Demet Akbağ

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| name = Demet Akbağ

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| caption = Akbağ in March 2012

| birth_name = Demet İybar

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|12|23|df=y}}

| birth_place = Denizli, Turkey

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| nationality = Turkish

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| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 1983–present

| spouse = {{plainlist|

{{marriage|İskender Akbağ|1981|1984|reason=div}}
{{marriage|Saim Arpat|1986|1986|reason=div}}
{{marriage|Zafer Çika|1999|2019|reason=died}}

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| children = 1

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Demet Akbağ ({{nee|İybar}}; born 23 December 1959) is a Turkish theatre, film actress and acting trainer.{{Cite web |title=Demet Akbağ - OYUNCULUK - Sonsuzoda |url=https://sonsuzoda.com/course/demet-akbag-oyunculuk |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=sonsuzoda.com}}

Biography

Demet Akbağ was born on 23 December 1959 in Denizli as the third child of Benan and Oktay İybar.{{Cite web|url=https://www.posta.com.tr/magazin/pazar-postasi/1961in-en-guzel-ucuncu-cocugu-228662|title=1961'in en güzel üçüncü çocuğu...|date=27 April 2018|website=Posta|access-date=11 March 2024}} Her family was in Denizli at the time because of the duty of her grandfather as the head of justice department in the city.{{Cite news|url=http://arama.hurriyet.com.tr/arsivnews.aspx?id=256691|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130418201501/http://arama.hurriyet.com.tr/arsivnews.aspx?id=256691|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2013|title=Bir Demet Doğallık: Demet Akbağ|author=Emel Armutçu|newspaper=Hürriyet|date=12 September 2004}} Her father was a journalist and photographer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.haber3.com/guncel/demet-akbagin-merak-edilenleri-haberi-512108|title=Demet Akbağ'ın merak edilenleri|date=28 February 2010|website=haber3.com|accessdate=11 March 2024}} 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 her studies in four years. Her first marriage, when she was 21, lasted four years.

Career

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.

Between 1995-2007, she played many roles in programming "Bir Demet Tiyatro". Also, she joined cast of hit series "Perihan Abla", "Elveda Rumeli".{{Cite web|url=https://www.haberturk.com/demet-akbag-kimdir-demet-akbag-kac-yasinda-demet-akbag-filmleri-ve-dizileri-2900301|title=Demet Akbağ kimdir? Demet Akbağ kaç yaşında? Demet Akbağ filmleri ve dizileri|website=Habertürk|accessdate=11 March 2024}}

Akbağ has been awarded with numerous prizes, including the Golden and Sadri Alışık Best Character Actor for her role in franchise film 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 Neredesin Firuze, franchise film series Eyyvah Eyvah and Hükümet Kadın. She played in "Kış Uykusu" which won Cannes Award, with Haluk Bilginer for many times.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/turkce/haberler/2014/05/140524_altin_palmiye_ceylan|title = Altın Palmiye, Nuri Bilge Ceylan'ın 'Kış Uykusu'na|date = 24 May 2014}}

Filmography

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
colspan="4" style="background:LightSteelBlue"\| Film
style="background:#CCCCCC"\| Year !style="background:#CCCCCC"\| Title !style="background:#CCCCCC"\| Role !style="background:#CCCCCC"\| Notes
1986 \| Davacı \| Dursun's wife \|
1987 \| Homoti \| Zeynep Erez \|
1993 \| Tersine Dünya \| Bitirim Leyla \|
2000 \| Vizontele \| Sıti Ana \|
2004 \| Neredesin Firuze \| Firuze \|
2003 \| Vizontele Tuuba \| Sıti Ana \|
2005 \| Organize İşler \| Nuran Ocak \|
2005 \| The Net 2.0 \| Dr. Kavak \|
2008 \| O... Çocukları \| Mehtap Anne \|
2010 \| Eyyvah Eyvah \| Firuzan \|
2011 \| Eyyvah Eyvah 2 \| Firuzan \|
2011 \| Kurtuluş Son Durak \| Vartanuş \|
2012 \| Hükümet Kadın \| Xate \|
2013 \| Hükümet Kadın 2 \| Xate \|
2014 \| Eyyvah Eyvah 3 \| Firuzan \|
2014 \| Kış Uykusu \| Necla \|
2015 \| Niyazi Gül Dörtnala \| Sultan Şahmerdan \|
2015 \| Nadide Hayat \| Nadide \|
2016 \| Görümce \| Falcı Feriştah \|
2018 \|Görevimiz Tatil \|Türkan Mutlu \|
2020 \|9 Kere Leyla \|Leyla \|
colspan=4 style="background:LightSteelBlue"\| TV series
style="background:#CCCCCC"\| Year !style="background:#CCCCCC"\| Title !style="background:#CCCCCC"\| Role !style="background:#CCCCCC"\| Notes
1986 \| Perihan Abla \| Nesrin \|
1991 \| Varsayalım İsmail \| Zarife \|
2003 \| Ölümsüz Aşk \| Suna \|
2004 \| Sevinçli Haller \| Evinç \|
2007–2008 \| Elveda Rumeli \| Hüsniye \|
2008–2011 \| Sen Harikasın \| Harika \|
2011 \| İstanbul'un Altınları \| İsmet Azmarazlı \|
2013 \| Fırıldak Ailesi \| Yıldız Fırıldak \| animation
2013 \| Sevdaluk \| Adalet \|
2020 \| Menajerimi Ara \| Herself \| rowspan="2" \| Star TV
2020–2021 \| Akrep \| Perihan Emgen
2023–2025 \|Sandık Kokusu \|Filiz Başkaya \|Show TV
colspan=4 style="background:LightSteelBlue"\| Programming
style="background:#CCCCCC"\| Year !style="background:#CCCCCC"\| Title !style="background:#CCCCCC"\| Role !style="background:#CCCCCC"\| Notes
1995 \| Bir Demet Tiyatro \| Lütfiye Çıtır Fıdıllıoğlu, Züleyha, Feriştah \|
1995 \| Bir Demet Kahkaha \| Demet \|
2000 \| Bir Demet Yerli Film \| Herself \|
2001 \| Şen Kahkahalar \| \|
2006 \| Bir Demet Tiyatro \| Lütfiye Çıtır, Feriştah, Orkide, Züleyha \|
2016–2018 \| Demet Akbağ ile Çok Aramızda \| Presenter \| Show TV
2019 \| Çok Güzel Hareketler 2 \| Lütfiye Çıtır / Feriştah (guest) \| Kanal D

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

colspan="4" style="background:LightSteelBlue"| Film

style="background:#CCCCCC"| Year

!style="background:#CCCCCC"| Title

!style="background:#CCCCCC"| Role

!style="background:#CCCCCC"| Notes

1986

| Davacı

| Dursun's wife

1987

| Homoti

| Zeynep Erez

1993

| Tersine Dünya

| Bitirim Leyla

2000

| Vizontele

| Sıti Ana

2004

| Neredesin Firuze

| Firuze

2003

| Vizontele Tuuba

| Sıti Ana

2005

| Organize İşler

| Nuran Ocak

2005

| The Net 2.0

| Dr. Kavak

2008

| O... Çocukları

| Mehtap Anne

2010

| Eyyvah Eyvah

| Firuzan

2011

| Eyyvah Eyvah 2

| Firuzan

2011

| Kurtuluş Son Durak

| Vartanuş

2012

| Hükümet Kadın

| Xate

2013

| Hükümet Kadın 2

| Xate

2014

| Eyyvah Eyvah 3

| Firuzan

2014

| Kış Uykusu

| Necla

2015

| Niyazi Gül Dörtnala

| Sultan Şahmerdan

2015

| Nadide Hayat

| Nadide

2016

| Görümce

| Falcı Feriştah

2018

|Görevimiz Tatil

|Türkan Mutlu

2020

|9 Kere Leyla

|Leyla

colspan=4 style="background:LightSteelBlue"| TV series

style="background:#CCCCCC"| Year

!style="background:#CCCCCC"| Title

!style="background:#CCCCCC"| Role

!style="background:#CCCCCC"| Notes

1986

| Perihan Abla

| Nesrin

1991

| Varsayalım İsmail

| Zarife

2003

| Ölümsüz Aşk

| Suna

2004

| Sevinçli Haller

| Evinç

2007–2008

| Elveda Rumeli

| Hüsniye

2008–2011

| Sen Harikasın

| Harika

2011

| İstanbul'un Altınları

| İsmet Azmarazlı

2013

| Fırıldak Ailesi

| Yıldız Fırıldak

| animation

2013

| Sevdaluk

| Adalet

2020

| Menajerimi Ara

| Herself

| rowspan="2" | Star TV

2020–2021

| Akrep

| Perihan Emgen

2023–2025

|Sandık Kokusu

|Filiz Başkaya

|Show TV

colspan=4 style="background:LightSteelBlue"| Programming

style="background:#CCCCCC"| Year

!style="background:#CCCCCC"| Title

!style="background:#CCCCCC"| Role

!style="background:#CCCCCC"| Notes

1995

| Bir Demet Tiyatro

| Lütfiye Çıtır Fıdıllıoğlu, Züleyha, Feriştah

1995

| Bir Demet Kahkaha

| Demet

2000

| Bir Demet Yerli Film

| Herself

2001

| Şen Kahkahalar

2006

| Bir Demet Tiyatro

| Lütfiye Çıtır, Feriştah, Orkide, Züleyha

2016–2018

| Demet Akbağ ile Çok Aramızda

| Presenter

| Show TV

2019

| Çok Güzel Hareketler 2

| Lütfiye Çıtır / Feriştah (guest)

| Kanal D

References

External links

{{IMDb name|0015130}}
Biyografi.net - [http://www.biyografi.net/kisiayrinti.asp?kisiid=2335 Biography of Demet Akbağ] {{in lang|tr}}
[http://www.biyografi.info/kisi/demet-akbag Biyografi.info Demet Akbağ]

{{succession box |

| before = Serap Aksoy

| after = Derya Alabora

| title = Golden Orange Award for
Best Supporting Actress

| years =1993
for Tersine Dünya

}}

{{succession box |

| before = Sanem Çelik

| after = Meral Oğuz

| title = Golden Orange Award for
Best Actress

| years =2001
for Vizontele
shared with Yeşim Salkım for Şarkıcı

}}