Merve Dizdar

Merve Dizdar (born June 25, 1986) is a Turkish actress. She is best known for her roles in War of the Eltis (2020), The Innocents (2020–2022), The Life and Movies of Erşan Kuneri (2022–present), Snow and the Bear (2022), Ömer (2023–present), and About Dry Grasses (2023). In 2020, she won the Golden Butterfly Award for Best Actress for her role in The Innocents. Dizdar earned a Turkish Film Critics Association Award nomination for her performance in War of the Elits.

Merve Dizdar
Dizdar in 2016
Born (1986-06-25) June 25, 1986
İzmir, Turkey
Occupations
  • Actress
  • presenter
Years active2010–present
Spouse
Gürhan Altundaşar
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(m. 2018; div. 2021)​

Early life and career

Dizdar was born on 25 June 1986 in İzmir.[1] She is a graduate of Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University School of Fine Arts with a degree in acting. She received her master's degree in acting from Kadir Has University.[2] She started her career on stage by joining Semaver Company and continued it at Craft Theatre.[3] Dizdar made her cinematic debut with Bir Ses Böler Geceyi alongside Cem Davran and pursued a career in television with recurring roles in the series Kavak Yelleri, Geniş Aile, Bir Yastıkta, Doksanlar, Çılgın Dershane Üniversite, and was first noted with her role in Beş Kardeş.[4] She also worked for TRT Children, presenting the programs Arkadaşım Bıdı and 23 Nisan Şenliğe Doğru.

Dizdar won the Afife Jale Theatre Best Actress Award for her role in the play Yutmak.[5] She then joined the cast of hit series 7 Yüz, Vatanım Sensin, and Mucize Doktor respectively. In 2020, she had a leading role with Uraz Kaygılaroğlu in the Gupse Özay's comedy film Eltilerin Savaşı, which as of April 2021 is the 22nd most-watched movie of all time in Turkey according to Box Office Türkiye.[6] She shared the leading role with Serenay Sarıkaya, Ezgi Mola, Enis Arıkan, Şükrü Özyıldız, and İbrahim Selim in a musical adaptation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. In 2020, she started to play in the series Masumlar Apartmanı.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Original title Role Notes
2011 A Noise in the Night Bir Ses Böler Geceyi Gülizar / Demet
2013 Dairy Philosopher Mandıra Filozofu Secretary
2016 No Way 2 Yok Artık 2 Buket
2017 Organic Love Stories Organik Aşk Hikayeleri Nazlı
The Gulf Körfez Pınar Premiered at the 2017 Venice International Film Festival
2018 My Name Is Batlir, Not Butler Batlır Yudum
2019 One Love Two Lives Bir Aşk İki Hayat Sema Yaşar
2020 War of the Eltis Eltilerin Savaşı Gizem Altundağ
2021 Have You Ever Seen Fireflies? Sen Hiç Ateşböceği Gördün mü? İzzet Netflix film
2022 Snow and the Bear Kar ve Ayı Aslı Premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival
The Garage Tamirhane Aynur
2023 Alice the Musical Alice Müzikali Kedi Disney+ film
About Dry Grasses Kuru Otlar Üstüne Nuray Premiere at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival
TBA Lovers of the Other Side Öte Yer Aşıkları Munise Short film

Web
Year Title Original title Role Platform
2017 Seven Faces 7YÜZ Nihal BluTV
2022–present The Life and Movies of Erşan Kuneri Erşan Kuneri Feride Orhun Netflix
2023 Magarsus Magarsus Tansu BluTV

Television
Year Title Original title Role Network
2010–2011 Daydreaming Kavak Yelleri Saliha Kanal D
2012 Kingdom of People İnsanlar Alemi Star TV
2013 On a Pillow Bir Yastıkta Yeliz Gelin TRT 1
2013–2014 The Nineties Doksanlar Selin ATV
2014 Çilgin Dersane at the University Çılgın Dersane Üniversitede Özge Show TV
2015 Orphan Flowers Kırgın Çiçekler İrem ATV
Five Brothers Beş Kardeş Fatma Kanal D
New Life Yeni Hayat Sekreter
2015–2016 The Lizard Kertenkele İrem ATV
2017 Face to Face Yüz Yüze Yeşim Show TV
2017–2018 Wounded Love Vatanım Sensin Efsun Kanal D
2020 A Miracle Mucize Doktor Damla Fox
2020–2022 The Innocents Masumlar Apartmanı Gülben Derenoğlu Bilen TRT 1
2020–2021 The Red Room Kırmızı Oda Gülben Derenoğlu Bilen TV8
2023–present Ömer Ömer Nisa Star TV

Theatre
Year Title
2010 Çok Yaşa Dünya
2010–2011 Bir Tutam Hayat
2011–2012 Titus Andronicus
2012 Bir Kurşun Deliğine Kaç İnsan Sığar
2013 Bir İnfazın Portresi
2013 Pamuk Prenses ve Yedi Cüceler
2014 The Birds
2017 Yutmak
2019 Alice Müzikali
2021 On İkinci Gece

Awards and nominations
  • XVII. Direct Audience Awards - "Small Hall Actress" - Yutmak - Craft Theatre - 2017[7]
  • 21st Afife Theatre Awards - "Most Successful Actress of the Year" - Yutmak - Craft Theatre - 2017[8]

References
  1. "Merve Dizdar website". Archived from the original on 27 July 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  2. "Merve Dizdar kimdir, nereli ve kaç yaşında?". Hürriyet. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  3. "Merve Dizdar kimdir? Merve Dizdar kaç yaşında?". Sözcü. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  4. "Merve Dizdar kimdir? Kaç yaşında ve nereli?". Milliyet. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  5. Gence, Hakan (29 April 2017). "Güzel değiliz diye oynamayalım mı? Yetenekliyiz sonuçta". Hürriyet. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  6. "Türk Filmleri Seyirci Rekoru - İlk 100 (1989'dan günümüze)". Box Office Turkey. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  7. "17. Direklerarası Seyirci Ödülleri Açıklandı". Archived from the original on 7 May 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  8. "21. Yapı Kredi Afife Tiyatro Ödülleri sahiplerini buldu".


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