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Damla Sönmez
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Damla Sönmez

Actor · 39 years old

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Age39
Birth dateMay 3, 1987
BirthplaceIstanbul
ProfessionActor
Zodiac signTaurus
Eye colorBrown
EducationYeditepe University, Theatre Department
Spouseİlkay Akıncı

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Damla Sönmez — Biography

Damla Sönmez is an actress who moves between television, film and theater, and also works as a voice artist. Television audiences know her from series such as Bir Aşk Hikayesi and Güllerin Savaşı, while her best-known film work includes Sibel and I Am You. In July 2026 she married her manager, İlkay Akıncı.

Her breakthrough was the role of Özlem in Bornova Bornova, a performance that won her Best Supporting Actress at the Golden Orange festival in 2009. Before that she had appeared in productions such as Camdan Pabuçlar, Emret Komutanım and Gece Gündüz. Her part as a bride who loses her memory in Şubat was a turning point on screen; Bir Aşk Hikayesi gave her a first lead, and in 2014 she played Gülru in Güllerin Savaşı. Her role in Deniz Seviyesi brought best actress awards from the Golden Boll and Milano film festivals. Later she was seen as Efsun in Çukur and as Dilruba in Aziz, and she also appeared in the Netflix docudrama Rise of Empires: Ottoman and in Kötü Kan.

After St. Joseph French High School she began theater studies at the Sorbonne in Paris and completed them in the Theatre Department of Yeditepe University; she also took violin and piano classes at the Mimar Sinan State Conservatory. Her role in the play Savaş won an award from Yeni Tiyatro magazine.

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Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

Damla Sönmez's prize-winning work comes from film: Özlem in Bornova Bornova won her Best Supporting Actress at the Golden Orange in 2009, and her role in Deniz Seviyesi brought best-actress awards from the Golden Boll and Milano. In my view that suggests her best work is in cinema; the black-and-white, absurdist world of Sen Aydınlatırsın Geceyi is also a choice far from popular series.

Series Binger A series devotee tracking character arcs, cast chemistry and season pacing.

Damla Sönmez's path in series runs from romantic melodrama to genre work: Bir Aşk Hikayesi gave her a first lead, she played Gülru in Güllerin Savaşı, and then entered the crime-and-action world of Çukur. In my view this shift shows an actor opening new ground rather than being stuck in one type.

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