Melisa Sözen
Melisa Sözen (born 6 July 1985)[3][4] is a Turkish actress.
Melisa Sözen | |
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Born | |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1997–present |
Spouse(s) | Alican Yücesoy
(m. 2013; div. 2014) |
Biography
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).
Filmography
- (1997) Baba Evi
- (2000) Aşk Güzel Şeydir
- (2001) Bana Şans Dile, as Tuba
- (2001) Nisan Yağmuru, as Nilüfer
- (2001) Yeni Hayat, as Özgür
- (2002) Asmalı Konak
- (2002) İçerideki, as Zeynep
- (2003) Büyümüş De Küçülmüş, as Şebnem
- (2003) Şıh Senem, as Şıh kızı Sinem
- (2003) Şarkılar Seni Söyler, as Fatoş
- (2003) Okul, as Ceyda
- (2004) Kayıp Aşklar, as Nermin
- (2004) Çemberimde Gül Oya, as Feriha
- (2004) O Şimdi Mahkum, as Aylin
- (2005) Beşinci Boyut, as İş Kadını Özlem Güler Ekergil
- (2005) Cenneti Beklerken, as Leyla
- (2005) Deli Mavi / İşte Öyle Bir Şey, as Lara
- (2005) Çarpışma, as Çantası çalınan kadın
- (2006) İade-i Ziyaret, as Cansu
- (2006) Eve Giden Yol 1914, as Safiye
- (2006) Azap Yolu, as Burcu
- (2006) Kabuslar Evi: Seni Beklerken, as Mukaddes-Ece
- (2007) Hakkını Helal Et, as Gamze
- (2007) Bıçak Sırtı, as Nisan Ertuğrul
- (2008) Para=Dolar
- (2009) Bir Bulut Olsam, as Narin Bulut
- (2009) Casus Kızlar, as Clover
- (2010) Av Mevsimi, as Asiye
- (2010) Güneydoğu'dan Öyküler Önce Vatan, as Aylin Solmaz
- (2010) Kollama, as Avukat Pınar Büyük
- (2011) Reis, as Ayşe
- (2012) Muhteşem Yüzyıl, as Nora (Efsun)
- (2012) Pazarları Hiç Sevmem, as Deniz
- (2012) Şubat, as Yağmur & Sabah
- (2014) Analı Oğullu, as Ece
- (2014) Kış Uykusu, as Nihal
- (2014) Benimle Var Mısın
- (2015) Bir Varmış Bir Yokmuş, as Nehir
- (2015) Beş Kardeş, as Fahriye
- (2016) Hayat Şarkısı
- (2017) Le bureau des légendes, as Esrin (TV – season 3)
- (2017) Çember, as İpek Eryılmaz
- (2017) 7 Yüz
- (2017) Babamın Günahları, as Yeşim
- (2019) Damien veut changer le monde, as Selma
- (2020) Alef, as Yaşar
- (2020) Kırmızı Oda, as Alya
References
- "Melisa Sözen ile Alican Yücesoy evlendi - Galeri - Magazin". www.sabah.com.tr.
- "Alican Yücesoy ile Melisa Sözen boşandı". T24.
- "Melisa Sözen ~ Sinematurk.com". www.sinematurk.com.
- "Melisa Sözen". id iletisim. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2015.