A force to be reckoned with, actress Sevda Levent

An actress of many talents, Sevda Levent

Photo by: Nigel Beaumont

Is there anything Sevda Levent can’t do? I saw her in a few film clips the other day and was amazed at how professional she was as an actress. The way she carried herself and the way she just became the character she was playing reminded me of someone who had been acting for forty years. Sevda is not even thirty yet and she has the skills and talents of someone who has been in the industry who is twice her age.

 

How does that happen? It’s always a puzzle (and a blessing too) when we see an artist who is so gifted at such a young age. Now, when we say gifted we don’t mean that everything was just given to this beautiful actress. We mean that there is a certain spark in her eyes and in her heart that naturally drives her toward her destiny, which, in this case happens to be acting. Getting back to the initial question however, is there anything Sevda can’t do…? We think the answer is clearly “No.”

 

She can do anything she wants to do because of that “spark”. It drives her to success no matter what she tries to accomplish. She is a singer and, get this: she taught herself how to play the piano when she was 14. She plays by ear and she also composes her own music. When she lived in Cyprus she was the lead singer in a production which was a compilation of different musicals that toured the island. Some of her solos included, 'Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again' from The Phantom of the Opera, 'Where is Love' from Oliver! And 'Autumn Leaves'. She has also played Nancy in a production of Oliver! Her favorite music genres are urban-pop, classical and country.

 

Sevda studied acting at RADA, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, in London, and she has been in many stage plays and films. Some of the plays she has performed in include, The Call, Win Or Die, A View From The Bridge, Fast Forward and Copa Cabana. A few of the many films she has acted in are: Let Me Go, a feature film directed by Polly Steele, Coffee, a short film and Twenty8K, a full-length film directed by David Kew and Neil Thompson and written by Shameless’s Paul Abbott. Sevda has several projects coming up including a massive feature film- we can’t wait to see her in them.