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
Filiz Çelik · (50 episodes)
2023

Scorpion
Perihan Emgen · (26 episodes)
2020

Leyla Everlasting
Leyla
2020

Kaan Sekban'la Alt Tarafı Bi' Talk Show
(1 episode)
2020

The Agency
Self · (1 episode)
2020

I'm Glad I Did
Kendisi
2020

Locked on You
Hafize
2018

Görevimiz Tatil
Türkan Mutlu
2018

Sister In Law
Feriştah
2016

Demet Akbağ ile Çok Aramızda
Host · (3 episodes)
2016

A Unique Life
Nadide
2015

Niyazi Gül Dörtnala
Sultan
2015

A Long Cold Winter
2014

Winter Sleep
Necla
2014

Eyyvah Eyvah 3
Firuzan
2014

Sevdaluk
Adalet · (20 episodes)
2013

Government Woman 2
Xate Veysel
2013

Fırıldak Ailesi
Yıldız Fırıldak · (80 episodes)
2013

Government Woman
Xate Nuroğlu
2013

Benzemez Kimse Sana
(8 episodes)
2012

Last Stop: Kurtuluş
Vartanuş
2012

İstanbul'un Altınları
İsmet Azmarazlı · (16 episodes)
2011

Eyyvah Eyvah 2
Firuzan
2011

Eyyvah Eyvah
Firuzan
2010

Sen Harikasın
Harika · (1 episode)
2008

O... Çocukları
Mehtap Anne
2008

Elveda Rumeli
Hüsniye · (77 episodes)
2007

Surreal Love From the Wasteland
Oyuncu
2007

The Net 2.0
Dr. Kavak
2006

Magic Carpet Ride
Nuran Ocak
2005

Where's Firuze?
Firuze
2004

Vizontele Tuuba
Siti Ana
2004

Bana Bir Şeyhler Oluyor
Dursun
2003
Ölümsüz Aşk
(12 episodes)
2003

Vizontele
Siti Ana
2001

Have You Ever Seen Fireflies? - Theatre Play
Gülseren
1999

Otogargara
1995

Kral Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri
Host · (2 episodes)
1995

Kral Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri
Presenter · (4 episodes)
1995

Bir Demet Tiyatro
(30 episodes)
1995

Tersine Dünya
Bitirim Leyla
1994

Deliler
1988

Artiz Mektebi
1987

Homoti
Zeynep Erez
1987

Davacı
Dursun'un Karısı
1986

Devekuşu Kabare
(12 episodes)
1984

Golden Butterfly Awards
Self - Presenter · (2 episodes)
1973

Golden Butterfly Awards
Self - Winner · (2 episodes)
1973