Melisa Sözen (born 6 July 1985)[3][4] is a Turkish actress.

Melisa Sözen
Born (1985-07-06) 6 July 1985 (age 39)
OccupationActress
Years active1997–present
Spouse
Alican Yücesoy
(m. 2013; div. 2014)
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Biography

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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, Muhteşem Yüzyıl, "Kırmızı Oda" and Şubat. She played two different roles in surreal series "Şubat" alongside ex-husband Alican Yücesoy.

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 Kış Uykusu in 2014. 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).

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.

With Kenan İmirzalıoğlu, he played in Blutv's detective series Alef about history of theology. Sözen played in Netflix series Biz Kimden Kaçıyorduk Anne? the adaptation of the Perihan Mağden's novel.[5] She had leading role in a episode of mini series 7 Yüz with ensemble cast.[6][7]

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 play Kalp Düğümü (The Knot of the Heart) .

Personal life

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As of 2014, she is in a relationship with Harun Tekin who is one of the founding members and the vocalist of the Turkish rock band Mor ve Ötesi.[8]

Filmography

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Web series

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Year Title Role Note
2017 Le Bureau des Légendes Esrin Canal + Presents
2017 7Yüz Banu BluTV Presents
2020 Alef Yaşar FX & BluTV Presents
2023 Biz Kimden Kaçıyorduk Anne? Mother Netflix Presents

TV series

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Year Title Role Note
1997 Baba Evi Guest
1999 Kadınlar Kulübü Young
2001 Nisan Yağmuru Nilüfer
2001 Yeni Hayat Özgür
2002 Asmalı Konak Guest
2003 Büyümüş De Küçülmüş Şebnem
2003 Şıh Senem Şıh kızı Sinem
2003 Şarkılar Seni Söyler Fatoş
2004-2005 Çemberimde Gül Oya Feriha
2005 Beşinci Boyut İş Kadını Özlem Güler Ekergil Guest
2006 Azap Yolu Burcu
2007 Hakkını Helal Et Gamze Guest
2007-2008 Bıçak Sırtı Nisan Ertuğrul
2009-2010 Bir Bulut Olsam Narin Bulut
2010 Güneydoğudan Öyküler Önce Vatan Aylin Solmaz
2010 Kollama Avukat Pınar Büyük Guest
2011 Reis Ayşe
2012 Muhteşem Yüzyıl Nora (Efsun Hatun) Joined
2012 Şubat Yağmur & Sabah
2014 Anasının Oğlu Ece
2015 Beş Kardeş Fahriye
2016-2017 Hayat Şarkısı İpek Joined
2018 Babamın Günahları Yeşim
2020 Kırmızı Oda Alya Joined

Films

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Year Title Role Note
2000 Aşk Güzel Şeydir TV film
2000 Köçek
2001 Bana Şans Dile Tuba
2004 Okul Ceyda
2004 O Şimdi Mahkum Aylin
2004 Kayıp Aşklar Nermin
2005 Deli Mavi / İşte Öyle Bir Şey Lara TV film
2006 Cenneti Beklerken Leyla
2006 Eve Giden Yol 1914 Safiye
2007 Kabuslar Evi: Seni Beklerken Mukaddes-Ece
2008 Para=Dolar TV film
2010 Av Mevsimi Asiye
2012 Pazarları Hiç Sevmem Deniz
2014 Kış Uykusu Nihal
2014 Benimle Var Mısın
2015 Bir Varmış Bir Yokmuş Nehir
2017 Çember: Kızımı Bulun İpek Eryılmaz TV film series
2019 Damien veut changer le monde Selma

Short Film

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Year Title Role Note
2002 İçerideki Zeynep
2005 Çarpışma Purse woman
2006 İade-i Ziyaret Cansu
2019 The Day After Woman on the bus

Dubbing

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Year Title Role Note
2009 Casus Kızlar Clover
2020 Ben Tek Siz Hepiniz Operator

References

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  1. ^ "Melisa Sözen ile Alican Yücesoy evlendi - Galeri - Magazin". www.sabah.com.tr.
  2. ^ "Alican Yücesoy ile Melisa Sözen boşandı". T24.
  3. ^ "Melisa Sözen ~ Sinematurk.com". www.sinematurk.com.
  4. ^ "Melisa Sözen". id iletisim. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Biz Kimden Kaciyorduk Anne? Aka Who Were We Running From? Season 1 Premiere Date on Netflix: Cast, Story, Trailer?". 18 February 2023. Archived from the original on 18 February 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  6. ^ "'Alef' ten ilk kareler... Kenan İmirzalıoğlu, Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan ve Melisa Sözen başrolde". www.hurriyet.com.tr. 13 December 2019.
  7. ^ "7Yüz'ün gerçek yüzü!". Milliyet.
  8. ^ "Harun Tekin-Melisa Sözen çiftinden ilk poz". www.star.com.tr. 3 March 2014.
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