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Personal Info

Birth date

1987-05-03 (38 Years)

Gender

Female

Known for

Acting

Place of birth

Istanbul, Turkey

Also known as

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Damla Sönmez

Biography

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.

Filmography

Acting

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

Production

2024Strange, Abandoned, Deranged ... Co-Producer

2021Turkish Gothic: Portrait of a Family ... Co-Producer