Personal Info
Birth date
1986-06-25 (39 Years)
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Izmir, Turkey
Also known as
메르베 디즈다르
Merve Dizdar
Biography
Merve Dizdar (born 25 June 1986) is a Turkish actress. She was born in Izmir, Turkey. She is a graduate of Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University School of Fine Arts with a degree in acting. She received her master's degree in acting from Kadir Has University. She started her career on stage by joining Semaver Company and continued it at Craft Theatre. Dizdar made her cinematic debut with Bir Ses Böler Geceyi (2011) alongside Cem Davran and pursued a career in television with recurring roles in the series Kavak Yelleri, Genis Aile, Bir Yastikta, Doksanlar, Cilgin Dershane Üniversite, and was first noted with her role in Bes Kardes. She also worked for TRT Children, presenting the programs Arkadasim Bidi and 23 Nisan Senlige Dogru. Dizdar won the Afife Jale Theatre Best Actress Award for her role in the play Yutmak. She then joined the cast of hit series 7 Yüz, Vatanim Sensin, and Mucize Doktor respectively. In 2020, she had a leading role with Uraz Kaygilaroglu in the Gupse Özay's comedy film Eltilerin Savasi, which as of April 2021 is the 22nd most-watched movie of all time in Turkey according to Box Office Türkiye. She shared the leading role with Serenay Sarikaya, Ezgi Mola, Enis Arikan, Sükrü Ozyildiz in a musical adaptation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. In 2020, she started to play in the series Masumlar Apartmani and won Golden Butterfly Awards Best Actress. She played an actress and her many roles in Cem Yilmaz's Netflix spin off comedy series Ersan Kuneri. In 2022 she starred in Selcen Ergun's Kay ve Ayi/Snow and Bear. In 2023, she starred in Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Kuru Otlar Ustüne /About Dry Grasses , for which she become first Turkish actress at the 76th Cannes Film Festival by winning the Best Actress award for her portrayal of a teacher.
Filmography
The Innocents
7.9
Overview:
The series follows the story of three siblings of a sick parent: two obsessive daughters – Safiye and Gülben and one son – Han, who has devoted his whole life to catering to his family's needs, shuttling tirelessly between work and home. One faithful day, Han's world will change as soon as he sees and immediately falls in love with İnci. For the first time in his life, Han will seek out his own happiness.Wounded Love
7.86
Overview:
Azize finds herself with her 3 children and mother-in-law in a difficult fight. She raises her children while fighting the difficulties of the war period and her husband's absence whom she loves more than anything. It's about war, love, greed, treason and sacrifice.A Miracle
8.1
Overview:
Ali was born in a provincial town and was rejected by his father for adoption. Ali with savant syndrome, who grew up in orphanages, graduated from the faculty of medicine with a first degree.The Life and Movies of Erşan Kuneri
6.9
Overview:
Reexamining his own legacy, a renowned figure in erotic cinema decides to branch out and make movies in other genres, from sci-fi to medieval action.Orphan Flowers
7.636
Overview:
"Eylül" is a 16 year old girl sexual harassment by her stepfather , and her mother did not believe her and she went with "Eylül" to the orphanage , and left her daughter there. Then Eylül become friends with the girls in the orphanage and every girl have a own story. The girls trying to divorce Eylül's mother and her husband many times. "Feride" is an assistent in the orphanage who is always helping the girls when they need her.Ömer
6.875
Overview:
Ömer's life turns upside down when he falls in love with Gamze, a relationship that his conservative father will never approve of. She is a middle-aged woman, who returns to her old neighborhood after her divorce. While struggling to start over her life as a single mother, she finds unexpected comfort in Ömer's love. But as the son of the district's imam, Ömer and Gamze's love proves to be impossible.Magarsus
8
Overview:
Follow the struggle of the Kurak family, who traded in citrus fruits in Sarıbahçe, both with each other and with foreign powers who want to dominate the region.The Fall of the King
5.5
Overview:
Every woman wants the king. But the king gets what he wants… Money, fame, glory and the maximum charisma a man can have! Kenan Baran, a womanizer and impressive man that everyone desires, has a secret relationship in addition to his seemingly perfect marriage. However, his wife Handan has begun to feel uncomfortable with Kenan’s recent increase in business trips. A bracelet she finds in his pocket reinforces her suspicions. With the support of his close friend Özlem, this time she is determined to pursue the truth.İnsanlar Alemi
NYR
Overview:
Instructor Aziz Gungor Esen, who wants to make his courses more interesting, decides to lecture the lesson topics. However, with the inept, pure and ambitious students of your theater club, things become incomprehensible.Last Chance
5.5
Overview:
The series, which shows how people can easily be deceived and how their heedlessness is used by the ancient enemy Satan, with its magnificent visual effects and quality story, tells the story of whether people can be deceived or not deceived; It fits into the devil's dilemma of deceiving or not deceiving...Daydreamers
5.4
Overview:
“Daydreamers” is the story of four red-hot teenagers that are eager to grow up. Deniz, Aslı, Efe and Mine live in a beach town that is full of colorful people in the summer but deserted in the winter. Deniz wants to detach himself from his happy and dependable family and find his own way. Aslı tries to act tough but is very sensitive inside. Efe tries to hide his pain with his breezy and jokey attitude. And the couch grass, rebellious Mine… Intimate friendships, first loves, pressure of exams, school and family problems that are hard to overcome… Everything we went through as teenagers are all part of this series.7 Faces
6.9
Overview:
Featuring seven different yet intertwined stories of modern life in Istanbul, 7 Faces is a thought-provoking drama centering on seven characters living in the same city apartment building. Each of them faces a major change in their lives, which requires them to confront their biggest fear or weakness.About Dry Grasses
7.665
Overview:
A young art teacher hopes to be transferred to Istanbul after completing his mandatory duty in a remote village school in Anatolia. After accusations of inappropriate contact with a student surface, his hopes of escape fade and he descends further into an existential crisis.Sisters-In-Law
5.853
Overview:
Two sisters-in-law live as neighbors in the same apartment building with the mother-in-law who promised to give a beautiful sea-view penthouse to the one who delivers the first grandchild. A battle of egos erupts on social media.Destiny Line
NYR
Overview:
What does anchoring in the port of the past, walking back to the future change or not? Throughout history, humanity has been experiencing the ebb and flow of these two problems. Some people combine their limited will with a transcendent will, while others overflow their cups and rain stones on their fate.Have You Ever Seen Fireflies?
6.5
Overview:
Rebellious, irreverent wunderkind Gülseren navigates loneliness, love and loss against the current of political turmoil and social change.Destiny
5.875
Overview:
This film talks about the possibility of the course of two lives through the love between Umut and Deniz. It questions how one’s decisions can shape their fate. Sometimes small moments and decisions can entirely change the course of our lives. Umut’s decision to take his dog Oscar for an evening walk allows his path to cross Deniz’s. On that night, Umut will have to decide between a gateway which leads to love and a life which he needs to face and encounter on his own.The Garage
3.8
Overview:
Two brothers Yılmaz and Müjdat, who have grown up in an orphanage, are inherited a car body repair shop from Nuri and İsmet who were like fathers to them. One night they take an old grumpy man's car to couple of streets away. In the middle of the night, when they are hotwiring the car, the old man's heart can't take it. Thus, their short journey now leads them to somewhere unknown. One thing leads to another, now Yılmaz and Müjdat have to put the old man's dead body into a thinner solvent tank. The duo keeps painting the cars in their shop but they realize that the thinner they take from the tank with the dead body is giving amazing results. That "a couple of streets away" now leads to something really odd.Organic Love Stories
4.3
Overview:
The stories of eight couples who met through arranged marriages and are at different stages of their relationships.No Way! 2
4.7
Overview:
Barber Adnan is the neighborhood gossip. He knows everything about his customers in the neighborhood. When Adnan learns he's about to be fired, he clings to his job. Aykut, who is trying to become an internet sensation through his daughter's social media accounts, Merve, who left her city life behind to move to the village, and Meriç, who faced every possible mishap while visiting a village to ask for a girl's hand in marriage—these are the entertaining stories Adnan shares with the audience...Acting
TBAOtlar Sararırken as Unknown
TBAArkadaşım Bıdı (1 Episode) as Merve
TBADestiny Line (1 Episode) as Merve Dizdar
2025The Fall of the King (16 Episodes) as Fadi
2023Magarsus (8 Episodes) as Tansu
2023About Dry Grasses as Nuray
2023Alice The Musical as Cheshire Cat
2023Ömer (54 Episodes) as Nisa Duman
2022The Garage as Aynur
2022Snow and the Bear as Aslı
2022The Life and Movies of Erşan Kuneri (16 Episodes) as Feride Orhun
2021Have You Ever Seen Fireflies? as İzzet
2020The Innocents (71 Episodes) as Gülben Derenoğlu/Bilen
2020Sisters-In-Law as Gizem
2019Tonight with İbrahim Selim (1 Episode) as Unknown
2019A Miracle (4 Episodes) as Damla
2019Destiny as Sema Yaşar
2018My Name is Batlir, not Butler as Yudum
2017The Gulf as Pınar
2017Yüz Yüze (2 Episodes) as Yeşim
20177 Faces (2 Episodes) as Nihal
2017Organic Love Stories as Unknown
2016Wounded Love (12 Episodes) as Efsun
2016No Way! 2 as Buket
2015Orphan Flowers (1 Episode) as İrem
2015Yeni Hayat as Sekreter Merve
2015Beş Kardeş (13 Episodes) as Fatma
2014Kertenkele (37 Episodes) as İrem
2014Çılgın Dersane Üniversitede (5 Episodes) as Astrolog Özge
2014Mandıra Filozofu as Sekreter
2013Doksanlar (43 Episodes) as Selin
2013Bir Yastıkta (2 Episodes) as Unknown
2012İnsanlar Alemi (1 Episode) as Unknown
2012A Noise in the Night as Gülizar ve Demet
2011Last Chance (11 Episodes) as Unknown
2007Daydreamers (51 Episodes) as Saliha
1973Golden Butterfly Awards (2 Episodes) as Self - Winner
1969Altın Koza (2 Episodes) as Presenter