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Derya Celikkol

Derya Celikkol

About me

Derya Celikkol is a Turkish actor and production designer based in Berlin and New York. Her theatrical journey has been marked by performances at La Mama, Dixon Place, Rattlestick and Players Theatre in NYC, Greenside at Edinburgh and TiK in Berlin. She has performed as a lead in over 100 shows of the critically acclaimed Unmaking Toulouse-Lautrec, for which she was an original devising member. Recently she originated the time traveling witch role of Bogdana in the play Wenches! for which the Scotsman called her "perfectly cast" and "Celikkol's disarmingly modern witch is a hoot." Her noteworthy film credits include Daria the Great for which she received a Best Actress Award at the Lionshead Film Festival and Fairytale of New York with a wide theatrical release in Turkey. Her production design work consists of award winning feature and short films, TV shows and commercials. She is a proud graduate of the Experimental Theatre Wing/Tisch School of the Arts.

Information

Acting age
20-40 years
Place of birth
Ankara
Height (cm)
165
Weight (in kg)
49
Eye color
brown
Hair color
brown
Hair length
Long
Place of residence
Berlin (DE)
Housing options
Paris (FR), Lisbon (PT), Stetten (DE), New York (US), İstanbul (TR), Ankara (TR), İzmir (TR), London (GB)
Nationality
Turkish
Languages
English(native)Turkish(native)GermanFrench
Accents
AmericanArabicEnglishFrenchGreekHungarianIrishItalianRussianSerbianSoutheastSouthwestTurkishYugoslavian
Instruments
Electric guitarPiano
Sport
Aerial silkAerial yogaFloor exercisePilatesRunningStage combatSuzukiYogaAcrobaticsAerobicsAikidoAthleticsBackpackingBadmintonBalletBasketballBeach volleyballBoulderingBowlingBoxingBungee jumpingBycicle racingClimbingCrossFitDancesportFitnessFree climbingGymnasticsHikingKickboxingKnife combatMountain hikingPaintballRock climbingSlackliningSoccerSwimmingSword fightingTable tennisTai chiTennisTrampoliningVolleyballBaseballBilliardsCanoeCapoeiraDartsFrisbeeKayakMiniature golfQigongRaftingSquashStandup paddleboarding
Dance
Contact improvisationAfro danceBelly danceBurlesqueCan-canChoreographyClassic danceContemporary danceDiscoExperimental danceExpressionist danceFolk danceFreestyle danceGogo danceGreek folk dancesImprovisation danceJazz danceModern danceMusical theaterNew danceOriental dancePerformancePole dancePopRock & rollSalsaShow danceSirtakiSolo danceStandardStripteaseSwingTechnoTurkish folk dancesVideo clip dancingVoguingBachataBalletHip hop
Main profession
Actor
Specializations
Action / Martial arts actor
Singing
A cappellaBacking vocalsOldiesRockRock & RollSong
Special skills
Improvisation(cartoon) voice actingAudio bookAudio dramaBarmanBurlesqueChoreographyClownDramatic fighting scene choreographerMasqueSlapstickStorytellerVertical ropePantomime
Pitch
Soprano
Driver's licenses
B - Car

Credits

Primary professional training

2011 – 2015
New York University Tisch School of the Arts

Other professional training

2016 – 2017
New York Film Academy
2013 – 2014
Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB)
2010
Yale School of Drama

Awards

2017
Best Actress (Short film)

Film

2024 – 2026
Shadows of the Wasteland (Feature film) In development
Lyra (LR) Alexander Pfander
2022
Intentions (Medium length film)
Sumeyra (LR) Tanju Ozdemir Producer: Kenan Baysal, Mehmet Gungoren Distribution: ZeroPoint MK Casting Director: Jane Flowers Written by: Tanju Ozdemir, Mehtap Ozdemir
2020
Bliss (Short film)
Trish (LR) Derya Celikkol
2019
Dragonfly (Short film)
Multiverse Actress (SUP) Nicholas Marchetti Producer: Alyssa Lomuscio
2019
Multiverse (Short film)
Trudy (LR) Rayn Epremian Producer: Grace Hendricks Written by: Rayn Epremian
2017
Fairytale of New York (Feature film)
Derya (LR) Dogam Ozmekik Producer: Derya Taskin Written by: Nilufer Yenidogan
2017
Maybe (Short film)
Claire (LR) Friedl Kreuser Producer: Mareesa Kreuser
2017
Fat City (Short film)
Oma (LR) Salvatore Interlandi
2016
Daria the Great
Daria (LR) Friedl Kreuser Producer: Mareesa Kreuser
2015
Vestibule (Feature film)
Anita (LR) Charles Astuto
2014
Just Kevin (Short film)
Stephanie (SUP) Friedl Kreuser Producer: Mareesa Kreuser

Theater

2025
Wenches! (Drama)
Bogdana (SUP) Antonia Reinisch Producer: Hysterie Theater Theater: Greenside @ George St.
2021
Aliens Make Thanksgiving Dinner (Drama)
Turkey (LR) James Clements Producer: Yue Liu Theater: Rattlestick Theater (NY)
2019
Unmaking Toulouse-Lautrec (Drama)
Adele de Toulouse-Lautrec (LR) Mara Lieberman Producer: Lisa Timmel Theater: Madame X (NY) Written by: Bated Breath Theatre Company '19
2018
A Hyacinth in the Mountains (Drama)
Noor (LR) NJ Agwuna Producer: Power of People Combined Theater: Broadway Bound Festival (NY) Written by: Claire Jamison
2018
Chaos / Absolute Zero (Choreography)
Snow Queen (LR) Suzanne Willet Producer: Will It Productions Theater: Players Theater (NY) Written by: Ensemble
2016
Instructions to Decode (Drama)
Roach (LR) Ryan Justesen Producer: InTandem Lab Theater: Dixon Place (NY) Written by: Gisela Cardenas
2016
Women of NY (Drama)
Isabelle (LR) Ege Maltepe Producer: Erin Bigelow, Deborah Roth, Emir Gamsizoglu Theater: 4th U Artivists (NY)
2014
Fragments from a Triumphal Arch (Drama)
Victoria (LR) John Jesurun Producer: Rosemary Quinn Theater: Loewe Theater
2014
Movers & Sons (Choreography)
Mover (LR) Margot Bordelon Producer: Clubbed Thumb Theater: Clubbed Thumb (NY) Written by: The Falcons
2013
La Brea (Drama)
Dancer (SUP) Adam Greenfield Theater: Clubbed Thumb (NY) Written by: Gregory S. Moss
2013
micro history of economics, danced (Choreography)
Ensemble (SUP) Pascal Rambert Producer: French Institute Alliance Française Theater: La Mama (NY)
2012
Istanbul Istanbul (Choreography)
Ensemble (SUP) Alex Olle Producer: La Fura Dels Baus Theater: Istanbul Culture and Arts Foundation
2010
Party Time (Drama)
Melissa (LR) Richard Hull Theater: Oxford University

Internet

2019
Unrequited (Mini series)
Marion (ELR) Tanael Joachim Producer: Tanael Joachim