Meron Getnet is an Ethiopian actress, political activist, journalist and poet.
[1] Starting in 2013, Meron Getnet starred in the Ethiopian drama TV series Dana in which she played a reporter named Helina.
[2] Meron made her debut onto the international film scene in Difret in 2014, in which she played Meron Ashenafi, a female lawyer who vigorously fights patriarchal tradition.
[3] In September 2014, at the premiere of Difret in Addis Ababa, the screening was abruptly cancelled due to a court order against its showing in Ethiopia.
This left those in the audience stunned with Meron, who was in attendance, visibly distraught.