Meltem Cumbul

Born

5 November 1969 (aged 57)

Place of birth

Izmir

On Avşar Film

appeared in 1 series

Meltem Cumbul was born on 5 November 1969 in Izmir; in her family of Circassian origin, her father is from Akşehir and her mother is from Izmir. She began high school at the Izmir Turkish College and graduated from Ata College in 1987. She received her drama training at the Mimar Sinan University State Conservatory and graduated in 1991.

On television, after Sahte Dünyalar she became an actress known to wide audiences through Zeyno, whom she played in the series Yılan Hikayesi. She appeared in the series Biz Size Aşık Olduk, Beşik Kertmesi and Gurbet Kadını, and played Fatma Sultan in Muhteşem Yüzyıl. In cinema, she appeared in the films Propaganda, Gönül Yarası and Duvara Karşı, which won the Golden Bear in Berlin, and played Elisa Castillo in Alfabe Katili.

On stage, she took part in the musical Smokey Joe's Cafe and the play Taming of the Shrew. She won awards at the Antalya Altın Portakal Film Festival and at the Ankara, Queens and Palm Springs festivals. In 2004 she hosted the Eurovision Song Contest together with Korhan Abay. Starting in 2005, she passed on to students in the theater department of the conservatory from which she graduated the acting method she had learned working with Eric Morris in Los Angeles.

Cumbul played Nazlı in Avşar Film's 2008 series Aşk Yakar.