Born in Istanbul, Turkey, Damla Sönmez is an award-winning actor for her work in Film, Television and Theatre. She studied at Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris III Theatre Department. She was later awarded a scholarship to the Yeditepe University Fine Arts Theatre Department in Istanbul. She also attended Jillian O'Dowd's Contemporary Acting Workshop at the London Dramatic School of Arts and worked with Stuart Burney of Black Nexxus Academy in New York. 

She made her film debut in Bornova Bornova(2009) which brought her the Best Actress awards in Antalya and Ankara Flying Broom film festivals, as well as the Sadri Alışık award. She recieved the Best Actress award for her role in Deniz Seviyesi / Across The Sea (2014) in Milan and in Adana film festivals and Sibel (2018) brought her 11 Best Actress awards in various festivals including Seattle, Adana, Muret, Eskişehir film festivals and London Film Week; she was nominated for the Best Actress award at Asia-Pacific Screen Awards 2018. Her other films include Çakal (2013), Kurtuluş Son Durak(2012), Uzun Hikaye(2012), Sen Aydınlatırsın Geceyi(2013), Ayla(2017) and Taksim Hold’em(2017).

She is member of Asia Pasific Film Academy and European Film Academy.

In 2018 she started up her producer career with two short films; Don’t Get Me Wrong But(2019) and The Second Night(2019) which won the Best Short Film Award in the 60th International Antalya Film Festival. She co-produced a documentary called Strange Abandoned Deranged(2023) and a feature called Right Where I Left You(2024) that she is also an actor of.