Ava Yaman

Photo Source: Taşacak Bu Deniz / TRT

Ava Yaman 🐑 is a Turkish actress. She made her acting debut in Bir Derdim Var (Light in the Dark) in 2023. In 2025, she gained recognition for her role as Eleni Miryano in Taşacak Bu Deniz (Deep In Love, also: Batuhan, Ali, Berna, Burcu, Hande, Onur, Abdü, Erdem, Zeynep, Burak, Deniz & Ulaş).

Facts:

• her second name is Alaska (not confirmed)
• says her father was actually her first acting coach, starting in her childhood, often telling her: “if you feel, you can make others feel”, which is why she says she isn’t acting, but simply empathising
  • also recalls another saying of his: “even Allah (god) forgives those who are truly remorseful, so who am I not to forgive, if the regret is sincere; which I can tell”
• her co-star Deniz Baysal says: “Ava is such a person that we truly see her like a baby and feel the need to protect and take care of her”
  • and Ulaş Tuna Astepe says: “There’s a line I have in the series saying Eleni is an angel sent to us, Ava truly is like that for us, she was meant for us. Witnessing Ava’s energy at the very beginning of her journey has been incredibly special. She has an amazingly strong bond with her father and she actually teaches us that feeling as well. Ava knows very well how to be a child. Deniz and I are not parents, but through Ava, we are learning what it means to have a baby, just like in the series itself.”
• if she could star in a cult film, it would be The Shawshank Redemption, Forrest Gump, Interstellar or Léon
• her most-listened artists: Adele, Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Amy Winehouse, Kıraç and Neşet Ertaş
• the film she re-watches the most is The 5th Wave
• her motto: as a kid she wanted a military dog tag, her father engraved “A.A.O.O.O.O.” on it, meaning: justice, morals, what he (Allah) says happened, what he says will happen (“adalet, ahlak, onun dediği oldu, onun dediği olacak”)
• if all her plans got canceled, she’d spend the day on music, sports and books; the things her father always says would nourish the soul
• mostly uses her phone to watch films and listen to music, her screen time is very low
• she can sing and play the guitar, her father can also sing and play the guitar
• prefers forest walks over seaside walks, chooses camping over a beachfront hotel vacation
• when asked whether she’d rather rest alone or socialise with the team during breaks on set, she says “both”
• says Eleni is very similar to her
• after her role in Taşacak Bu Deniz (Deep In Love), her Instagram followers suddenly increased from less than 10K to 1M as of December 2025
• no, she is not related to Can Yaman