Damla Sonmez was born in Istanbul, Turkey. Her native language is Turkish and is fluent in English and French. Cinema has been her greatest passion since she was child. She is an award-winning actor of international distinction. She received several nominations for her performance in Bornova Bornova (2009) , winning the Antalya Golden Orange Award, Ankara Flying Broom Women's Film Festival Award and a Sadri Alisik Theatre & Movie Award. She was also nominated for The Young Talent Award at the Yesilcam Movie Awards for her performance in Mahpeyker - Kösem Sultan (2010) As a young actress, Sonmez trained in cities throughout Europe. After graduating from Saint Joseph French High School in Istanbul, she was accepted to Université de La Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris III Theatre department. She studied for a year in Paris before being awarded a scholarship to the Yeditepe University Fine Arts Theatre Department in Istanbul. She also attended Jillian O'Dowd's Contemporary Acting Workshop at the London Dramatic School of Arts.. Sonmez made her film debut in Kampüste çiplak ayaklar (2009) , which was quickly followed up with her award-winning performance in Bornova Bornova (2009) in which she played a confused, yet ruthless Lady M-inspired girl from Izmir. She played a young conservative worker in _Çakal(2010)_ and was nominated for her work as an Ottoman Empire Sultan in Mahpeyker - Kösem Sultan (2010). Sonmez next played an abused girl who takes matters into her own hands in the comedy Kurtulus Son Durak(2012) She continued her work in film in Uzun Hikaye (2012) as an attorney's daughter who meets the love of her life, followed by Sen Aydinlatirsin Geceyi (2013) playing a young town girl who has the ability to stop time.
2024Cirak (10 Episodes) as Hacker
2024Strange, Abandoned, Deranged as Unknown
2024The Contact as Merve
2024Right Where I Left You as Nihan
2024Trick as Oyuncu
2024Dark Legacy (6 Episodes) as Nazan
2023Maviye Sürgün (26 Episodes) as Defne Boz
2021Aziz (28 Episodes) as Dilruba Paşazadeoğlu
2021The Second Night as Unknown
2020Respect (8 Episodes) as Unknown
2020Rise of Empires: Ottoman (6 Episodes) as Ana
2019I Am You as Aisha
2019The Cut as Unknown
2019Sibel as Sibel
2018Taksim Hold'em as Defne
2018We Are Not Innocent (6 Episodes) as Selin
2017Ayla: The Daughter of War as Nuran
2017The Pit (64 Episodes) as Efsun
20177 Faces (1 Episode) as Pınar
2017Aşk ve Gurur (6 Episodes) as Zeynep Esen
2014Across the Sea as Damla
2014War of the Roses (68 Episodes) as Gülru Çelik / Gülru Sipahi
2013Thou Gild'st the Even as Defne
2013A Love Story (36 Episodes) as Ceylan German
2012A Long Story as Ayla
2012Şubat (32 Episodes) as Gelin
2012Last Stop: Kurtuluş as Tülay
2011Scarecrow as Girl
2010Çakal as Unknown
2010Mahpeyker: Kösem Sultan as Emine/Kösem Sultan
2010Türkan (26 Episodes) as Turhan
2009Bornova Bornova as Özlem
2009Kampüste Çıplak Ayaklar as Ebru
2008Gece Gündüz (29 Episodes) as Pınar
2006Sahte Prenses (18 Episodes) as Sedef
2005Emret Komutanım (95 Episodes) as Karamel
1973Golden Butterfly Awards (1 Episode) as Presenter
2024Strange, Abandoned, Deranged ... Co-Producer
2021Turkish Gothic: Portrait of a Family ... Co-Producer