Melisa Sözen

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

0.7271

Gender

Female

Birthday

06-Jul-1985

Age

(41 years old)

Place of Birth

Istanbul, Turkey

Also Known As
  • Ayşe Melisa Sözen
  • ملیسا سوزن

Melisa Sözen

Biography

​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).


Credits

Kayıp Aşıklar Kayıp Aşıklar (2004) Character: Nermin
The story of a young couple has changed with a man came to town, who is a part of the town's history.
A Long Cold Winter A Long Cold Winter (2014) Character: N/A
A documentary about the shooting session of the film "Winter Sleep" by Nuri Bilge Ceylan. 'Winter Sleep' had been shot in about 14 weeks in Cappadocia region of Anatolia.
Bir Varmış Bir Yokmuş Bir Varmış Bir Yokmuş (2015) Character: Nehir
Nehir comes across to someone singing songs all night long. She likes what she listens so much that she goes after this mysterious musician.
Eve Giden Yol 1914 Eve Giden Yol 1914 (2006) Character: Safiye
During the years when World War I began to turn the Ottoman Empire's territories into a war zone, the pain of a great love story that unfolded in southeastern Anatolia and present-day Syria burned as fiercely as the war itself in the hearts of those involved. Mahmut leaves his home, abandoning everything—including the person he loves—because he refuses to commit murder. After being caught up in the relentless war raging across Anatolian lands and fighting for years in the struggle for liberation, he sets out to return home. His sole desire is to reunite with the one he was forced to leave behind and to seek revenge for the injustice he suffered years ago.
Damien veut changer le monde Damien veut changer le monde (2019) Character: Salma
Damien is a pawn in a primary school, and leads a quiet life. To rescue one of his young students, Bahzad, and his mother from imminent expulsion from the land, Damien reconnects with his parents' militant past and convinces his sister Mélanie, who has become a formidable business lawyer, her best friend Rudy and a bunch of unlikely pals to accompany him in his new fight. Together, they will break the law by solidarity. And very quickly to be completely exceeded.
Kış Uykusu Kış Uykusu (2014) Character: Nihal
Aydın is a hotel owner and a retired actor in rural Turkey. As winter emerges he begins navigating the conflicts within the relationships with his wife, sister and existence.
İçerideki İçerideki (2002) Character: Zeynep
The story of the film begins with a French painter arriving in a village in Turkey with his two children for a long vacation. Completely isolated from the modern world, the village does not use money except at the grocery store, and the arrival of the stranger brings about a number of changes.
Okul Okul (2004) Character: Ceyda
The film revolves around a young group of spoiled teenagers and their struggle to prepare for the standardized test required to get into university. All of a sudden a ghost enters their lives, scares and incites them to misbehave.
Cenneti Beklerken Cenneti Beklerken (2006) Character: Leyla
Eflatun is a master miniature artist who's living in 17th century Istanbul. One day, he's taken to the vizier's mansion by force. There he learns that Danyal, one of the Ottoman princes who has ignited an insurrection, is arrested in a far off state and to be executed soon. Eflatun is ordered to make a portrait of the rebel prince who's been condemned to death in a Western manner to help the authorities be certain on the identity of him. Upon the order, Eflatun sets off for an arduous journey to Anatolia. He picks up a girl named Leyla en route. Together, they find themselves in a great venture fraught with sensations.
Pazarları Hiç Sevmem Pazarları Hiç Sevmem (2012) Character: Deniz
Oğuz is trying to fulfill his sick father's last wish before he dies when, unexpectedly, Deniz enters his life. However, Deniz is also a lonely, unemployed woman who has lost her zest for life. This will be a new journey for both of them, a beginning that will help them feel better about themselves.
Ertesi Gün Ertesi Gün (2019) Character: Otobüsteki Kadın
A man struggles with his reaction to a horrible event he witnessed.
Çarpışma Çarpışma (2005) Character: Çantası Çalınan Kadın
Three men. From different corners of the crime world: A hired gun, Musta; a con man, Cem; and a thief, Ali. By a twist of fate their paths crosses at Central Station and start to work as a team. But their past won't let them go too faraway...
Roya Roya (2026) Character: Roya
Roya, an Iranian teacher imprisoned in Tehran’s Evin Prison for her political beliefs, is faced with a choice: make a forced televised confession or remain confined to her three-square-metre cell. As past and present slip out of sequence and exchange places, she moves between inner landscapes and lived experience.
Bana Şans Dile Bana Şans Dile (2002) Character: Tuba
Bahadır, an introverted, uncommunicative, clumsy high school student, wakes up one morning and decides to change the world. That morning, on his way to school, Bahadır takes his classmates hostage with a gun he has strapped to his waist, causing them to experience moments of fear. He asks them to recount the memories that have hurt them the most in their lives.
O Şimdi Mahkum O Şimdi Mahkum (2005) Character: Aylin
Sequel of He's in Army Now. The film has received four awards at the Antalya Golden Orange.
Kabuslar Evi: Seni Beklerken Kabuslar Evi: Seni Beklerken (2007) Character: Mukaddes- Ece
Ece goes to House of Nightmares for find the man that she saw in her dreams every night. Will be answered her questions when the man appears.
Av Mevsimi Av Mevsimi (2010) Character: Asiye
Veteran homicide cop Fermanand his hot-headed partner İdris team up with rookie cop and anthropology major Hasan to investigate the murder of a young woman. The suspects include her conservative family, who might have killed her for honor, her drug-dealing boyfriend and aged billionaire Battal who had taken the victim as his second wife.



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