Melisa Şenolsun

Melisa Şenolsun — Biography

Melisa Şenolsun is a theatre-trained actress who started in youth series and reached an international audience through the Netflix drama Atiye. Her first television lead was Ceren in Umuda Kelepçe Vurulmaz; since then she has worked across series and film, most recently appearing in productions such as Cennetin Çocukları and Aşk Evlilik Boşanma.

She stepped onto screen in 2015 as Hande in Tatlı Küçük Yalancılar and played Sude in Kiralık Aşk the same year. After Umuda Kelepçe Vurulmaz made her a lead, she took the part of Rüya Kıran in Nefes Nefese, while Nihat Durak's Babam was her first cinema experience. Her breakthrough, Atiye, ran from 2019 to 2021. She joined the second season of Masumlar Apartmanı as Rüya and left the show in 2022, the year she took the lead in the film LCV (Lütfen Cevap Veriniz).

She trained at İzmir Gelişim Koleji and in the theatre department of Istanbul University State Conservatory, and for a time worked at the Uğur Mumcu Bornova State Theatre. Her brother is the actor Efecan Şenolsun. In 2019 she took part, with Hazar Ergüçlü and Dilan Çiçek Deniz, in Elidor's #BizYokuz campaign aimed at women.