Merve Dizdar, who played the character of Nuray in Nuri Bilge Ceylan's film On Dry Grass, which competed in the 76th Cannes Film Festival recently, was awarded the best actress award at this year's Cannes Film Festival. After Muzaffer Özdemir and Mehmet Emin Toprak, who won the best actor award in Nuri Bilge Ceylan's "Distant" movie in 2003, Dizdar became the first Turkish actress to win an award at the Cannes Film Festival.
