Dilan Çiçek Deniz (born 28 February 1995) is a Turkish actress, model and

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titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Turkey 2014 and represented her country at the

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pageant. Deniz is known for her role as Sena in ''

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'', Leyla Kavak in '' One-Way to Tomorrow'', Rüya in '' Alev Alev'', and Elif Urazoglu in '' Yarım Kalan Aşklar''.

Biography

She was born in 1995 in Kangals And Bards Lands

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. Her parents are teachers. Her mother is Hale Temizyürek and her father is Orhan Deniz. She got three years of theater education at her high school. At the age of 15 she wrote a poetry book titled ''Güneşi Annem Sanırdım'' (lit. ''I thought the Sun was my mother'') in Turkish. When she was 17, she joined a theater competition in her school and won an acting prize. She started with a tourism major at

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but soon changed her major to literature. Dilan participated in 2014 Elidor Miss Turkey beauty competition and won second place. In the 2015 Miss universe pageant that took place in Miami she represented Turkey. In 2015 she acted as 'Ebru' in ''Tatlı Küçük Yalancılar''. In that TV show she joined

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, Şükrü Özyıldız,

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, Beste Kökdemir, Büşra Develi, and

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. In 2015 she also acted as 'Elif' in ''Güneşin Kızları'' TV show with Hande Erçel and Tolga Sarıtaş. From August 2016 to June 2017 she played a leading role in the series ''Bodrum Masalı''. In 2016 she was awarded with the shining star award at the Golden Butterfly Awards. In 2018 she appeared in a lipstick commercial for Avon Products. From 2017 to 2019 she had one of the leading roles in the TV series ''Çukur'', alongside

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, Perihan Savaş,

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and

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. In 2020, she was cast opposite Metin Akdülger in the movie '' One-Way to Tomorrow'', which tells the story of two foreigners traveling from

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. In 2020, she starred as Elif Urazoğlu opposite

in the series '' Yarım Kalan Aşklar''. In the same year she was cast as one of the female leads '' Alev Alev'' alongside Demet Evgar and

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, playing the character of Rüya Yıldırımlar.

Pageantry

Miss Turkey 2014

Dilan Cicek Deniz was crowned as Miss Universe Turkey. At the same pageant with three other winners of Miss Turkey 2014. Deniz and three queens who were crowned as Miss World Turkey as the official winner of the pageant, Miss Earth Turkey as the third place and the last place as Miss International Turkey. The Miss Turkey pageant for 2014 was held at the Star TV Studios in Istanbul on 27 May. Dilan Cicek Deniz competed at

but got eliminated.

Personal life

In January 2018, it was revealed that she was in a relationship with Turkish actor Furkan Andıç. The two broke up in November 2018. She is currently in a relationship with Icelandic director Thor Saevarsson. On 10 December 2021, she revealed through her Instagram that they were engaged.

Filmography

Theatre

References

External links

Official Miss Turkey website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Deniz, Dilan Cicek Living people Miss Universe 2014 contestants Turkish beauty pageant winners People from Sivas 1995 births