Deniz Uğur

Deniz Uğur
Born	(1973-10-17) October 17, 1973 (age 48) Ankara, Turkey
Nationality	Turkish
Alma mater	Istanbul University
Occupation	Actress, scriptwriter
Spouse(s)	İsmail Hakkı Sunat ​ ​ (m. 1997; died 2004)​ Erdinç Gülener ​ (m. 2021)​
Partner(s)	Reha Muhtar (2008–2010)
Children	3

Deniz Uğur (born October 17, 1973) is a Turkish film actress, script writer and dubbing artist.^[1]

Early life and family[]

Deniz Uğur is the single child of opera singer Mete Uğur and ballerina Suna Uğur. Her grandparent Yümnü Uğur is the classmate of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk who is the founder of Republic of Turkey. The chamberlain of Sultan Abdulhamid II, İhsan Bey, was the father of her grandmother Saliha Hanım. First Miss Turkey member and Turkey's first Miss World winner Keriman Halis Ece,^[2] the famous songwriter Muhlis Sabahattin Ezgi, Neveser Kökdeş, famous actress Melek Kobra, former chief of ; Turgan Ece, previous Ottoman governor of Egypt; Hurşid Ahmet Pasha are the members of her well-established family on the father's side.

On the mother's side; her grandparent Nadir Bayer was grown under the auspices of Naime Sultan, the daughter of Sultan Abdulhamid II in Ottoman palace. By Nadir Bayer's Swiss wife Hedwige Bayer, her cousins are actors, David Bennent, the Oscar winner leading actor of The Tin Drum,^[3] ,^[4] their mother; famous dancer , her husband is a famous actor Heinz Bennent are the members of well-known European family.

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

Education and career[]

She graduated from Istanbul University 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 and Nevra Serezli. In 1997, at , with owing the role in Bir Erkeğin Anatomisi she has been awarded as .

After her long break on cinema and theater, through leading with Engin Alkan on Huysuz Musical, she became a candidate on although without musical branch.

In 2015, she was applauded by masters such as Yıldız Kenter and Haldun Dormen for her excellent leading performance on Guguk Kuşu with Oktay Kaynarca.

Since the beginning of her professional career, she became a star and both the Turkish and foreign audiences remembered her with her excellent acting performances. She is also a columnist, script writer, songwriter and novel-writer in addition to her successful acting career.^[5]

Filmography[]

• 2021 Kırmızı Oda (series)
• 2019–2020 Zalim İstanbul (series)
• 2018 İnsanlık Suçu (series)
• 2017–2018 Kırgın Çiçekler (Series)
• 2015–2016 Kung Fu Panda (movie – dubbing: Angelina Jolie "Tigress")
• 2015–2016 Frankenstein (theatre)
• 2015 (theatre)
• 2015 (movie)
• 2015
• 2015 Detay (movie)
• 2013–2014 Umutsuz Ev Kadınları (series, Turkish version of Desperate Housewives)
• 2014 Gulyabani (movie)
• 2013–2014 Huysuz Müzikali (theatre)
• 2012 (series)
• 2012 Pamuk Prenses ve Avcı (movie – dubbing: Charlize Theron "Queen")
• 2012 (movie)
• 2011 Kung Fu Panda (movie – dubbing: Angelina Jolie "Tigress")
• 2011 Adını Feriha Koydum (series)
• 2008 Kung Fu Panda (movie – dubbing: Angelina Jolie "Tigress")
• 2008 (series)
• 2007 (series)
• 2007 (series)
• 2006 (series)
• 2006 (series)
• 2005 (series)
• 2004 (series)
• 2001–2002 (series)
• 2001 Bana Şans Dile (series)
• 2000 Mert Ali 1-2 (TV film)
• 2000 Yalan Dünya (series)
• 1999 (series)
• 1998 (series)
• 1996 (movie)
• 1995 Çetin Ceviz (theatre)
• 1993 Yaz Evi (serie)
• 1993 Görünmeyen Dostlar (theatre)

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