Deniz Uğur (born October 17, 1973) is a Turkish film

actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek ...

, script writer and dubbing artist.

Early life and family

Deniz Uğur is the single child of

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singer Mete Uğur and ballerina Suna Uğur. The chamberlain of Sultan Abdulhamid II, İhsan Bey, was the father of her grandmother Saliha Hanım, and her grandparent Nadir Bayer was raised under the auspices of Naime Sultan, the daughter of Sultan Abdulhamid II in Ottoman palace. She is also related to

Keriman Halis Ece Keriman Halis Ece (February 16, 1913 – January 28, 2012) was a Turkish beauty pageant titleholder, pianist, and fashion model who won the Miss Turkey 1932 title. She was also crowned Miss Universe 1932 in Spa, Belgium and thus became Turkey ...

and

David Bennent David Bennent (born 9 September 1966) is a Swiss actor. Biography He was born in Lausanne, Switzerland. His parents are German actor Heinz Bennent and French former dancer Diane Mansart. His sister Anne Bennent is also an actress. He has lived ...

. She is a mother of three children named Engin Deniz, Mina Deniz and Poyraz Deniz.

Education and career

She graduated from

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Conservatory of Ballet Department, after taking the examinations of higher education and graduated in 1995. Before graduation, she played lead role on ''Görünmeyen Dostlar'' with Şükran Güngör and Kadriye Kenter in Kenter Theatre, and began the professional theatre career. She drew attention with French Comedy ''Çetin Ceviz'' by playing lead role with

Cihan Ünal Cihan Ünal (born 22 January 1946) is a Turkish actor. Biography He finished elementary school in Tosya and Kırıkkale. After continuing his education at Ankara Cebeci Secondary School and Kurtuluş High School, he worked in Ankara Radio Childre ...

and

Nevra Serezli Nevra Serezli (born 9 August 1944) is a Turkish film, stage, television and voice actress. Following her graduation from Robert College, she went on to study theatre. In 1965, she started working as a professional stage actress at the Dormen The ...

. In 1997, at Ankara Movie Fest, with owing the role in ''Bir Erkeğin Anatomisi'' she has been awarded as Promising Actress. After her long break on cinema and theater, through leading with Engin Alkan on Huysuz Musical, she became a candidate on Afife Awards although without musical branch. In 2015, she was applauded by Yıldız Kenter and

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for her leading performance on ''Guguk Kuşu'' with

Oktay Kaynarca Oktay Kaynarca (born 27 January 1965) is a Turkish actor. He is best known for his roles in the longest crime series '' Kurtlar Vadisi'' and ''Eşkıya Dünyaya Hükümdar Olmaz'' (2015–2021). His other hit series are "Yeditepe İstanbul" with ...

. She is also a columnist, script writer, songwriter and novel-writer.

Filmography

*2023, Cenazemize Hoş Geldiniz - Nevin *2023, Demir Kadın: Neslican (movie) - Fatma Tay *2022, Bir Peri Masalı (series) - Figen Kileci *2021–2022, Böru 2039 (series) - Almila Erk *2021, Kırmızı Oda (series) - Azra *2019–2020, Zalim İstanbul (series) - Seher Yılmaz *2018, İnsanlık Suçu (series) - Emel Gökdemir *2017–2018,

Kırgın Çiçekler ''Kırgın Çiçekler'' () is a Turkish drama/psychological thriller television series that premiered on 29 June 2015. It stars İpek Karapınar, Özgür Çevik, Biran Damla Yılmaz, Gökçe Akyıldız, Hazar Motan, Çağla Irmak and Aley ...

(Series) - Macide *2017, Bir Deli Sevda (series) - Alev *2017, Hep Yek 2 (movie) - Aslı *2015–2016, Kung Fu Panda (movie – dubbing: Angelina Jolie "Tigress") *2015–2016 Frankenstein (theatre) *2015 Guguk Kuşu (theatre) *2015, Aşk Zamanı (movie) -Reyhan *2015, Kara Kutu - Canan *2015, Detay (movie) - Duygu *2013–2014,

Umutsuz Ev Kadınları ''Umutsuz Ev Kadınları'', is a Turkish comedy-drama TV series, based on the American comedy-drama TV series ''Desperate Housewives ''Desperate Housewives'' is an American comedy-drama soap opera television series created by Marc Cherry and p ...

(series, Turkish version of

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) - Gülşah Taşdelen *2014, Gulyabani (movie) - Güneş *2013–2014 Huysuz Müzikali (theatre) *2012 Adını Feriha Koydum Emir'in Yolu (series) - Sanem Ilhanli *2012 Pamuk Prenses ve Avcı (movie – dubbing: Charlize Theron "Queen") *2012 Bu Son Olsun (movie) - Nimet *2011 Kung Fu Panda (movie – dubbing: Angelina Jolie "Tigress") *2011 Adını Feriha Koydum (series) - Sanem Ilhanli *2008 Kung Fu Panda (movie – dubbing: Angelina Jolie "Tigress") *2008 Paramparça Aşklar (series) *2007 Baba Oluyorum (series) *2007 Ertelenmiş Hayatlar (series) *2006 Hayatım Sana Feda (series) *2006 Sahte Prenses (series) *2005 Yağmur Zamanı (series) *2004 Zümrüt (series) *2001–2002 Benimle Evlenir Misin? (series) *2001

Bana Şans Dile ''Wish Me Luck'' ( tr, Bana Şans Dile) is a 2001 Turkish action film directed by Çağan Irmak. Cast * Mert Akça * Nilgün Belgün * Başak Dasman * Remzi Evren *İsmail Hacıoğlu *Rıza Kocaoğlu Rıza Kocaoğlu (born March 19, 1979) is ...

(series) *2000 Mert Ali 1-2 (TV film) *2000

Yalan Dünya ''Yalan Dünya'' ''(Fake World)'' is a Turkish TV series produced by Gülse Birsel and directed by Jale Atabey in 2012. Plot ''Yalan Dünya'' is about the lives of actors and actresses in Cihangir, Istanbul, an up-and-coming neighbourhood with a ...

(series) *1999 Kurtlar Sofrası (series) *1998 Güldüren Cazibe (series) *1996 Bir Erkeğin Anatomisi (movie) *1995 Çetin Ceviz (theatre) *1993 Yaz Evi (serie) *1993 Görünmeyen Dostlar (theatre)

References

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