya

Tersine Dünya

1994

5.5

Movie
poster

The Agency

2020

6.1

TV
The Net 2.0

The Net 2.0

2006

5.2

Movie
Vizontele

Vizontele

2001

7.2

Movie
Vizontele Tuuba

Vizontele Tuuba

2004

6.2

Movie
Where's Firuze?

Where's Firuze?

2004

7.1

Movie
Winter Sleep

Winter Sleep

2014

7.6

Movie