Elif Melda Yılmaz

Elif Melda Yılmaz — Biography

Elif Melda Yılmaz was born on 7 November 1977 in Eskişehir. She graduated from the Theatre Department of the Faculty of Music and Performing Arts at Bilkent University. Alongside stage, musical, film and television acting, she also works in voice acting and singing.

She had her first acting experience in 2004 with the series Tatil Aşkları and became known for the character Meryem, whom she portrayed in Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu. In 2017 she played Alev in Fox TV's daily series Esaretim Sensin, and in 2021 she appeared as Feyza in Aşkın Tarifi.

In 2022 she appeared before audiences as Ayten in the series Yargı, and in 2025 she joined the series Kızılcık Şerbeti as Beril, Kıvılcım's neighbour. In the same period she also shared acoustic song performances with her listeners. She is married to Koray Hatipoğlu.