Melisa Sözen

Known for ActingBorn 1985-07-06 (age 40)Istanbul, Turkey

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).Read more

Movies & web series

Yeni Hayat

Hayat Şarkısı

The Bureau

Roya

The Rose and the Thorn

A Long Cold Winter

İçerideki

Winter Sleep

Aleph

7 Faces

Şubat

House of Nightmares: The Time Waiting on You

FER

The Day After

Hunting Season

Şarkılar Seni Söyler

Beş Kardeş

Who Were We Running From?

Waiting for Heaven

Tonight with İbrahim Selim

Bana Şans Dile

I Wish I Were A Cloud

Crash

Istanbul Encyclopedia

He's Convict Now

Adopt a Daddy

Bıçak Sırtı

Once Upon a Time

My Father's Sins

Circle

Analı Oğullu

Büyümüş de Küçülmüş

Eve Giden Yol 1914

The Red Room

Pazarları Hiç Sevmem

Güneydoğu'dan Öyküler: Önce Vatan

Okul

Azap Yolu

Reis

Benimle Var Mısın?

Eski Hastalık

Deli Mavi

Kayıp Aşıklar

Köçek