Actor

Elif Knight

Konya, Central Anatolia, Turkey

Elif Knight is an award-winning actress and director. She received the prestigious Patricia Rothermere Evening Standard Theatre Award, in and joint award and presented by Sir Richard Attenborough, who later mentored her during the early stages of her career.

A graduate of a leading drama school, Elif has continued to refine her craft through extensive training with renowned coach Jack Waltzer from The Actors Studio. Over the course of 10 years, she trained with Jack in both Paris and London and became his assistant in 2014. Elif’s approach to method acting draws from the teachings of legends such as Stella Adler, Lee Strasberg, and Sanford Meisner—mentors to actors like Robert De Niro and Sigourney Weaver, with whom Jack Waltzer worked closely.

Notable work

7.1
Aladdin (2019)
as Mother
7.8
Penny Dreadful (2014)
as Beggar Woman
7.6
Into the Badlands (2015)
as M.K.'s Mother
7.8
Gangs of London (2020)
as PKK Soldier

Full filmography · 7

No Return
as Prosecutor Derya Soylu
2022
Gangs of London
as PKK Soldier
20207.8
Into the Badlands
as M.K.'s Mother
20157.6
Penny Dreadful
as Beggar Woman
20147.8