Almila Ada Bayazıtoğlu (born 4 August 1994) is a Turkish actress, model and ballerina. She is best known for popular youth series "Adı Efsane".

Early life

Ada's father is a journalist and her mother is a fashion designer and teacher. At an early age she showed interest in ballet and took ballet lessons. Due to her mother's career demands, she lived in Russia for a while. She studied ballet and took piano lessons at

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for a while. Later she completed her full-time ballet education at the

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and went to London to study ballet and performing arts. There she was encouraged by a cast director and started acting. She later got a minor role in the movie '' Avengers: Age of Ultron'', portraying

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's character in childhood as a ballerina. After this role, her interest in acting increased. As she suffered from an

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injury and bone problem, she came to Istanbul for physical therapy.

Acting career

For a season she acted in the series ''Kaderimin Yazıldığı Gün''. She started taking diction lessons afterwards. For a short time she was cast in the TV series ''Kırgın Çiçekler''. In 2017, she had leading role in the popular youth series ''Adı Efsane'' with

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, Özgü Kaya. She portrayed "Zeynep Koçak", the girlfriend of Anatolian rock star

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in film ''Barış Akarsu "Merhaba"''. Apart from acting, Ada has modeled for magazines and brands such as Hollister, IQ, ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Filmography

;Television ;Film

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ada, Almila 1994 births Actresses from Istanbul Turkish ballerinas Turkish ballet dancers Turkish female models Turkish expatriates in Russia Turkish expatriates in England Living people