Eva Dedova

Eva Dedova — Biography

Eva Dedova is an actress born in Kazakhstan who has built her career in Turkey. She is best known as Meryem in Mahmut ile Meryem, in which she shared the lead with Aras Bulut İynemli, and as Victoria in Mehmetçik Kut'ül Amare. She also appeared in the international production Rise of Empires: Ottoman, and her most recent film is Mitat, from 2023.

From a family of Russian and German descent, Dedova grew up between Kazakhstan and Turkey. She studied Radio-TV and Cinema and Theatre at Kadir Has University and speaks Russian and English as well as Turkish. The first phase of her career was comedy and youth television: after BKM she joined Çok Güzel Hareketler Bunlar, played Öykü Akyol in the last season of Kavak Yelleri, and then acted in Yalan Dünya. The turning point was Mahmut ile Meryem (2013), adapted from a novel by the Azerbaijani writer Elchin Efendiyev.

In the next phase she moved towards period dramas: Tatya in Kurt Seyit ve Şura, Ece in Kanal D's Babam ve Ailesi, and Victoria in Mehmetçik Kut'ül Amare. In 2020 she played Catherine Brankovic in Rise of Empires: Ottoman.