Almila Ada

Ada's father is a journalist and her mother is a fashion designer and teacher. At an early age she showed interest in ballet and took ballet lessons. Due to her mother's career demands, she lived in Russia for a while. She studied ballet and took piano lessons at Istanbul University State Conservatory for a while. Later she completed her full-time ballet education at the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University and went to London to study ballet and performing arts.[1] There she was encouraged by a cast director and started acting. She later got a minor role in the movie Avengers: Age of Ultron, portraying Scarlett Johansson's character in childhood as a ballerina. After this role, her interest in acting increased. As she suffered from Achilles tendon injury and bone problem, she came to Istanbul for physical therapy. For a season she acted in the series Kaderimin Yazıldığı Gün.[2] She started taking diction lessons afterwards. For a short time she was cast in the TV series Kırgın Çiçekler.[3] In 2017, she played the role of Erdal Beşikçioğlu's daughter in the TV series Adı Efsane.[4][5]

Apart from acting, Ada has modeled for magazines and brands such as Hollister, IQ, Vogue and InStyle.[5]