- Source: Meli Bendeli
Meli Bendeli (born 1989) is a Turkish transgender actress.
Biography
Bendeli was born in 1989 in Ankara as ″Ahmet Melih Yılmaz″. She graduated from Ankara University DTCF Theater Department. She is an experienced theater actor. She was very popular with her acting performance in the theater play Woyzeck Masalı directed by Erdal Beşikçioğlu.
Bendeli, in addition to her theater works, has started to act in films and TV series since 2010. She took part in the series Hatırla Gönül in 2015, and in 2018 she started to portray the character of Timsah Celil in the TV series Çukur, but later left the series. She played the role of Şinasi in the series Cam Tavanlar, which was broadcast on Show TV and made its final in 2021. At the same time, she plays the leading role in Miriam Yasta, staged by Tatbikat Sahne, and directed by Erdal Beşikçioğlu, which premiered on 19 November 2021.
In January 2022, Bendeli came out as a transgender woman and began using she/her pronouns.
Filmography
= Film
== Television
== Theatre
=References
The information in this article is based on that in its Turkish equivalent.
External links
Meli Bendeli at IMDb