Rojda Demirer

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

Rojda Demirer
Born	(1980-08-12) 12 August 1980 (age 44) Ankara, Turkey
Occupation(s)	Movie, TV and voice actress
Years active	2002–present

Early years

She was born in Ankara to a father of origin from Diyarbakır. Her paternal family is of Kurdish origin, from the Raman tribe. Her cousin is the actress Belçim Bilgin.^[1][2] Her father died of cancer when Demirer was seven. She lived with her mother and older sister Ruken. Rojda is the Kurdish language word for "sunrise". However, she can't speak Kurdish.^[3][4]

At the age of 8, she began performing in children's programmes at the state-owned TRT's Radio Ankara. Between 1997 and 2001, Demirer studied drama at the Turkish State Conservatory of Hacettepe University in Ankara. After graduation, she worked for the State Theater of Trabzon 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 Show TV 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 "Marie-Antoinette Chocolate" in memory of the French Queen, in the Nişantaşı quarter of Istanbul together with her sister Ruken Demirer,^[5] who is also an actress.^[6]

Filmography

Movies
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Gönderilmemiş Mektuplar	Ceren	Leading actress
2012	KAOS - Örümcek Ağı	Meltem	Leading actress
2019	Geniş Aile Komşu Kızı	Zeynep	Leading actress
Television series
2022–2023	O Kız	Melek	Channel : Kanal D
2022	Son Nefesime Kadar[7]	Gökçe	Channel : FOX
2021	Maraşlı	Firuzan Türel	Channel: ATV
2020	Saygı	Hasret Yakar	Network: BluTV
2018–2019	Çarpışma	Belma	Channel: Show TV
2017	Adı Efsane	Seçil	Channel: Kanal D
2016	Kördüğüm	Neslihan
2015	Acil Aşk Aranıyor	Ayla	Supporting actress, Channel: Show TV
2014	Yedikule Hayat Yokuşu	Süreyya / Sultan
2012–2013	Alev Alev	Alev	Leading actress, Channel: ATV
2011–2012	Elde Var Hayat	Elif	Leading actress, Channel: TRT 1
2010–2011	Geniş Aile	Zeynep Meyveli	Leading actress, Channel: Kanal D and Star TV
2009–2010	Melekler Korusun	Esin Kömürcü Tülek	Leading actress, Channel: Show TV
2007	Sevgili Dünürüm	Ayperi	Leading actress, Channel: Star TV
2006	Hisarbuselik	Sema	Supporting actress, Channel: TRT 1
2006	Yaşanmış Şehir Hikayeleri	Zeynep	Leading actress, Channel: Kanal D
2006	Candan Öte	Görkem	Leading actress, Channel: Star TV
2005	Tadımız Kaçmasın	Eda	Leading actress, Channel: Kanal D
2004	Ağa Kızı	Biricik	Leading actress, Channel: Kanal D
2004	Canım Benim	Demet	Leading actress, Channel: ATV
2003	Aşk Olsun	Ebru	Leading actress, Channel: Kanal D
2002	Eyvah Hamiyet Teyze

References

1. "Kuzen olan Belçim Bilgin ile Rojda Demirer aynı dizide". January 2016.
2. Alkan, Sevda (2003-08-26). "Sultan'ın kızı, 'cici' olmak istemiyormuş". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2014-09-06.
3. "Rojda Demirer Kimdir ?" (in Turkish). Biyografi Ara. Retrieved 2014-09-06.
4. Cıvaoğlu, Güneri (2010-05-23). "Rojda'dan Kürt açılımı". Milliyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2014-09-06.
5. GENCE, Hakan. "Oyuncu kardeşler çikolata hayalini gerçekleştirdi". www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-11-14.
6. Özaytekin, Merve (2010-10-10). "Kraliçenin çikolata aşkı ilham verdi!". Posta. Retrieved 2014-09-06.
7. "Son Nefesime Kadar (Until My Last Breath) Synopsis And Cast: Turkish Drama". Retrieved 2022-11-14.

External links

• Rojda Demirer at IMDb
• Rojda Demirer on SinemaTürk