Melis
Birkan was born on 15 July 1982 in Ankara, Turkey. After graduating from high
school she enrolled in State Conservatory of the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts
University. She graduated from Modern Dance division of Ballet program of
Department of Performing Arts.
After
appearing in the advertorial of "Eti Form" (a diet biscuit) she
performed in a musical play called "Mucizeler" (means Miracles in
Turkish). She, then, was invited to prepare a life style magazine program
titled "Tarz-i Hayat" (means Life Style in Ottoman Turkish). Her show
aired in KanalTurk (a Turkish mainstream TV channel) in 2005. After Mucizeler,
she took a supporting role in her first TV series titled "Çapkin"
(means Womanizer in Turkish). Çapkin aired in 2005.
She
then appeared in many Turkish TV series and movies. She became famous
particularly after the movie "Barda (2006)" (means "in the
Bar" in Turkish) in which she took part in a rape scene.
Some Theatre
Plays In Which He Acted:
Yeni
Bir Şarkı / Oyuncu - 2019
En
Kısa Gecenin Rüyası / Helena - 2015
Bira
Fabrikası / Beyazbüyü - 2015
Awards:
En
İyi Kadın Oyuncu (Issız Adam) / 14.Sadri Alışık Ödülleri 2009
Films and Series
in Which He Starred:
You
Me Lenin (Film 2021)
Menajerimi
Ara (Melis Birkan, TV Series 2020)
Sefirin
Kızı (Canan, TV Series 2020)
Söz
(Linda, TV Series 2017)
Sen
Benim Herşeyimsin (Pınar, Film 2016)
46
Yok Olan (Ceyla, TV Series 2016)
Büyük
Sürgün Kafkasya (Rüstem'in karısı Safiye Demir, TV Series 2014)
Saklı
Kalan (Defne-Gülce Başar, TV Series 2013)
İşler
Güçler (Konuk Oyuncu, TV Series 2012)
Leyla
ile Mecnun (TV Series Leyla, 2012)
Deli
Saraylı (Hüma, TV Series 2010)
Bu
Kalp Seni Unutur mu? (Cemile Gürcan, TV Series 2009)
Avrupa
Yakası (Kendisi, TV Series 2009)
Adını
Sen Koy (Aybige, Film 2009)
Issız
Adam (Ada, Film 2008)
Ayışığı
(Zeynep, TV Series 2008)
Ulak
(Emine – Ümmü, Film 2007)
Komedi
Dükkanı (TV Series Konuk Oyuncu, 2008)
İyi
ki Varsın (Gizem, TV Series 2006)
Köprü
(TV Series Elmas, 2006-2007)
Barda
(Nil, Film 2006)
Amerikalılar
Karadeniz'de 2 (Çiçek, Film 2006)
Çapkın
(Kiraz, TV Series 2005)
Mucizeler
Komedisi (Video 2004)
REFERENCE:
Melis Birkan (tiyatrolar.com.tr, 28.04.2021), Melis Birkan (showtv.com,
28.04.2021), Melis Birkan (imdb.com, 28.04.2021), Melis Birkan (sinematurk.com,
28.04.2021), Melis Birkan (diziler.com, 28..04.2021), Melis Birkan (beyazperde.com,
28..04.2021).
