Biography
Damla Sonmez was born in Istanbul, Turkey. Her native language is Turkish and is fluent in English and French. Cinema has been her greatest passion since she was child. She is an award-winning actor of international distinction. She received several nominations for her performance in Bornova Bornova (2009) , winning the Antalya Golden Orange Award, Ankara Flying Broom Women's Film Festival Award and a Sadri Alisik Theatre & Movie Award. She was also nominated for The Young Talent Award at...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Strange, Abandoned, Deranged
2024
Turkey's first “eco” hotel, Naturland Eco Park and Resort, opened in 1991 and operated until 2014. A hybrid of documentary, black satirical comedy and...

Strange, Abandoned, Deranged
2024
Co-Producer
Turkey's first “eco” hotel, Naturland Eco Park and Resort, opened in 1991 and operated until 2014. A hybrid of documentary, black satirical comedy and...

The Contact
2024
as Merve
Ali returns to the town he left many years ago after the death of his son İsa, and when he returns, he finds nothing. He comes face to face with the b...

Right Where I Left You
2024
as Nihan
Right Where I Left You tells the story of a woman’s long and difficult journey after her brother’s suicide. Nihan sets off with her brother, her broth...

Trick
2024
as Oyuncu
A writer, an actress, a musician, and a kitchen counter... A bloody night where their arts, the games they play, their lies, and their betrayals of ea...

The Second Night
2021
Veysel's mind is struck with a question. "What would be his one wish if a genie appeared?". He thinks for a while. When he makes up his mind, he visit...

Turkish Gothic: Portrait of a Family
2021
Co-Producer
An upper-class family who wants to have a picture of their family made meet with a famous painter. In this process, the painter, who witnessed the inn...

I Am You
2019
as Aisha
The story of Masoud, who is trying to emigrate to Europe to make a better life for himself, his mother and his fiancé. After embarking on a difficult ...

The Cut
2019
Mrs. Reyhan makes preparations for the reporter woman who wants to interview with her. Reporter women wants to search for the incidents Mrs. Reyhan we...

Sibel
2019
as Sibel
25-year-old Sibel lives with her father and sister in a secluded village in the mountains of Turkey’s Black Sea region. Sibel is a mute, but she commu...

Taksim Hold'em
2018
as Defne
On a Saturday night in Istanbul, despite the pleas of his fiancée, cynical Alper refuses to join the anti-government protests happening on his doorste...

Ayla: The Daughter of War
2017
as Nuran
In 1950, amidst the ravages of the Korean War, Sergeant Süleyman stumbles upon a a half-frozen little girl, with no parents and no help in sight and h...

Across the Sea
2014
as Damla
Damla reluctantly returns to her Turkish summer town with her American husband. Her bitter past is soon to be unveiled.

Thou Gild'st the Even
2013
as Defne
In a small town in Anatolia, whose inhabitants possess various supernatural powers but still have to deal with ordinary problems, Cemal helps out in h...

A Long Story
2012
as Ayla
A long story that started and ended at the station.

Last Stop: Kurtuluş
2012
as Tülay
Meet Vartanus who has devoted her life to her bedridden father; Goncagul who realizes that her Mafioso lover will never marry her. Gulnur who's resign...
Scarecrow
2011
as Girl
A girl who is at beginning of her 20's, imputes the fear, which her husband has made on her, to a scarecrow after her husband's death. Although being ...

Çakal
2010
Akın's life, who lived with a father he didn't like and a sick mother, changed after he lost his mother. He plans to start a new life with the money h...

Mahpeyker: Kösem Sultan
2010
as Emine/Kösem Sultan

Bornova Bornova
2009
as Özlem
A story from Bornova, a neighborhood in Izmir. Two good friends Salih and Hakan spend their days in front of a grocery store waiting for a chance to d...

Kampüste Çıplak Ayaklar
2009
as Ebru
A film that takes a different approach to the theme of people whose lives have changed after traveling to India and embarking on a spiritual journey, ...