Yasemin Özdemir

Yasemin is a bright and instinctive British-Turkish actor.

Her theatre credits include: THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR and SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL for the RSC, ARABIAN NIGHTS for Bristol Old Vic, SALTY IRINA for Broccoli Arts, YOU BURY ME for Paines Plough/Bristol Old Vic/Royal Lyceum Edinburgh/Orange Tree Theatre directed by Katie Posner, DANCE TO THE BONE for the Sherman Theatre directed by Joe Murphy and Matthew Holmquist, LIVING NEWSPAPER for the Royal Court directed by Ola Ince, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT GRIEF for the Donmar Warehouse directed by Sean Linnen, and ROMEO AND JULIET for Frantic Assembly/NYTW directed by Bruce Guthrie.

Yasemin received a 2022 OFFIES Award nomination for ‘BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY’ for her performance in the one woman show ANGEL by Henry Naylor, which played Edinburgh Fringe & toured London and Wales.

On screen credits include: Erva in A SPY AMONG FRIENDS for ITVX Lilith in the BFI short film YUMMY MUMMY by DreamMore Films Ltd, Amina in the short film PATRICK for Auntie Margaret Productions, and Melody in VANDULLZ  for BBC Sesh/BBC Wales on iPlayer.

Radio credits include: Nadi in EXPOSURE & Delphine in 2 series of ENGLISH ROSE, for BBC Radio 4, Rosie Probert in IN SEARCH OF CAPTAIN CAT for BBC Radio Wales, and WITH GREAT PLEASURE AT CHRISTMAS WITH MICHAEL ROSEN for BBC Radio 4.

Video Game credits include various roles in the latest release in the Warhammer series: WARHAMMER 40, 000: DARKTIDE.