# Melek Baykal

Melek Baykal (born 7 August 1954) is a Turkish actress mostly appearing in theater and TV series. For 1069 episodes, She played her roles as Nermin in hit daily series Ferhunde Hanımlar. The spin off series Cennet Mahallesi of hit gypsy comedy films Gırgıriye raised her popularity. Nurhayat. After playing in Ferhunde Hanımlar in Ankara, she got many proposals to play in TV series and movies. Because of it, she decided to move to Istanbul. Baykal started to her career when she was 17 years old in a theater by playing an 85-year-old woman. She graduated from Ankara State Conservatory worked at Ankara State Theaters for a long time. She played in the TV series Hayat Bağları and "Melek Apartmanı". She played in spin off series "Akasya Durağı" one of longest Turkish series "Çiçek Taksi". She joined to hit comedy series "Türk Malı". Melek Baykal had her cinematic debut with a movie named Kaçma Birader. In 2012, she had her own TV program on Star TV.

## Theatre

| Year | Title | Writer | Venue |
| 1973 | İstanbul Efendisi | Musahipzade Celal | Ankara State Theatre |
| 1974 | Küçük Kolombus | Jacop Lorey | Ankara State Theatre |
| 1974 | Tilki ile Üzüm | Guilherme Figueiredo | Ankara State Theatre |
| 1974 | Yunus Emre | Recep Bilginer | Ankara State Theatre |
| 1976 | Türkmen Düğünü | Ali Yürük | Ankara State Theatre |
| 1976 | Çıkmaz | Ahmet Muhip Dıranas | Ankara State Theatre |
| 1977 | İzin Günü | Otto Fischer | Ankara State Theatre |
| 1978 | Bir Ölümün Toplumsal Anatomisi | Oktay Arayıcı | Ankara State Theatre |
| 1980 | Bağdat Hatun | Güngör Dilmen | Ankara State Theatre |
| 1980 | The House of Bernarda Alba | Federico García Lorca | Ankara State Theatre |
| 1981 | Yerma | Federico García Lorca | Ankara State Theatre |
| 1981 | Huzur Çıkmazı | Haldun Taner | Ankara State Theatre |
| 1982 | İlkbahar'da İlkbaharı Yaşamak | Alejandro Casona | Ankara State Theatre |
| 1987 | Sinan | Turan Oflazoğlu | Ankara State Theatre |
| 1987 | The Trojan Women | Euripides | Ankara State Theatre |
| 1990 | Gül Satardı Melek Hanım | Dinçer Sümer | Ankara State Theatre |
| 1991 | Düşler Yolu | Tennessee Williams | Ankara State Theatre |
| 1992 | Kız Doğdu | Tülin Tınaz Tankut | Ankara State Theatre |
| 1993 | İstanbul Efendisi | Musahipzade Celal | Ankara State Theatre |
| 1995 | Yolun Sonu | Eva Frchi | Ankara State Theatre |
| 1999 | Dolu Düşün Boş Konuş | Steven Berkoff | Oyun Atölyesi |
| 2001 | Bu Bir Rüyadır | Nâzım Hikmet Ran | Istanbul State Theatre |
| 2002 | King Lear | William Shakespeare | Istanbul State Theatre |
| 2005 | Romantika | Resul Ertaş Yaşar Arak | TİM |
| 2008 | Sokrates'in Son Gecesi | Stefan Tsanev | Istanbul State Theatre |
| 2016 | Ahududu | Joseph Kesselring | Tiyatrokare |
| 2018 | Şen Makas | Paul Pörtner | Tiyatrokare |
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## Films

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2016 | Kaçma Birader | Ramazan/Rambo | Film |
| 2023 | Bursa Bülbülü | Zeliha | Streaming film |
| 2023 | Prestij Meselesi | | Film |

## Series

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1989 | Beybaba | | ? |
| 1993–1999 | Ferhunde Hanımlar | Nermin Yaylalı | 1069 episodes |
| 1995–1999 | Melek Apartmanı | Melek | 150 episodes |
| 1999 | Deli Yürek | Şaziment | ? |
| 2000–2003 | Hayat Bağları | Nurhayat | 168 episodes |
| 2004–2007 | Cennet Mahallesi | Pembe Erdağı | 119 episodes |
| 2008 | Görgüsüzler | Pembe Erdağı | 6 episodes |
| 2008–2009 | Akasya Durağı | Melahat Güneş | 43 episodes |
| 2010 | Türk Malı | Berrin | 11 episodes |
| 2010 | Gönül Ferman Dinlemiyor | Gönül | 3 episodes |
| 2011 | Babam Sağolsun | Hayriye Hanım | 8 episodes |
| 2012 | İbreti Ailem | | 1 episode, guest appearance |
| 2020–2021 | Babam Çok Değişti | Arife Pamuk | 8 episodes |