Melis Sezen

Melis Sezen (born 2 January 1997) is a Turkish actress. She made her television debut with the youth series Hayat Bazen Tatlıdır and "Sevgili Geçmiş" alongside Sevda Erginci for twice. With Sevgili Geçmiş's co-star Burak Yamantürk, she played in historical series Ya İstiklal Ya Ölüm, in which she portrayed "Nazan" for twice. She was cast in Siyah İnci, "Arkadaşlar İyidir". She had her first leading role in Leke. In September 2020, she was cast in a leading role in Sadakatsiz.

Melis Sezen
Born (1997-01-02) 2 January 1997
Istanbul, Turkey
EducationSelimpaşa Atatürk Anatolian High School
Koç University
OccupationActress
Years active2016–present

Aside from her television career, Sezen has appeared in a number movies. Her first major cinematic experience came in 2018 with a role in Bizim İçin Şampiyon. In the same year she appeared in the movies Tilki Yuvası and Dünya Hali. In 2019, she landed a role in Mahsun Kırmızıgül's movie Mucize 2: Aşk.

Life and career

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 2016-17, she made her TV debut with a role in the series Hayat Bazen Tatlıdır.[1][3]

Between 2017-18, 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
Tv Series
Year Title Role Notes
2016 Arkadaşlar İyidir Yasemin Supporting role
2016–2017 Hayat Bazen Tatlıdır Asya Turan
2017–2018 Siyah İnci Ebru
2019 Sevgili Geçmiş Deren Kutlu Leading role
Leke Yasemin Adıvar
2020–2022 Sadakatsiz Derin Güçlü
2023 Gülcemal Deva Nakkaşoğlu
Streaming Series
Year Title Role Notes
2019 İçten Sesler Korosu Burcu Leading role
2020 Ya İstiklal Ya Ölüm Nazan Leading role
2021 Fatma Hayat Kadını Supporting role
TBA Numen Duru Leading 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
  1. "Melis Sezen'in SinemaTürk ile yaptığı röportaj". SinemaTürk. 5 November 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  2. "Melis Sezen Mucize Aşk 2'de oynayacak". Silivri News Agency. 8 September 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  3. "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. "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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