Demet Akbağ

Born

December 23, 1959 (65 years old)

Known For

Acting

Place of Birth

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.

I Am Mother

I Am Mother

Filiz Çelik · (50 episodes)

8.0

2023

Scorpion

Scorpion

Perihan Emgen · (26 episodes)

4.5

2020

Leyla Everlasting

Leyla Everlasting

Leyla

3.7

2020

Kaan Sekban'la Alt Tarafı Bi' Talk Show

Kaan Sekban'la Alt Tarafı Bi' Talk Show

(1 episode)

0.0

2020

The Agency

The Agency

Self · (1 episode)

6.6

2020

I'm Glad I Did

I'm Glad I Did

Kendisi

7.9

2020

Locked on You

Locked on You

Hafize

5.6

2018

Görevimiz Tatil

Görevimiz Tatil

Türkan Mutlu

4.7

2018

Sister In Law

Sister In Law

Feriştah

5.8

2016

Demet Akbağ ile Çok Aramızda

Demet Akbağ ile Çok Aramızda

Host · (3 episodes)

0.0

2016

A Unique Life

A Unique Life

Nadide

5.9

2015

Niyazi Gül Dörtnala

Niyazi Gül Dörtnala

Sultan

3.9

2015

A Long Cold Winter

A Long Cold Winter

8.0

2014

Winter Sleep

Winter Sleep

Necla

7.5

2014

Eyyvah Eyvah 3

Eyyvah Eyvah 3

Firuzan

5.3

2014

Sevdaluk

Sevdaluk

Adalet · (20 episodes)

4.0

2013

Government Woman 2

Government Woman 2

Xate Veysel

5.8

2013

Fırıldak Ailesi

Fırıldak Ailesi

Yıldız Fırıldak · (80 episodes)

7.8

2013

Government Woman

Government Woman

Xate Nuroğlu

6.1

2013

Benzemez Kimse Sana

Benzemez Kimse Sana

(8 episodes)

9.0

2012

Last Stop: Kurtuluş

Last Stop: Kurtuluş

Vartanuş

5.9

2012

İstanbul'un Altınları

İstanbul'un Altınları

İsmet Azmarazlı · (16 episodes)

6.5

2011

Eyyvah Eyvah 2

Eyyvah Eyvah 2

Firuzan

5.9

2011

Eyyvah Eyvah

Eyyvah Eyvah

Firuzan

6.4

2010

Sen Harikasın

Sen Harikasın

Harika · (1 episode)

7.0

2008

O... Çocukları

O... Çocukları

Mehtap Anne

6.3

2008

Elveda Rumeli

Elveda Rumeli

Hüsniye · (77 episodes)

8.2

2007

Surreal Love From the Wasteland

Surreal Love From the Wasteland

Oyuncu

5.8

2007

The Net 2.0

The Net 2.0

Dr. Kavak

5.1

2006

Magic Carpet Ride

Magic Carpet Ride

Nuran Ocak

6.8

2005

Where's Firuze?

Where's Firuze?

Firuze

7.1

2004

Vizontele Tuuba

Vizontele Tuuba

Siti Ana

6.2

2004

Bana Bir Şeyhler Oluyor

Bana Bir Şeyhler Oluyor

Dursun

7.3

2003

Ölümsüz Aşk

(12 episodes)

0.0

2003

Vizontele

Vizontele

Siti Ana

7.3

2001

Have You Ever Seen Fireflies? - Theatre Play

Have You Ever Seen Fireflies? - Theatre Play

Gülseren

7.8

1999

Otogargara

Otogargara

7.6

1995

Kral Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri

Kral Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri

Host · (2 episodes)

0.0

1995

Kral Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri

Kral Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri

Presenter · (4 episodes)

0.0

1995

Bir Demet Tiyatro

Bir Demet Tiyatro

(30 episodes)

8.4

1995

Tersine Dünya

Tersine Dünya

Bitirim Leyla

5.5

1994

Deliler

Deliler

7.0

1988

Artiz Mektebi

Artiz Mektebi

0.0

1987

Homoti

Homoti

Zeynep Erez

3.8

1987

Davacı

Davacı

Dursun'un Karısı

7.0

1986

Devekuşu Kabare

Devekuşu Kabare

(12 episodes)

0.0

1984

Golden Butterfly Awards

Golden Butterfly Awards

Self - Presenter · (2 episodes)

0.0

1973

Golden Butterfly Awards

Golden Butterfly Awards

Self - Winner · (2 episodes)

0.0

1973