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Melis Sezen

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Melis Sezen
Sezen in 2024
Born (1997-01-02) 2 January 1997 (age 27)
Istanbul, Turkey
EducationKoç University
OccupationActress
Years active2016–present

Melis Sezen (born 2 January 1997) is a Turkish actress. She is best known for her roles in Tainted Love (2019), The Miracle 2: Love (2019), The Unfaithful (2020–2022), Gülcemal (2023–2024), and Genius (2024–present). In 2021, Sezen won the Golden Butterfly Award for Rising Star.

Life and career

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Sezen was born on 2 January 1997[1] in Silivri, Istanbul,[2] and completed her high school education at Selimpaşa Atatürk Anatolian High School.[3] Her paternal family members are Macedonian Albanian immigrants, while her maternal family members are Turkish descent who immigrated from Thessaloniki, Greece.[4] Sezen has a younger brother and her family engages in trade.[5] In an interview, she mentioned that her family was supportive of her decision to start working as a theatre actress,[6] and in another interview she adds that it was her mother who discovered her interest in acting and enrolled her in Müjdat Gezen Art Center.[7] Sezen received drama education from the age of 12, and received theater education for one year in Müjdat Gezen Art Center.[8] Then she acquired a role in the play Cümbüş-ü Hospital at Ali Solmaz Theatre in Silivri.[3] Meanwhile, she continued her education and graduated from Koç University, Department of Media and Visual Arts.[1] Between 2016 and 2017, she made her TV debut with a role in the series Hayat Bazen Tatlıdır.[1][3]

Between 2017 and 2018, she played the role of "Ebru" in the TV series Siyah İnci.[3][7] In 2018, she made her cinematic film with a number of independent films. She first starred in the movie Dünya Hali, followed by Tilki Yuvası.[9] After these movies, she had her first serious cinematic role in Bizim İçin Şampiyon, which tells the story of racehorse Bold Pilot and jokey Halis Karataş.[1] In 2019, she had a leading role in the TV series Leke, playing the role of "Yasemin".[1] This was followed by another leading role in Sevgili Geçmiş, in which she portrayed the character "Deren".[1] Also in 2019, she landed a role in the movie Mucize 2: Aşk and played the role of "Beren".[2] In the same year, Sezen also ranked among the first 100 names on IMDb's Starmetre list.[10]

In 2020, she played the leading character "Nazan" in the historical mini series Ya İstiklal Ya Ölüm, which covers the occupation of Constantinople, the dissolution of the Chamber of Deputies, the Kuva-yi Milliye movement led by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and the establishment processes of a new national assembly in Ankara.[11][12] She also had a role in the movie Kovala, which was initially set to be released on 17 April 2020,[13] but following the new measures enforced as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic the premiere date was pushed to a later date.[14] Between 2020 and 2022, she shared the leading role with Cansu Dere and Caner Cindoruk in the Kanal D series Sadakatsiz, a local adaptation of Doctor Foster.[15]

Filmography

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Web

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Year Title Original title Role Platform Notes Ref(s)
2019 Sincere Voices Choir İçten Sesler Korosu Öykü YouTube Main role; 2 episodes
2021 Fatma Fatma Hayat Kadını Netflix Cameo; 1 episode
TBA Nomen Nomen Duru Disney+ Leading role

Television

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Year Title Original title Role Network Notes Ref(s)
2016–2017 Life Is Sweet Sometimes Hayat Bazen Tatlidir Asya Turan Star TV Main role; 26 episodes
2017–2018 Black Pearl Siyah İnci Ebru Star TV Main role; 20 episodes
2019 Tainted Love Leke Yasemin Adıvar Kanal D Leading role; 9 episodes
Dear Past Sevgili Geçmis Deren Kutlu Star TV Main role; 8 episodes
2020 Either Freedom or Death Ya İstiklal Ya Ölüm Nazan Hanım TRT 1 Main role; 12 episodes
2020–2022 The Unfaithful Sadakatsiz Derin Güçlü Kanal D Main role; 40 episodes
2023–2024 Gülcemal Gülcemal Deva Nakkaşoğlu Fox Leading role; 41 episodes
2024–present Genius Deha İmre Karan Show TV Main role
Movies
Year Title Role Notes
2018 Tilki Yuvası Aylin
Bizim İçin Şampiyon Esra
2019 Dünya Hali Gizem
Mucize 2: Aşk Beren
2020 Kovala Merve
Programming
Year Title Role Notes
2022 Maske Kimsin Sen? Herself Judge
O Ses Türkiye Yılbaşı Özel Guest

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Melis Sezen'in SinemaTürk ile yaptığı röportaj". SinemaTürk. 5 November 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Melis Sezen Mucize Aşk 2'de oynayacak". Silivri News Agency. 8 September 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d "Silivri'nin sanatçıları". supersilivri.com. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  4. ^ "10 parmağında 10 marifet: Melis Sezen". formsante.com. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Melis Sezen: 'Halit Ergenç'le oynamayı çok isterdim'". Hürriyet. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Melis Sezen'den özel açıklamalar: Bir dur bir dinle hisset". Hürriyet. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Ego benliğimin önüne geçemez". Vatan. 10 December 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  8. ^ "Melis Sezen: 'Rolüm çok çeşitli'". Milliyet. 25 December 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Melis Sezen ile Röportaj". InStyle. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  10. ^ "Melis Sezen formda kalmasının sırrını açıkladı". CNN Türk. 3 January 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  11. ^ "Melis Sezen: Gururdan tüylerim diken diken". Akşam. 28 March 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  12. ^ "'Ya İstiklal Ya Ölüm' için geri sayım başladı! Melis Sezen'den ilk yorum". MSN Türkiye. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  13. ^ "Türkiye'nin ilk rap filmi geliyor". Milliyet. 22 December 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  14. ^ "Melis Sezen: Bugünleri atlatacağız". Fanatik. 2 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  15. ^ "Sadakatsiz tanıtımında Melis Sezen'e tam puan". Kanal D. 28 September 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
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