Şafak Pekdemir

Şafak Pekdemir — Biography

Şafak Pekdemir is a stage, film and television actress who became widely known for playing Zehra Argun in the series Yasak Elma. The Fox production is described as one of the highest-rated shows on Turkish television, and Pekdemir was in its cast from 2018 to 2021. More recently she has appeared in series such as Yalancılar ve Mumları and Senden Daha Güzel.

She trained in the acting department of the Beykent University Faculty of Fine Arts and graduated in 2011. She first appeared on screen in the short film Sadist in 2009 and entered television in 2010 with the series Türk Malı. In her early years she took part in Şüphe, Firar, Leyla ile Mecnun and Seksenler, playing Asıl Demircan in Şüphe and Nisan in Leyla ile Mecnun. In cinema she played Gizem in İncir Reçeli 2 (2014) and Zeynep in Deli Aşk (2017), and then took the lead in the film Deniz ve Güneş. On television she drew notice as İclal in Asla Vazgeçmem.

Her career rose markedly with Yasak Elma, in which she played Zehra, the daughter of Halit Argun. In 2021 she played Meliha Çelebi in the Fox series Yalancılar ve Mumları, and in 2022 she joined the cast of Senden Daha Güzel.