Deniz Işın (born 28 May 1992) is a Turkish actress and screenwriter.

Life and career

Deniz Işın was born on 28 May 1992 in

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. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from

Ege University Ege University or Aegean University ( tr, Ege Üniversitesi) is a public research university in Bornova, İzmir. It was founded in 1955 with the faculties of Medicine and Agriculture. It is the first university to start courses in İzmir and the ...

and got her master's degree in materials science and engineering from the same university. She then took acting lessons for two years at Sahnetozu Theatre in İzmir and later spent a year studying acting in Istanbul. In 2017, she took part in an adaptation of ''Lysistrata'', and in the following year she portrayed Alice in '' You Can't Take It with You''. After appearing in a number of TV commercials, Işın made her television debut with

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's ''Her Yerde Sen''. She then had a supporting role on ''İyi Günde Kötü Günde'' before rising to prominence with her role as Sahra in ''

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''. Additionally, Işın was featured in the music video for

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's song "Gece". She became well known with her portrayal of the character İrem in the TV series '' Masumiyet''. She was chosen for the iconic role "Leyla" in hit surreal comedy series ''

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'', which came back on screens after 8 years. With Sarp Bozkurt, she wrote and played in short comedy series ''Eee Sonra''/''Bizden Olur Mu'' which was published on

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and later Blutv. She also appeared in the short film ''Ölüler İçin Yaşam Kılavuzu'', which premiered in

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. She had leading roles in action film ''Anka'' and comedy film ''Aşk Çağırırsan Gelir''. In 2022, she starred in the series ''Sevmek Zamanı''.

Filmography

Music video

References

External links

* * 1992 births Living people Ege University alumni Turkish film actresses Turkish television actresses {{Turkey-actor-stub