Damla Sönmez

Acting

Damla Sönmez

Born

1987-05-03 (39)

Place of birth

Istanbul, Turkey

Known for

Acting

Credits

44 titles

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 the Yesilcam Movie Awards for her performance in Mahpeyker - Kösem Sultan (2010) As a young actress, Sonmez trained in cities throughout Europe. After graduating from Saint Joseph French High School…

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 5 titles

The Second Night poster
4.0

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 visits Leyla to ask her permission before making his wish.

The Second Night

2021

Strange, Abandoned, Deranged poster
NR

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 circus-style performance, the film builds on fictional voice-overs that depict the experiences of hotel guests and staff and the gradual decay of the once-pompous and now dilapidated abandoned complex, which was closed due to overwhelming debts and left virtually untouched.

Strange, Abandoned, Deranged

2024

Trick poster
4.0

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 each other and their loved ones spill onto an old mother’s carpet... A story of an “era of lovelessness” because of which you’ll want to leave the house for but won’t be able to change the channel...

Trick

2024

Right Where I Left You poster
NR

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 brother-in-law and her brother’s coworker to their village where the funeral will take place. While trying to hide the fact that her brother’s death was not suicide from the village imam, Nihan also confronts her brother-in-law Salim. On this journey, Nihan must confront the contradictions between her own view of life and the norms imposed by religion and society.

Right Where I Left You

2024

The Contact poster
5.0

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 belongings left behind by the son he does not know. A wallet, a photo and his son's pocket phone. Ali tries to get to know his son by talking to people registered in his mobile phone's contact list.

The Contact

2024

2010s · 13 titles

Ayla: The Daughter of War poster
8.0

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 he risks his own life to save her, smuggling her into his army base and out of harm’s way.

Ayla: The Daughter of War

2017

Sibel poster
6.7

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 communicates by using the ancestral whistled language of the area.

Sibel

2019

Çakal poster
6.9

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 he steals from the carpentry workshop where he works. When his girlfriend Deniz dismisses this dream as ridiculous and leaves him, he accepts an offer from his friend İdris. This offer involves working as a foot soldier for a mafia group.

Çakal

2010

Last Stop: Kurtuluş poster
5.8

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...

Last Stop: Kurtuluş

2012

Across the Sea poster
4.7

Damla reluctantly returns to her Turkish summer town with her American husband. Her bitter past is soon to be unveiled.

Across the Sea

2014

The Cut poster
NR

Mrs. Reyhan makes preparations for the reporter woman who wants to interview with her. Reporter women wants to search for the incidents Mrs. Reyhan went through in the past. Mrs. Reyhan goes to kitchen to bring something to drink for the reporter.

The Cut

2019

I Am You poster
10.0

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 and dangerous immigration journey with his best friend, Masoud meets a pregnant doctor and an old man on the way and they band together. Having to flee because of war and terror, Masoud tries to reach his goal with a hopeful but painful journey.

I Am You

2019

Mahpeyker: Kösem Sultan poster
4.9

No synopsis available yet.

Mahpeyker: Kösem Sultan

2010

Thou Gild'st the Even poster
7.3

In a small town in Anatolia, whose inhabitants possess various supernatural powers but still have to deal with ordinary problems, Cemal helps out in his father’s barbershop and, in his free time, acts as a football referee.

Thou Gild'st the Even

2013

A Long Story poster
6.8

A long story that started and ended at the station.

A Long Story

2012

Brigitte poster
7.2

An insight into the creative process of photographer Brigitte Lacombe, exploring her obsession with taking pictures and how her lens defines her relationship with her subjects and the world.

Brigitte

2019

No artwork available
5.3

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 alone, she still tries to leave the feeling as if he is still in the middle of her life as a scarecrow.

Scarecrow

2011

Taksim Hold'em poster
6.5

On a Saturday night in Istanbul, despite the pleas of his fiancée, cynical Alper refuses to join the anti-government protests happening on his doorstep. He just wants to stay home for his weekly dose of poker, played with his regular crew of high-school friends. Alper's game is threatened as his friends set off on a series of passionate, and at times ill-thought-out, squabbles on whether they should join the demonstrations or not.

Taksim Hold'em

2018

2000s · 2 titles

Series credits

The Pit poster
7.5

When a mafia family named Koçovars are in danger of losing control of their neighborhood, “The Pit,” their youngest son must come back home, a place he could never truly escape.

The Pit

2017

Rise of Empires: Ottoman poster
7.5

Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II wages an epic campaign to take the Byzantine capital of Constantinople and shapes the course of history for centuries.

Rise of Empires: Ottoman

2020

Golden Butterfly Awards poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Golden Butterfly Awards

1973

Emret Komutanım poster
4.7

No synopsis available yet.

Emret Komutanım

2005

Arda ile Omuz Omuza poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Arda ile Omuz Omuza

2022

Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan ile Empati poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan ile Empati

2022

Respect poster
7.0

The protagonist of the story, Ercüment Çözer rebels against disrespect and rudeness that we tend to avoid, ignore and eventually forget. Ercüment Çözer is a sociopath obsessed with the idea of respect. However, this time, he is not alone on his obsessive journey. The young lovers Helen and Savas, who have just stepped foot into the real world, find themselves in the middle of difficult situations after being mistreated by a group of people and end up being responsible for a chain of murders that take place in Istanbul. The concept of disrespect instantly turns into a social and mediatic struggle between the two generations. As for the mediatic follow up, Turkey’s most famous morning show host, Hasret will undertake it, however, nobody knows that she is also about to take part in this journey on another level. By getting to the core of this obsession, we will be witnessing the reflection it has on society.

Respect

2020

Ali Sunal ile Aramızda poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ali Sunal ile Aramızda

2024

Aziz poster
6.7

Aziz Payidar, the son of the Payidar family, the largest and only carpet manufacturer in Antakya, leads a prosperous and wealthy life. Aziz's fate changes when he kills the French delegate Monsieur Pierre's son, Lieutenant Andre. He is forced to leave behind the land of his birth, his only love, in short, everything he has. Two years later, when he is thought to be dead, his return is unexpected for everyone. Nothing is the same anymore. Not only did Aziz lose everything he owned, but Antakya, which is now under French occupation, became worse than before he left. Moreover, his first love Dilruba is engaged to his uncle Galip Payidar's son Adem. He will be in a dilemma emotionally when Efnan, a simple peasant girl, unexpectedly enters his life, and after the intense emotional turmoil he experiences, he will find both himself and his true love over time.

Aziz

2021

Cirak poster
8.7

After returning from a security mission for a diamond company in Angola, a hired assassin takes on new assignments for his employer—a company that delivers justice on its own terms.

Cirak

2024

War of the Roses poster
5.4

No synopsis available yet.

War of the Roses

2014

Şubat poster
7.0

An orphan subjected to tests that gave him superpowers is rescued and raised on Istanbul's streets, where he falls for a reporter linked to his past.

Şubat

2012

Gece Gündüz poster
6.7

Gece Gündüz was a police procedural soap produced by the Altıoklar Productions, the main characters are Aslan Aydemir and Kemal. They both work at the Istanbul Organized Crime section of the police force. The series finished on its 33rd episode. The theme song is an edited version of "Gündüz Gece" by Âşık Veysel Şatıroğlu who is also named "Uzun Ince bir Yoldayım" which was a famous Turkish folk music and Veysel was the famous one for this song.

Gece Gündüz

2008

A Love Story poster
7.2

Korkut Ali is a young and handsome guy who has a poor life in Germany. He was abandoned by his parents as a child and was adopted by a couple in Germany. However, he was left alone by his foster family. Ceylan, on the other hand, is a beautiful and naive young girl who lives in Istanbul, Turkey. She is a fashion designer of a famous singer, Tolga whom she is in love with. At a wedding ceremony, Korkut is shot in the head. The doctor saves him but Korkut has to live a bullet in his head with less than a year to live. After this unfortunate event, Korkut goes to Istanbul searching for his birth parents. He learns that his mother is a famous singer Gonul Karanli with a son, Tolga. Korkut feels so betrayed that his birth mom and his brother live a happy life in Istanbul. Will Korkut forget about his past and live the rest of his life peacefully? Will Ceylan manage to bring happiness to Korkut? Will Korkut take his revenge from his mother and his brother?

A Love Story

2013

7 Faces poster
7.2

Featuring seven different yet intertwined stories of modern life in Istanbul, 7 Faces is a thought-provoking drama centering on seven characters living in the same city apartment building. Each of them faces a major change in their lives, which requires them to confront their biggest fear or weakness.

7 Faces

2017

Dark Legacy poster
8.3

Kartal, a former police officer, gets into trouble with a dangerous mafia group while working as the security manager of a nightclub. When he is forced to move closer to his children after years of being away, Kartal navigates the challenges of escaping the mafia’s grip while also trying to be a father to his children. Soon enough, the paths of Kartal, the ex-cop turned nightclub owner with two children, and Nazan, the mafia leader’s daughter waiting for her fiancé to be released from prison, cross. Despite all the death, betrayal, and dangers, our heroes will try to stand side by side, surviving in this den of wolves while learning to love and fall in love against all odds.

Dark Legacy

2024

Türkan poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Türkan

2010

Temiz Para poster
NR

Accountant Soner is deeply in debt. A powerful mob boss gives him a large sum to launder, but Soner loses it gambling. Threatened with death, Soner devises a desperate plan: to launder even more money by pretending to shoot a terrible film. He begins the project with Fatih, the mob boss's right-hand man. As filming progresses, Soner and Fatih fall in love with two women involved in the production. This love also affects their consciences.

Temiz Para

2026

Maviye Sürgün poster
8.0

Oğuz has losaves a young amnesiac woman, Defne, who he brings into his home. But when Defne recovers her memory, she realizes that she was a con artist who must remain in hiding.

Maviye Sürgün

2023

Love and Pride poster
5.0

Zeynep finds herself at a crossroads between two men: Murat, who has loved her since she was a child, and Kenan, a wealthy heir. As the rivalry between them grows, Zeynep must choose between secure and passionate love.

Love and Pride

2017

Camdan Pabuçlar poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Camdan Pabuçlar

2004

Sahte Prenses poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Sahte Prenses

2006

We Are Not Innocent poster
3.0

Three close friends who have not left since high school; Mert, Emir and Volkan. On the day of Mert's engagement, they are confronted with a great event, including Mert's fiance's brother, Umut. And this event will change the life of all of them. After that day, there is a secret that every one has to keep, they have to protect. But this secret is so big that its carrying will be heavy in those young bodies.

We Are Not Innocent

2018

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

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