Demet Akbağ

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Denizli, Turkey, 1959-12-23

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1986	Davacı	Dursun'un Karısı	70
2	1987	Artiz Mektebi		0
3	1987	Homoti	Zeynep Erez	38
4	1988	Deliler		70
5	1994	Tersine Dünya	Bitirim Leyla	55
6	1995	Otogargara		76
7	1999	Have You Ever Seen Fireflies? - Theatre Play	Gülseren	78
8	2001	Vizontele	Siti Ana	73
9	2003	Bana Bir Şeyhler Oluyor	Dursun	73
10	2004	Vizontele Tuuba	Siti Ana	62
11	2004	Where's Firuze?	Firuze	71
12	2005	Magic Carpet Ride	Nuran Ocak	68
13	2006	The Net 2.0	Dr. Kavak	51
14	2007	Surreal Love From the Wasteland	Oyuncu	58
15	2008	O... Çocukları	Mehtap Anne	63
16	2010	Eyyvah Eyvah	Firuzan	64
17	2011	Eyyvah Eyvah 2	Firuzan	59
18	2012	Last Stop: Kurtuluş	Vartanuş	59
19	2013	Government Woman	Xate Nuroğlu	61
20	2013	Government Woman 2	Xate Veysel	58
21	2014	Eyyvah Eyvah 3	Firuzan	53
22	2014	Winter Sleep	Necla	75
23	2014	A Long Cold Winter		80
24	2015	Niyazi Gül Dörtnala	Sultan	39
25	2015	A Unique Life	Nadide	59
26	2016	Sister In Law	Feriştah	58
27	2018	Görevimiz Tatil	Türkan Mutlu	47
28	2018	Locked on You	Hafize	56
29	2020	I'm Glad I Did	Kendisi	77
30	2020	Leyla Everlasting	Leyla	37

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1973	Golden Butterfly Awards	Self - Presenter	0
2	1973	Golden Butterfly Awards	Self - Winner	0
3	1984	Devekuşu Kabare		0
4	1995	Bir Demet Tiyatro		84
5	1995	Kral Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri	Host	0
6	1995	Kral Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri	Presenter	0
7	2003	Ölümsüz Aşk		0
8	2007	Elveda Rumeli	Hüsniye	82
9	2008	Sen Harikasın	Harika	70
10	2011	İstanbul'un Altınları	İsmet Azmarazlı	65
11	2012	Benzemez Kimse Sana		90
12	2013	Fırıldak Ailesi	Yıldız Fırıldak	78
13	2013	Sevdaluk	Adalet	40
14	2016	Demet Akbağ ile Çok Aramızda	Host	0
15	2020	The Agency	Self	66
16	2020	Kaan Sekban'la Alt Tarafı Bi' Talk Show		0
17	2020	Scorpion	Perihan Emgen	45
18	2023	I Am Mother	Filiz Çelik	80

Demet Akbağ

Film

Television