Melisa Åženolsun (born 24 September 1996) is a Turkish actress.
Life and career
Melisa Åženolsun was born on 24 September 1996 in
Ä°zmir
Ä°zmir ( , ; ), also spelled Izmir, is a metropolitan city in the western extremity of Anatolia, capital of the province of the same name. It is the third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara and the second largest urban agglo ...
.
Åženolsun is a graduate of Ä°zmir GeliÅŸim College Anatolian High School and studied at
Istanbul University State Conservatory
The Istanbul University State Conservatory (Turkish language, Turkish: İstanbul Üniversitesi Devlet Konservatuarı) is a music, theatre, dance university in Istanbul. It is the oldest conservatory and the oldest continually operating music scho ...
. Her older brother, Efecan Åženolsun, is also an actor. She became interested in acting at a young age and through watching her older sister on stage. At the age of 6 she started participating in theatre plays. Aside from acting, she took gymnastic and ballet lessons for years.
She made her television debut in 2015 with a role in the series ''
Tatlı Küçük Yalancılar
''Tatlı Küçük Yalancılar'' (''Sweet Little Liars'') is a Turkish psychological thriller drama series produced by O3 Media and aired for the first time on July 6, 2015 on Star TV. Based on the popular American series ''Pretty Little Liars'', i ...
'' and depicted the character of Hande.
For a while, she worked at the UÄŸur Mumcu Bornova State Theatre. She was then cast in ''
Kiralık Aşk
''Kiralık Aşk'' (''Love for Rent'') is a Turkish romantic drama television series, starring Barış Arduç, Elçin Sangu, Salih Bademci, Sinem Öztürk, Nergis Kumbasar, and Levent Ülgen. It comprises two seasons, premiering on Star TV on J ...
'', portraying the character of "Sude".
She had her first leading role in the series ''Umuda Kelepçe Vurulmaz'' as "Ceren" opposite
Mert Yazıcıoğlu.
In 2018, she made her debut in the series ''Nefes Nefese'' and depicted the character of Rüya Kıran.
Åženolsun had her first cinematic experience with the movie ''Babam'', directed by Nihat Durak. Her breakthrough came with her role in the
Netflix
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original series ''
Atiye''.
In 2021, she starred in the series ''Masumlar Apartmanı'' and portrayed the character of Rüya, a delicate but reckless girl, who is thrown into dangers.
Personal life
Åženolsun had been dating actor
Ozan Dolunay for almost three and a half years, the couple broke up in 2019. Following the breakup, she started dating Umut Evirgen.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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1996 births
Actresses from Ä°zmir
Turkish film actresses
Turkish television actresses
Living people