Ezgi Mola

Ezgi Mola
Mola in 2016
Born
Mercan Ezgi Mola

(1983-03-29) 29 March 1983 (age 41)
OccupationActress
Years active1998–present
Spouse
Mustafa Aksakallı
(m. 2023)
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Children1[2]

Mercan Ezgi Mola (born 29 March 1983) is a Turkish actress who acted in several prominent Turkish movies and TV series.

Biography

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Ezgi is known for her successful run in the cinema as well as theatre in her career.[3] She has performed in an improvisation theater "Arkadaşım Hoşgeldin". After studying at Akademi İstanbul, She studied at Müjdat Gezen Arts Center for 4 years under Aydoğan Temel and also appeared first in his play Çürük Elma. In 2005, she joined BKM Theatre. In 2019 Mola acted as the Queen of Hearts in a Musical adaption based on the Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.

She appeared alongside Ugur Yücel in the series Hırsız Polis and "Canım Ailem". She played in period series "Kötü Yol" based from classic novel. She won Golden Butterfly Award Best Actress for her role in series Masumlar Apatmanı. She played an actress and her many roles in Netflix spin off comedy series Erşan Kuneri.[4]

She has a good box office success in her cinema career. [5] In 2006, she acted in the movie Hayatımın Kadınısın for which she won the Sadri Alışık award.[6][7]

Controversy

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In August 2020, Mola criticized a Turkish soldier, Musa Orhan, who was released from prison, despite being accused of sexual assault in Siirt, and whose Kurdish victim, İpek Er, died in hospital.[8] In June 2021, both Orhan's lawyer and the office of the chief public prosecutor filed a lawsuit against Mola on charges of 'insulting with an audio, written and video message', demanding a prison sentence of up to 2 years and 4 months.[9] In May 2022, she was fined over 400 dollars for insulting Orhan.[10]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2004 Hızlı Adımlar Selen TV film
2005 Organize İşler Berrak Film
2006 Hayatımın Kadınısın Ahu Film
Hokkabaz Nurse Film
2009 Ejder Kapanı Film
2010 Veda Latife Hanım Film
2011 Ay büyürken uyuyamam Film
Celal Tan ve Ailesinin Aşırı Acıklı Hikayesi Jülide Film
Dedemin İnsanları Fatma Film
2012 Pazarları Hiç Sevmem Ayşe Film
2013 Celal ile Ceren Ceren Film
Sen Aydınlatırsın Geceyi Çiğdem Film
Soğuk Boncuk Film
Patron Mutlu Son İstiyor Eylül Film
2015 Kocan Kadar Konuş Efsun Film
2016 Kocan Kadar Konuş: Diriliş Efsun Film
2017 Maide'nin Altın Günü Maide Film
2018 Aydede Rabia Film
Kelebekler Sevtap Film
2019 Organize İşler 2: Sazan Sarmalı Lerzan Berrak Film
Lady Winsley'i Kim Öldürdü Azra Film
2021 Seni Buldum Ya Lerzan Berrak Mubi Film

TV Theatre

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Year Title Role Notes
2008 Kolay Gelsin Kezo
2014–2015 Arkadaşım Hoşgeldin Ezgi
2023 Alice Müzikali Kraliçe

Web series

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Year Title Role Notes
2018 Bartu Ben Guest
2020 Jet Sosyete İpek
2022 Erşan Kuneri Alev Alev Leading role

TV series

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Year Title Role Notes
2000 Karate Can Guest
2002 Unutma Beni
2003 Sultan Makamı Guest
2004 Görünmez Adam Gülizar
2005–2006 Hırsız Polis Gülay
2007 Senden Başka Hayriye
2008 Sınıf Esra
2008–2010 Canım Ailem Feride
2010 Güneydoğudan Öyküler Önce Vatan Ayşe Guest
2011 Bir Ömür Yetmez Hazal
2012 Yalan Dünya Guest
2012 Kötü Yol Leman Aksular
2020–2022 Masumlar Apartmanı Safiye Derenoğlu Ataç

References

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  1. ^ "Ezgi Mola ile Mustafa Aksakallı evlendi". NTV. 8 May 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Can geldi, Ezgi Mola anne oldu!". Hürriyet. 24 November 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Turkish actress Ezgi Mola says sexual predator Musa Orhan demanded 50,000 liras to drop 'insult' case". Gazete Duvar (in Turkish). 2022-10-02. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
  4. ^ "Erşan Kuneri 2. Sezon ile Dönüyor: İşte İlk Fotoğraf". 14 August 2023.
  5. ^ "SEVDİM Mİ TAM SEVERİM SİLDİM Mİ BİR KALEMDE=2010-06-22". sinematurk.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2012-06-22.
  6. ^ "Awards for Ezgi Mola". sinematurk.com. Archived from the original on 2010-07-27. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
  7. ^ "Merve Dizdar and Ezgi Mola: from acting in "Inocentes" to dazzling in musical theater". Paris Beacon.
  8. ^ "Turkish actress to face jail time for speaking against rape case". ahvalnews.com. 3 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Dava açılan Ezgi Mola hakkında yeni gelişme". sozcu.com (in Turkish). 8 June 2021.
  10. ^ "Actress Ezgi Mola fined for 'insulting' ex-soldier who sexually assaulted a woman". Bianet. 24 May 2022.
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