Damla Sönmez Wiki, Age, Biography, Height, Boyfriend, Family, Images, And More

Tilya Damla Sönmez (born 3 May 1987) is a Turkish voiceover artist and actress. She achieved international acclaim for her films Sibel and I Am You. Ceylan in Bir Aşk Hikayesi, Gülru in Güllerin Savaş, and Efsun in ukur are some of her notable TV roles.

Childhood and education

Damla Sönmez is an only child born to Circassian parents. Her father is a programmer and engineer, and her mother is an architect. Her childhood passions were theatre and cinema. She began studying at theatre studios at a young age. Damla frequently performed on stage during her school years and began to appear in television commercials. She had already been promised a bright future during those years.

She was accepted to Université de La Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris in the Theatre department after graduating from Saint Joseph French High School in Istanbul. She spent a year studying in Paris before receiving a scholarship to the Yeditepe University Fine Arts Theatre Department in Istanbul. Sönmez also studied semi-timed violin for two years and piano for one year at Mimar Sinan University State Conservatory. She later studied at the London Dramatic School of Arts with Jillian O'Dowd's Contemporary Acting Workshop and with Stuart Burney at the Black Nexxus Academy in New York.

Career sFilms

Bornova Bornova won "Best Supporting Actress" at the 46th Golden Orange Film Festival in 2009, as well as other awards at the Sadri Alşk Awards and the Flying Broom International Women's Film Festival. She was elected as the festival's Young President at the 18th Broom Broom Women Films Festival in 2015, and she won the 21st Golden Boll Film Festival as well as the Best Actress Award at the Milano International Film Festival (MIFF) for her role in the film "Sea Level (Deniz Seviyesi)".

Series on television

Her television credits include supporting roles in Emret Komutanm, Gece Gündüz, and Türkan. In the series ubat, she was cast as a bride who suffers from memory loss, which marked a watershed moment in her television career. Her first leading role was Ceylan in Bir Aşk Hikayesi, an adaptation of I'm Sorry, I Love You, in which she co-starred with actor Seçkin zdemir.

In 2014, she co-starred with Canan Ergüder in the TV series Güllerin Savaş as Gülru. In 2019, she began season 3 of ukur as Efsun Kent, a character who received a lot of media attention. As part of her role in ukur, Sönmez sang many classic Turkish arabesque songs, including "Durdurun Dünyay", "Su Ver Leyla", "Sen Affetsen Ben Affetmem", "Sorma", and "Son Mektup". It was announced in 2021 that she will play Dilruba in the TV series Aziz alongside actor Murat Yldrm.

Web Shows

In 2017, she starred in an episode of BluTV's anthology series 7 Yüz (7 Faces). She played Ana in Netflix's historical docudrama Rise of Empires: Ottoman in 2020. In 2021, she appeared as Arya ahin, a public prosecutor, in season 2 of BluTV's hit series Sayg (Respect).

Filmography

Cinema
Year	Title	Role
2009	Kampüste Çıplak Ayaklar	Ebru
2009	Bornova Bornova	Özlem
2010	Çakal	Deniz
2010	Mahpeyker: Kösem Sultan	Kösem Sultan
2012	Kurtuluş Son Durak	Tülay
2012	Uzun Hikâye	Ayla
2013	Sen Aydınlatırsın Geceyi	Defne
2014	Deniz Seviyesi	Damla
2017	Taksim Hold'em	Defne
2017	Ayla: The Daughter of War	Nuran
2018	Sibel	Sibel
2019	I Am You	Aisha
Web series
Year	Title	Role
2017	7 Yüz	Pınar
2019	Rise of Empires: Ottoman	Ana
2021	Saygı 2^[22]	Arya Şahin
Television
Year	Title	Role
2004	Camdan Pabuçlar	Gülçin
2004	Omuz Omuza	Pelin
2005	Kapıları Açmak	Gülşen
2006	Pertev Bey'in Üç Kızı	Nermin
	Şarkılar Susmasın	Aycan
	Sahte Prenses	Sedef
2006–2007	Fırtınalı Aşk	Melda Talay
2008	Emret Komutanım	Karamel
2008–2009	Gece Gündüz	Pınar
2010–2011	Türkan	Turhan
2012	Şubat	Gelin
2013–2014	Bir Aşk Hikâyesi (A Love Story)	Ceylan German
2014–2016	Güllerin Savaşı	Gülru Çelik Sipahi
2017	Aşk ve Gurur	Zeynep
2018	Masum Değiliz	Selin
2019–2021	Çukur	Efsun Koçovali Kent
2021–2022	Aziz	Dilruba^[15]
2022	Maviye Sürgün	Defne
Short Film
Year	Title	Role
2008	The Irony Series 1: Hope	Damla
2011	Alala	Kardeş (sister)
2011	Korkuluk	Kadın (woman)
2019	The Cut	Journalist
2020	Don't Get Me Wrong But	Günseli
2020	The Second Night	Leyla
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Year	Title	Notes
2004	Orkid
2016	LCW - Geri Sayım Başladı	dubbing
2017	Becel - Kalbini Sev	dubbing
2017	Dogadan^[23]	voiceover
2017	Modacruz^[24]	voiceover
2017	Vestel^[25]	voiceover
2019	Bosch	voiceover
2020	L'Oréal
2021	Biscolata	voiceover

Theater

Year^[26]	Title	Writer	Director	Role	Notes
2008	Sürmanşet	Sinan Tuzcu	Arif Akkaya		Director Assistant
2009	Alışveriş ve S*ş / Shopping and F*ing	Mark Ravenhill	Murat Daltaban		Project Design / Dramaturg
2012	Yalnız Batı^[27]	Martin McDonagh	Serkan Üstüner	Girleen
2014	Savaş	Lars Noren	Serdar Biliş	Benina
2016	Parçacıklar	Nick Payne	Tamer Can Erkan	Marianne
2017	Bi Parça Plastik	Marius von Mayenburg	Sündüz Haşar		Project Coordinator
2021	Hamlet	William Shakespeare	İbrahim Çiçek	Ophelia	Digital theater^[28]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2009	Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival	Best Supporting Actress	Bornova Bornova	Won^[29]
2010	Ankara Flying Broom International Women's Film Festival Young Witch Award	Best Actress^[12]	Bornova Bornova	Won
2014	Adana Film Festival Golden Boll in National Feature Film	Best Actress	Deniz Seviyesi	Won^[30]
2018	Adana Film Festival Golden Boll in National Feature Film	Best Actress	Sibel	Won^[31]
2018	Kayseri Film Festival	Best Actress	Taksim Hold'em	Won^[32]
2018	London Film Week	Best Acting	Sibel	Won^[33]
2015	Milano International Film Festival Awards (MIFF Awards) Leonardo's Horse	Best Actress	Deniz Seviyesi	Won^[34]
2018	Asia Pacific Screen Awards	Best Performance by an Actress	Sibel	Nominated^[35]
2020	Florence Film Awards	Best Actress	I Am You	Won^[36]
2018	Kayseri Film Festival Golden Sycamore	Best Actress	Taksim Hold'em	Won^[37]
2010	Sadri Alisik Theatre and Cinema Awards	Promising Actor Award	Bornova Bornova	Won^[38]
2019	Sadri Alisik Theatre and Cinema Awards	Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama	Sibel	Won^[39]
2019	Seattle International Film Festival Golden Space Needle Award	Best Actress	Sibel	Won^[40]
2019	Turkish Film Critics Association (SIYAD) Awards	Best Actress	Sibel	Won^[41]
2013	Turkish Film Critics Association (SIYAD) Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Sen Aydinlatirsin Geceyi	Nominated^[42]
2009	Turkish Film Critics Association (SIYAD) Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Bornova Bornova	Nominated
2009	Yesilçam Award	Best Young Talent	Bornova Bornova	Nominated^[43]
2010	Yesilçam Award	Best Young Talent	Mahpeyker - Kösem Sultan	Nominated^[44]
2014	Yeni Tiyatro Dergisi Emek ve Başarı Awards	Most Successful Actress of the Year in a Supporting Role	Savaş	Won^[45]
2018	Ulusal Yarışma	Best Actress	Sibel	Won^[46]
2018	6th Muret Film Festival (France)	Best Actress	Sibel	Won^[47]
2018	Eskisehir International Film Festival	Best Performance of the Year	Sibel	Won^[48]
2019	Mef Schools - Changemakers Award	Changemaker		Won^[49]
2019	Frankfurt Turkish Film Festival	Best Actress	Sibel	Won^[50]
2018	Afife Theater Awards	Best Supporting Actress of the Year	Bi Parça Plastik	Nominated^[51]

Damla Sonmez Biography

Name	Damla Sonmez
Nickname	None
Gender	Female
Date of Birth	3-May-1987
Age in 2023	36
Birth Place	Istanbul
Country	Turkey
Nationality	Turkish
Height	1.63 (m)
Weight	Unknown (KGs)
Profession	Movie Actress