---
name: "Meral Orhonsay"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/meral-orhonsay"
fi1m_id: "meral-orhonsay"
imdb_id: "nm0649803"
tmdb_id: 31759
wikidata_id: "Q6088157"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1952"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T00:55:13.721043+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Meral Orhonsay

## Identity

Meral Orhonsay

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/meral-orhonsay
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** meral-orhonsay
- **IMDb ID:** nm0649803
- **TMDB ID:** 31759
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6088157
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6088157, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0649803/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/31759

Actor. Born 1 January 1952 in İstanbul, Türkiye.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1952, İstanbul, Türkiye
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6088157, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0649803/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/31759

## Biography

Meral Orhonsay is a Turkish actress. She began her career with the Ankara Kardeş Oyuncular theatre company and later hosted programmes on German television channel ZDF. In 1973 she was selected as Sinema Güzeli.

Her film credits include *Kara Murat Fatih'in Fermanı* (1973), *Kanal* (1978), *Maden* (1978), *Derya Gülü* (1979), *Yol* (1982) as Emine, and *Propaganda* (1999) as Şahane. She has also appeared in numerous television series, with activity spanning from 1973 to 2013.

Orhonsay received the Best Actress award at the 1st Istanbul Film Festival in 1976 for *Ben Sana Mecburum* (later returned) and at the 18th Altın Portakal Film Festival in 1981 for *Derya Gülü*, as well as the ÇASOD Emek Onur Ödülü.

*Sources: tr.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, watch.plex.tv, rottentomatoes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Road* (1982), Fi1m 84, as Emine — [page](https://film.one/film/the-road.md)

## Complete filmography (47)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Kırmızı Işık* (2008), series, as Neriman
- *Parmaklıklar Ardında* (2007), series, as Fatma Kaynak
- *The Bitter Life* (2005), series, as Sultan Kosovalı
- *Kurşun Yarası* (2003), series, Actor
- *Berivan* (2002), series, Actor
- *Propaganda* (1999), as Şahane
- *Böyle mi Olacaktı* (1997), series, as Şükran Pınar
- *Kumkapı Olayı: Üzgünüm* (1997), series, Actor
- *Tired Warrior* (1993), series, Actor
- *Kurye* (1990), Actor
- *Misafir* (1990), Actor
- *Hanımın Çiftliği* (1989), series, Actor
- *Kuruluş Osmancık* (1988), series, as Ayna Melek
- *Yaşamak* (1988), Actor
- *Genç ve Dul* (1986), Actor
- *Acı Lokma* (1986), as Elif Ana
- *Merdoğlu Ömer Bey* (1986), Actor
- *Kurşun Ata Ata Biter* (1985), Actor
- *Gülüşan* (1985), as Zekiye
- *Geçim Otobüsü* (1984), as Fistan
- *Tutku* (1984), as Gülsüm
- *The Wrestler* (1984), Actor
- *The Biggest Punch* (1983), as Gazeteci Selin
- *Nasıl İsyan Etmem* (1982), Actor
- *The Road* (1982), as Emine — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-road.md)
- *Öğretmen Kemal* (1981), Actor
- *İntikam Yemini* (1981), as Elvan
- *Derya Gülü* (1979), as Meryem
- *Rezil* (1979), as Leyla
- *Kanal* (1979), as Doktor Zeynep
- *Üç Tatlı Bela* (1979), as Jet Jale
- *Yolcular* (1979), as Ayşe
- *The Man Who Strikes Gold* (1978), as Şükran
- *The Mine* (1978), as Nurettin'in karısı
- *Meryem ve Oğulları* (1977), Actor
- *Hora* (1976), Actor
- *Bu Nasıl Dünya* (1976), Actor
- *Ben Sana Mecburum* (1976), Actor
- *Bakireler Çiftliği* (1975), as Nuriye Yanbakan
- *Yarın Olmaz Şimdi* (1975), Actor
- *My Friend Frankenstein* (1975), as Ayla
- *Bize Koca Gerek* (1975), as Hale
- *Parasızlar* (1975), Actor
- *İnce Memed Vuruldu* (1975), as Bahar
- *En Büyük Patron* (1975), Actor
- *Karamurat: The Sultan's Warrior* (1973), Actor
- *Scene of the Crime* (1970), series, as Aysche

## Gallery

- ![Meral Orhonsay](https://film.one/media/person/3923662/gallery-65eef13768f0.jpg) Meral Orhonsay — Image via TMDB
- ![Meral Orhonsay](https://film.one/media/person/3923662/gallery-a49bd3a98520.jpg) Meral Orhonsay — Image via TMDB
- ![Meral Orhonsay](https://film.one/media/person/3923662/gallery-be1fa900eda5.jpg) Meral Orhonsay — Image via TMDB
- ![Meral Orhonsay](https://film.one/media/person/3923662/gallery-3a2686873fcd.jpg) Meral Orhonsay — Image via TMDB

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