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

actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

, script writer and dubbing artist.

Early life and family

Deniz Uğur is the single child of

opera Opera is a form of History of theatre#European theatre, Western theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by Singing, singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically ...

singer Mete Uğur and ballerina Suna Uğur. The chamberlain of Sultan

Abdulhamid II Abdulhamid II or Abdul Hamid II (; ; 21 September 184210 February 1918) was the 34th sultan of the Ottoman Empire, from 1876 to 1909, and the last sultan to exert effective control over the fracturing state. He oversaw a Decline and modernizati ...

, İhsan Bey, was the father of her grandmother Saliha Hanım, and her grandparent Nadir Bayer was raised under the auspices of

Naime Sultan Fatma Naime Sultan ( and 'tranquil'; 5 September 1876 – 1945) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Sultan Abdul Hamid II and Bidar Kadın. Early life Fatma Naime Sultan was born on 5 September 1876 in the Dolmabahçe Palace, four days af ...

, 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 Turke ...

and David Bennent. 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

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and

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. 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

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and

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

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. 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 Ale ...

(Series) - Macide *2017, Bir Deli Sevda (series) - Alev *2017, Hep Yek 2 (movie) - Aslı *2015–2016,

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(movie – dubbing:

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"Tigress") *2015–2016 Frankenstein (theatre) *2015 Guguk Kuşu (theatre) *2015, Aşk Zamanı (movie) -Reyhan *2015,

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- Canan *2015,

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(movie) - Duygu *2013–2014, Umutsuz Ev Kadınları (series, Turkish version of

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) - Gülşah Taşdelen *2014,

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(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 ''Adını Feriha Koydum'' (English: ''I Named her Feriha'') is a Turkish television drama series which was first broadcast on Show TV from 14 January 2011 to 29 June 2012. A final season named Adını Feriha Koydum: Emir'in Y ...

(series) - Sanem Ilhanli *2008 Kung Fu Panda (movie – dubbing:

"Tigress") *2008

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(series) *2007

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(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 (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 a comedy show combining the parallels between actors and families in Cihangir, Istanbul, an up-and-c ...

(series) *1999

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