Melisa Sozen (born 6 July 1985) is a Turkish actress.

Starting her professional career at the very early age of 15, she studied in theatre department of Pera Fine Arts High School. Sozen starred in many Turkish TV hits including Cemberimde Gul Oya, Bicak Sirti, Bir Bulut Olsam, The Magnificent Century, "Kirmizi Oda" and Subat. She played two different roles in "Subat".After working with Turkey's most prominent directors in movies like Av Mevsimi, Bir Varmis Bir Yokmus and Cenneti Beklerken Sozen attracted international attention with her phenomenal acting in Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Palme d'Or winning Winter Sleep in 2014. Following her role in the 3rd Season of Eric Rochant's influential series Le bureau des legendes in 2017, Sozen moved to Paris for a while and worked on her French. Her first leading role in a French movie came in 2019 with Damien veut changer le monde.

Achieving an extraordinary level of critical success in her homeland by winning both Theater Critics Association's and Film Critics Association's awards for the actress in a leading role in 2015 with her performances in The Knot of the Heart and Winter Sleep, Sozen frequently was invited as a jury member to many international film festivals including Guanajuato International Film Festival (Mexico, 2015), International Istanbul Film Festival (Turkey, 2016), Sarajevo Film Festival (Bosnia Herzegovina, 2017) and Cannes Series (France, 2018).