Rojda Demirer (born 12 August 1980) is a Turkish actress.

Early years

She was born in

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to a father of origin from

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. Her paternal family is of Kurdish origin, from the Raman tribe. Her cousin is the actress

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. Her father died of cancer when Demirer was seven. She lived with her mother and older sister Ruken. Rojda is the

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word for "sunrise". However, she can't speak Kurdish. At the age of 8, she began performing in children's programmes at the state-owned

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's Radio Ankara. Between 1997 and 2001, Demirer studied drama at the Turkish State Conservatory of

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in Ankara. After graduation, she worked for the State Theater of

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from 2003 to 2008.

Career

She received the İsmail Cem Television Award, the "Best Supporting Actress in a TV-series for Youth" in 2010 for her role in the

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youth drama series '' Melekler Korusun''. The serial is at present being re-run by the Fox TV Turkey. Lately, she opened an upmarket home-made chocolate store called "

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Chocolate" in memory of the French Queen, in the

Nişantaşı Nişantaşı is an upmarket, largely secular residential neighbourhood in the Şişli district on the European side of Istanbul, Turkey. Separated from Osmanbey and Pangaltı to the west by busy Halaskargazi Caddesi, it is a popular shopping d ...

quarter of Istanbul together with her sister Ruken Demirer, who is also an actress.

Filmography

References

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Rojda Demirer
on SinemaTürk 1980 births Living people Turkish Alevis 21st-century Turkish actresses Turkish film actresses Turkish television actresses Turkish voice actresses Actresses from Ankara Turkish people of Kurdish descent Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory alumni Kurdish actresses {{Turkey-actor-stub