Derya Celikkol

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Derya Celikkol

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Derya Celikkol is a Turkish actor and production designer based in Berlin and Brooklyn. Her theatrical journey has been marked by performances at La Mama, Dixon Place, Rattlestick and Players Theatre amongst other NYC venues. 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. 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 has also directed and produced films that brought her awards and festival selections all over the world. She is a proud graduate of the Experimental Theatre Wing/Tisch School of the Arts.
Derya Celikkol
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Actor•18-38 years•Turkish •
Place of residence Berlin (DE)
Place of birthAnkara
Housing optionsParis (FR), Lisbon (PT), Stetten (DE), New York (US), İstanbul (TR), Ankara (TR), İzmir (TR), London (GB)
SpecializationsAction / Martial arts actor
Driver's licensesB - Car
Eye colorbrown
Hair colorBrown
Height (cm)165
Weight (in kg)47
LanguagesTurkish(native-language)EnglishGermanFrench
DialectsAmerican-CaliforniaAmerican-New YorkAmerican-Southern StatesAmerican-Standard(native dialect)AustralianBrooklyn-EnglishCanadianCockneyEnglish-StandardLondonMid-AtlanticMinnesota-EnglishNew Jersey accentNew ZealandPacific Northwest EnglishScottishTexan English
AccentsAmericanArabicEnglishFrenchGreekHungarianIrishItalianRussianSerbianSoutheastSouthwestTurkishYugoslavian
InstrumentsElectric guitarPiano
SportAerial silkAerial yogaFloor ExercisePilatesSport of runningStage combatSuzukiYogaAcrobaticsAerobicsAikidoAthleticsBackpackingBadmintonBalletBasketballBeach volleyballBoulderingBowlingBoxingBungeeBycicle racingClimbCrossFitDancesportFitnessFree ClimbingGymnasticsHikingKickboxingKnife combatMountain hikingPaintballRockclimbingSlacklineSoccerSwimSwordplayTable tennisTai chiTennisTrampoliningVolleyballBaseballBilliardsCanoeCapoeiraDartsFrisbeeKayakMiniature golfQigongRaftingSquashStandup paddleboarding
DanceContact ImprovisationAfro DanceBelly danceBurlesqueCan-canChoreographyClassic danceContemporary danceDiscoExperimental danceExpressionist danceFolk danceFreestyle danceGogo DanceGreek folk dancesImprovisation danceJazz DanceModern DanceMusical theatreNew danceOriental dancePerformancePole DancePopRock & rollSalsaShow danceSirtakiSolo danceStandardStripteaseSwingTechnoTurkish folk dancesVideo clip dancingVoguingBachataBalletHip hop
PitchSoprano
SingingA cappellaBacking vocalsOldiesRockRock & RollSong
Special skillsImprovisation(cartoon) voice actingAudio bookAudio dramaBarmanBurlesqueChoreographyClownDramatic fighting scene choreographerMasqueSlapstickStorytellerVertical ropePantomime
Training
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
2022
Intentions picture
Intentions (Medium length film)
Sumeyra (MR)
Tanju Ozdemir Kenan Baysal, Mehmet Gungoren ZeroPoint MK Jane Flowers Tanju Ozdemir, Mehtap Ozdemir
2020
Bliss picture
Bliss (Short film)
Trish (MR)
Derya Celikkol
2019
Dragonfly picture
Dragonfly (Short film)
Multiverse Actress (SR)
Nicholas Marchetti Alyssa Lomuscio
2019
Multiverse picture
Multiverse (Short film)
Trudy (MR)
Rayn Epremian Grace Hendricks Rayn Epremian
2017
Fairytale of New York picture
Fairytale of New York (Feature film)
Derya (MR)
Dogam Ozmekik Derya Taskin Nilufer Yenidogan
2017
Maybe picture
Maybe (Short film)
Claire (MR)
Friedl Kreuser Mareesa Kreuser
2017
Fat City picture
Fat City (Short film)
Oma (MR)
Salvatore Interlandi
2016
Daria the Great picture
Daria the Great
Daria (MR)
Friedl Kreuser Mareesa Kreuser
2015
Vestibule (Feature film)
Anita (MR)
Charles Astuto
2014
Just Kevin picture
Just Kevin (Short film)
Stephanie (SR)
Friedl Kreuser Mareesa Kreuser
Theater
2021
Aliens Make Thanksgiving Dinner picture
Aliens Make Thanksgiving Dinner (Drama)
Turkey (MR)
James Clements Yue Liu Rattlestick Theater (NY)
2019
Unmaking Toulouse-Lautrec picture
Unmaking Toulouse-Lautrec (Drama)
Adele de Toulouse-Lautrec (MR)
Mara Lieberman Lisa Timmel Madame X (NY) Bated Breath Theatre Company '19
2018
A Hyacinth in the Mountains picture
A Hyacinth in the Mountains (Drama)
Noor (MR)
NJ Agwuna Power of People Combined Broadway Bound Festival (NY) Claire Jamison
2018
Chaos / Absolute Zero picture
Chaos / Absolute Zero (Choreography)
Snow Queen (MR)
Suzanne Willet Will It Productions Players Theater (NY) Ensemble
2016
Instructions to Decode picture
Instructions to Decode (Drama)
Roach (MR)
Ryan Justesen InTandem Lab Dixon Place (NY) Gisela Cardenas
2016
Women of NY picture
Women of NY (Drama)
Isabelle (MR)
Ege Maltepe Erin Bigelow, Deborah Roth, Emir Gamsizoglu 4th U Artivists (NY)
2014
Fragments from a Triumphal Arch (Drama)
Victoria (MR)
John Jesurun Rosemary Quinn Loewe Theater
2014
Movers & Sons (Choreography)
Mover (MR)
Margot Bordelon Clubbed Thumb Clubbed Thumb (NY) The Falcons
2013
La Brea (Drama)
Dancer (SR)
Adam Greenfield Clubbed Thumb (NY) Gregory S. Moss
2013
micro history of economics, danced picture
micro history of economics, danced (Choreography)
Ensemble (SR)
Pascal Rambert French Institute Alliance Française La Mama (NY)
2012
Istanbul Istanbul picture
Istanbul Istanbul (Choreography)
Ensemble (SR)
Alex Olle La Fura Dels Baus Istanbul Culture and Arts Foundation
2010
Party Time (Drama)
Melissa (MR)
Richard Hull Oxford University
Internet
2019
Unrequited picture
Unrequited (Mini series)
Marion (EL)
Tanael Joachim Tanael Joachim