Almila Ada

{{short description|Turkish actress, model and ballerina (born 1994)}}

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| birth_name = Almila Ada Bayazıtoğlu

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|08|04|df=y}}

| birth_place = Istanbul, Turkey

| education = Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University

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| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|model|ballerina}}

| years_active = 2012–present

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Almila Ada Bayazıtoğlu (born 4 August 1994) is a Turkish actress, model and ballerina. She is best known for popular youth series "Adı Efsane".

Early life

Ada's father is a journalist and her mother is a fashion designer and teacher. At an early age she showed interest in ballet and took ballet lessons. Due to her mother's career demands, she lived in Russia for a while. She studied ballet and took piano lessons at Istanbul University State Conservatory for a while. Later she completed her full-time ballet education at the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University and went to London to study ballet and performing arts.{{cite web | title = Almila Ada: İçimde bir balerin var | url = http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/almila-ada-icimde-bir-balerin-var-40376846 | publisher = Hürriyet | date = February 2017 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20170407053913/http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/almila-ada-icimde-bir-balerin-var-40376846 | archivedate = 2017-04-07 | access-date = 2018-08-31 | url-status = live }} There she was encouraged by a cast director and started acting. She later got a minor role in the movie Avengers: Age of Ultron, portraying Scarlett Johansson's character in childhood as a ballerina. After this role, her interest in acting increased. As she suffered from an Achilles tendon injury and bone problem, she came to Istanbul for physical therapy.

Acting career

For a season she acted in the series Kaderimin Yazıldığı Gün.{{cite web | title = Şimdi herkes onun peşinde: Almila Ada | url = http://www.ranini.tv/haber/14880/1/simdi-herkes-onun-pesinde-almila-ada | publisher = ranini.tv | date = May 2016 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20170406201237/http://www.ranini.tv/haber/14880/1/simdi-herkes-onun-pesinde-almila-ada | archivedate = 2017-04-06 | access-date = 2018-08-31 | url-status = live }} She started taking diction lessons afterwards. For a short time she was cast in the TV series Kırgın Çiçekler.{{cite web | title = 'Kırgın Çiçekler'e sürpriz transfer | url = http://www.milliyet.com.tr/-kirgin-cicekler-e-surpriz-transfer-magazin-2307823/ | publisher = Milliyet | date = July 2016 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20170406202338/http://www.milliyet.com.tr/-kirgin-cicekler-e-surpriz-transfer-magazin-2307823/ | archivedate = 2017-04-06 | access-date = 2018-08-31 | url-status = live }}{{cite web | url=https://televizyongazetesi.com/adi-efsanenin-melisi-almila-ada-son-donemin-en-dikkat-ceken-genc-yildizi/118307 | title=Adı Efsane'nin Melis'i Almila Ada, son dönemin en dikkat çeken genç yıldızı | date=May 2017 }}

In 2017, she had leading role in the popular youth series Adı Efsane with Erdal Beşikçioğlu, Özgü Kaya.{{cite web | title = Bu yıl onları izleyeceğiz: Ecem Uzun, Almila Ada ve Damla Colbay | url = http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/bu-yil-onlari-izleyecegiz-ecem-uzun-almila-ada-ve-damla-colbay-40322843 | publisher = Hürriyet | date = February 2017 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20170407053630/http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/bu-yil-onlari-izleyecegiz-ecem-uzun-almila-ada-ve-damla-colbay-40322843 | archivedate = 2017-04-07 | access-date = 2018-08-31 | url-status = live }}{{cite web | title = Almila Ada Kimdir | url = http://www.sabah.com.tr/almila-ada-kimdir | publisher = Sabah | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20170406201410/http://www.sabah.com.tr/almila-ada-kimdir | archivedate = 2017-04-06 | access-date = 2018-08-31 | url-status = live }}

She portrayed "Zeynep Koçak", the girlfriend of Anatolian rock star Barış Akarsu in film Barış Akarsu "Merhaba".{{cite web | url=https://www.gazeteduvar.com.tr/oyuncu-ismail-ege-sasmaz-baris-akarsu-filminden-ilk-fotografini-paylasti-haber-1574539 | title=Oyuncu İsmail Ege Şaşmaz, 'Barış Akarsu' filminden ilk fotoğrafını paylaştı | date=24 July 2022 }}

Apart from acting, Ada has modeled for magazines and brands such as Hollister, IQ, Vogue and InStyle.