Beste Kökdemir

Beste Kökdemir — Biography

Beste Kökdemir is an actress who has worked in Turkish television series, and occasionally cinema, since 2012. She is best known for playing Açelya in Tatlı Küçük Yalancılar, and she has also appeared in historical dramas and in Kanal D's Hayat Şarkısı.

Kökdemir was schooled in Sinop until university; when she came to Istanbul she sent photographs to agencies and went to test shoots in search of an opening in acting. Her first screen job came in 2012 as Hazal in Çıplak Gerçek. The next two years brought Behzat Ç. Bir Ankara Polisiyesi and the youth series Not Defteri (as Selin); in 2015 she joined the second season of Poyraz Karayel, and in the same year played Açelya in Tatlı Küçük Yalancılar, the Turkish adaptation of the American series. In 2016 she played Meleksima Hatun in Muhteşem Yüzyıl Kösem and Melisa in Hayat Şarkısı.

She then made her film debut in Taş (2017) as Suna, appeared in Sultan of My Heart in 2018, and in 2019 played Eylül in Her Yerde Sen. Her credits also include Alya, Kim Bu Aile and Altay. Before acting she studied fashion design at Haliç University, then turned to stage and performing arts management at Bilgi University. She has said she dreams of winning an Oscar one day.