Melisa Şenolsun (born 24 September 1996) is a Turkish actress.

Life and career

Melisa Şenolsun was born on 24 September 1996 in

İzmir İzmir is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara. It is on the Aegean Sea, Aegean coast of Anatolia, and is the capital of İzmir Province. In 2024, the city of İzmir had ...

. Şenolsun is a graduate of İzmir Gelişim 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 Public university, public Music school, conservatory affiliated with Istanbul University, specializing in music, theatre, ...

. Her older brother, Efecan Şenolsun, 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 ''

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''which adaptation of ''Pretty Little Liars'' and depicted the character of Hande. For a while, she worked at the Uğur Mumcu Bornova State Theatre. She was then cast in '' Kiralık Aşk'', portraying the character of "Sude". She had her first leading role in the youth crime series ''Umuda Kelepçe Vurulmaz'' as "Ceren" opposite

Mert Yazıcıoğlu Mert Yazıcıoğlu (born 10 May 1993) is a Turkish actor. He is best known for portraying Baran in the Turkish drama '' Black Rose'' (Turkish title: ''Karagül''), Sinan in the teen romantic Netflix series ''Love 101'', and Cüneyd Güneş in t ...

. In 2018, she made her debut in the series ''Nefes Nefese'' and depicted the character of Rüya Kıran alongside Tatlı Küçük Yalancılar's co-star

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. Şenolsun had her first cinematic experience with the movie ''Babam'', directed by Nihat Durak. Her breakthrough came with her role in the

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original series ''

Atiye Deniz Atiye Yılmaz (born 22 November 1988), originally known by the artist name Atiye Deniz () and later by the mononym Atiye, is a Turkish pop singer. She releases songs in Turkish and English. Career The second album by Atiye was self-title ...

''. 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

Şenolsun had been dating actor

Ozan Dolunay Mehmet Ozan Dolunay (born 2 May 1990) is a Turkish actor. He is known for his role as Mert in Star TV series '' Yüksek Sosyete'' opposite Meriç Aral and as Cenk Karaçay in Kanal D series '' Zalim İstanbul''. Life and career Dolunay was bo ...

for almost three and a half years by the time the couple broke up in 2019. Following the breakup, she started dating Umut Evirgen.

Filmography

Film

Web series

TV series

References

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