Dilşad Şimşek

Dilşad Şimşek — Biography

Dilşad Şimşek is an actress who moved from advertising into acting and made her name in television series. She was born in Norway; after living there for 13 years and then in İzmir for 14 years, she came to Istanbul. She is a graduate of the London School of Public Relations.

In her first years in Turkey she worked in advertising at McCann Erickson and spent about a year and a half on the BKM Prot team. After two years of acting training she turned to television: she first appeared briefly on the program Çok Güzel Hareketler Bunlar, and in her first series, Gün Akşam Oldu (2011), she played Türkan, the younger daughter of the characters played by Filiz Akın and Halil Ergül. The following season she played Commissioner Elif in Esir Şehrin Gözyaşları, then Esra in Sana Bir Sır Vereceğim in 2013-2014 and Melis in Kertenkele between 2014 and 2016. In those years she also appeared in many television commercials.

In cinema she took roles in Her Şey Aşktan (2016) and Mutluluk Zamanı (2017).