Demet Akbağ

Demet Akbağ

Born: December 23, 1959
in Denizli, Turkey
Demet Akbağ (born 23 December 1959) is a Turkish theatre and film actress.

Demet Akbağ was born in Denizli as the third child of Benan and Oktay İybar. Her maternal family is of Turkmen descent. Her paternal family is of Kurdish descent. Her father's religion is Alevism. His family was in Denizli at the time because of the duty of his grandfather as the head of justice department in the city. Her father was a journalist and photographer. She has two elder siblings, Sedef and Kemal. As her parents separated when she was 13, she and her mother and grandmother moved to Istanbul in 1972.

She later enrolled in the Istanbul Girls High School, and as her parents got separated she started attending the Erenköy Girls High School and finished her education there. After finishing high school in 1982, she entered Istanbul Municipal Conservatory and completed school in four years. Her first marriage, when she was 21, lasted four years. She started her professional career first in theatre in the early 1980s and then in television from 1987 onwards. That same year, she was chosen as the TV Star of The Year by Turkey's Association of Magazine Reporters.

Akbağ has been awarded with numerous prizes, including the Golden and Sadri Alisik Best Character Actor for her role in Vizontele, the Afife Jale Best Female Actor for Sen Hiç Ateşböceği Gördün mü?, the Golden Butterfly for Tersine Dünya in 1993, the Ismail Dumbullu (the first actress to get this prize after Suna Pekuysal) in 1995, the Golden Butterfly – Best Comedy Star of The Year in 1996, 1997 and 1998, and the MGD-Comedy Artist Award in both 1996 and 1997. She has also worked with the BKM Actors since their career starts and performed various leading roles in television including Bir Demet Tiyatro and Ölümsüz Aşk, in theatrical plays including Otogargara, Sen Hiç Ateşböceği Gördün mü?, and Bana Bir Şeyler Oluyor, as well as in movies including Where's Firuze?, Eyyvah Eyvah, Eyyvah Eyvah 2, and Eyyvah Eyvah 3. She played in "Kış Uykusu" which won Cannes Award, with Haluk Bilginer for many times.

Movies for Demet Akbağ...

Title: Sandık Kokusu
Character: Filiz Çelik
Released: December 6, 2023
Type: TV
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Title: Scorpion
Character: Perihan
Released: December 11, 2020
Type: TV
Perihan, her daughter Berna, and their family live together comfortably. Ferda, Perihan's famous daughter, runs a beloved hair salon. Ferda blames her troubles on her mother's abandonment. Berna is married with three children. Ferda has an affair with Berna's husband, causing a tragic event. Duru, Perihan's granddaughter studying in the US, arrives for the funeral. Ferda surprises the family by calling Perihan "mother," revealing a secret. This leads to a war between mother and daughter, affecting their neighbors Ipek and Aras.
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Leyla Everlasting
Title: Leyla Everlasting
Character: Leyla
Released: December 4, 2020
Type: Movie
A resilient housewife, her husband and their marriage therapist become mired in a toxic love triangle and a plot to obtain an antique manuscript.
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Title: Kaan Sekban'la Alt Tarafı Bi' Talk Show
Released: September 19, 2020
Type: TV
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Title: The Agency
Character: Self
Released: August 25, 2020
Type: TV
Dicle finds herself in an agency when she comes to Istanbul dreaming of becoming a filmmaker. There’s only place for stars, ego wars, greed, fame, money, hope and disappointment here. As Dicle struggles to exist in this glamorous world without losing her way... Her broken family ties start to bleed again. Her father who abandoned them before she was born is now one of the sharks of the industry and they are working in the same agency. And the magical lights of cinema start to shed light on Dicle’s first love.
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I'm Glad I Did
Title: I'm Glad I Did
Character: Kendisi
Released: July 28, 2020
Type: Movie
Metin Akpınar has not been on the theater stage since 1992. In addition to TV series and movies, new generations were able to meet him with Devekuşu Kabare's six plays that could be recorded. As if it was written today, those who watched had a taste of his unique acting in current plays. It was an acting that accompanied his talent and his intellectual background. "I'm Glad I Did", when transferring through the years Metin Akpinar he brought his own narrative, on the other hand, offers a different approach to Turkey's recent history, leaving an archive for the future by refreshing memory.
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Locked on You
Title: Locked on You
Character: Hafize
Released: November 29, 2018
Type: Movie
A meatball seller gets into trouble so flees Istanbul to find a new life on a beautiful island.
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Görevimiz Tatil
Title: Görevimiz Tatil
Character: Türkan Mutlu
Released: February 23, 2018
Type: Movie
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A Unique Life
Title: A Unique Life
Character: Nadide
Released: December 18, 2015
Type: Movie
A widowed housewife returns to college to complete her studies and embarks on a journey that gives her life new meaning.
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Niyazi Gül Dörtnala
Title: Niyazi Gül Dörtnala
Character: Sultan
Released: May 8, 2015
Type: Movie
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A Long Cold Winter
Title: A Long Cold Winter
Released: December 31, 2014
Type: Movie
A documentary about the shooting session of the film "Winter Sleep" by Nuri Bilge Ceylan. 'Winter Sleep' had been shot in about 14 weeks in Cappadocia region of Anatolia.
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Winter Sleep
Title: Winter Sleep
Character: Necla
Released: June 13, 2014
Type: Movie
Aydın, a hotel owner and a retired actor in rural Turkey navigates conflicts within the relationships with his wife, sister and existence.
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Eyyvah Eyvah 3
Title: Eyyvah Eyvah 3
Character: Firuzan
Released: January 31, 2014
Type: Movie
Thid part of the popular turkish comedy film series.
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Title: Sevdaluk
Character: Adalet
Released: December 11, 2013
Type: TV
The people of northern side of Turkey, struggles the greedy imperialist force to not to give-in the land they grow up with some interior entanglement.. In their stubborn way...
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Government Woman 2
Title: Government Woman 2
Character: Xate Veysel
Released: November 7, 2013
Type: Movie
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Title: Fırıldak Ailesi
Character: Yıldız Fırıldak
Released: February 11, 2013
Type: TV
The satiric adventures of a Turkish family in the metropolitan city of Istanbul.
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Government Woman
Title: Government Woman
Character: Xate Nuroğlu
Released: February 1, 2013
Type: Movie
Xate is an ordinary woman from Midyat with eight children in tow. The only thing that sets her apart is her husband's job as Mayor of Midyat. Until, that is, an extraordinary day changes her life - and the lives of everyone else in Midyat. For the illiterate, uneducated Xate becomes Mayor of Midyat! While she takes on her mayoral duties much as she does those in her house, the infantile rivalry between her children in municipal matters leads to adventures that have the Midyat folk howling with laughter.
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Title: Benzemez Kimse Sana
Released: June 8, 2012
Type: TV
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Last Stop: Kurtuluş
Title: Last Stop: Kurtuluş
Character: Vartanuş
Released: January 6, 2012
Type: Movie
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 resigned herself to daily beatings as long as her husband doesn't touch the kids, Tulay who's shattered every time her mother gets beaten; hairdresser Fusun who tends to see things on the bright side. These are the women who transport Eylem, each other and perhaps every woman in the country to Last Stop: Kurtulus. The heroines adopt one unwavering principle: to oppose all forms of violence! A dark comedy that's rose-tinted, provocative and fantastic...
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Title: İstanbul'un Altınları
Character: İsmet Azmarazlı
Released: August 5, 2011
Type: TV
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Eyyvah Eyvah 2
Title: Eyyvah Eyvah 2
Character: Firuzan
Released: January 7, 2011
Type: Movie
Second part of the turkish comedy film series.
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Eyyvah Eyvah
Title: Eyyvah Eyvah
Character: Firuzan
Released: February 26, 2010
Type: Movie
Hüseyin is a young man who lives with his grandfather and grandmother in a village in Thracian Turkey. The two great loves of his life are his clarinet and Müjgan, a nurse. Although Hüseyin is content with his life, with his music and dreams of Mügan, due to an unexpected development he leaves his village. He ends up in Istanbul where he finds support first in his clarinet and then in the friendship of the singer Firuzan. Firuzan is a popular nightclub performer who is eagerly working on an album as she leads a colorful but complicated life. When Firuzan meets Huseyin, the course of events gives away to a hilarious adventure.
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Title: Sen Harikasın
Character: Harika
Released: September 29, 2008
Type: TV
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O... Çocukları
Title: O... Çocukları
Character: Mehtap Anne
Released: May 16, 2008
Type: Movie
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Title: Elveda Rumeli
Character: Hüsniye
Released: September 20, 2007
Type: TV
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Haybeden Gercek Ustu Ask
Title: Haybeden Gercek Ustu Ask
Character: Oyuncu
Released: January 1, 2007
Type: Movie
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The Net 2.0
Title: The Net 2.0
Character: Dr. Kavak
Released: February 15, 2006
Type: Movie
The life of a young computer systems analyst is thrown into turmoil after arriving in Istanbul to start a new job. She soon finds her passport missing, her credit cards useless, her bank account empty and her identity stolen. As the story progresses we find people and events may not be what they seem...
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Magic Carpet Ride
Title: Magic Carpet Ride
Character: Nuran Ocak
Released: December 22, 2005
Type: Movie
A struggling, suicidal young comedian meets a car thief who is willing to teach him a few things about his profession.
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Where's Firuze?
Title: Where's Firuze?
Character: Firuze
Released: February 20, 2004
Type: Movie
Hayri and Orhan are two music producers head over heels in debt. In an attempt to find the next big thing to turn the business around, they contact Ferhat, a gastarbeiter in Germany, and desperately bring him to Istanbul to sign him. As they are struggling to find the necessary funds to promote Ferhat's debut album, a mysterious rich woman named Firuze shows up and starts supporting them. The future now seems bright, but things are not always what they seem...
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Vizontele Tuuba
Title: Vizontele Tuuba
Character: Siti Ana
Released: January 23, 2004
Type: Movie
Guner Sernikli is a government official who, with his wife and their wheelchair bound daughter, has been assigned as the head librarian to this isolated province, virtually an exile since there is no library in the village. The family is warmly welcome, but these are the years of political anarchy and leftist/rightist clashes in big cities and the youth of the village inevitably follow the tides. They arrive in Vizontele, just as the situation is becoming really absurd. Guner brings wisdom; his daughter Tuba brings beauty, innocence and love. Some like the Mayor, Nazmi Dogan and crazy Emin appreciate these things but they are in the minority and confusion continues to reign. The story is based on the memories of writer-director Yılmaz Erdoğan of the last summer of his childhood in Hakkâri, Turkey in 1980.
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Bana Bir Şeyhler Oluyor
Title: Bana Bir Şeyhler Oluyor
Character: Dursun
Released: December 5, 2003
Type: Movie
“Anlatacaklarım var! Vaaz vermek değil niyetim, duyduğumu söylemek. Söylemeye değer şeyler duyuyorum zira. Belki hayatı daha yaşanır kılmak için ya da belki sade, ama sade anlatmak için... Sen anlat dedi Tanrı bana, anlaşılsın diye değil, hiçbir mükafat istemeden anlat... Çünkü bir mükafattır artık bir anlatıcıya doğru düzgün anlaşılmak! Sen anlat dedi... Sen sade anlat! Umudu hatırlatsın diye umutsuzluğu, çareye yol açsın diye çaresizliği anlat... Ders verme dedi kimseye, çünkü hoca denmez öğrenmesini bitirene. Çırakları olan bir çıraktır usta, olsa olsa... Sen anlat dedi bana Tanrı, sen sade anlat.... “ Yılmaz Erdoğan, “Bana Bir Şeyhler Oluyor” oyununun kahramanı Hilmi Duran’a söylettiği bu sözlerle, yazar olarak neden böyle bir oyun yazmak zorunda kaldığını açıklamakla kalmıyor, aynı zamanda kahramanının da kimliğini ele veriyor.
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Title: Ölümsüz Aşk
Released: September 23, 2003
Type: TV
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Vizontele
Title: Vizontele
Character: Siti Ana
Released: February 2, 2001
Type: Movie
The story takes place in a small town (called Hakkari) in Turkey at the beginning of the 70's. The time has come to bring technology into that small town. The first Television (or called Visiontele by the citizens) arrives and the chaos begins.
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Have You Ever Seen Fireflies? - Theatre Play
Title: Have You Ever Seen Fireflies? - Theatre Play
Character: Gülseren
Released: July 14, 1999
Type: Movie
Yılmaz Erdoğan's lauded stage play traces the life of wunderkind Gülseren as she navigates social and political change.
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Otogargara
Title: Otogargara
Released: July 14, 1995
Type: Movie
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Title: Bir Demet Tiyatro
Released: January 14, 1995
Type: TV
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Tersine Dünya
Title: Tersine Dünya
Character: Bitirim Leyla
Released: January 7, 1994
Type: Movie
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Deliler
Title: Deliler
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
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Homoti
Title: Homoti
Character: Zeynep Erez
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
Ali is a journalist who conducts unsubstantiated interviews. While taking photographs for a story about aliens, he comes across a flying saucer. Out of it comes Homoti from the planet Homon. Homoti does not want Ali to report on him because he does not want to be recognized in the world. However, when journalists soon learn of his existence, they compete for the news. Homoti will have to use her special powers.
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Artiz Mektebi
Title: Artiz Mektebi
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
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Davacı
Title: Davacı
Character: Dursun'un Karısı
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
It is a comedy of stubborn people who initiate a judicial process which would last 7 years because some sheep ate a few cabbages.
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Title: Devekuşu Kabare
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: TV