Deniz Uğur

Deniz Uğur is the only child of opera singer Mete Uğur and ballerina Suna Uğur.^{[citation needed]} 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.^{[citation needed]} She is also related to Keriman Halis Ece^[2] and David Bennent.^[3]

She is a mother of three children named Engin Deniz, Mina Deniz and Poyraz Deniz.^{[citation needed]}

She graduated from Istanbul University Conservatory of Ballet Department, after taking the examinations of higher education and graduated in 1995. Before graduation, she played the lead role on Görünmeyen Dostlar with Şükran Güngör and Kadriye Kenter in Kenter Theatre, beginning her professional theatre career. She drew attention with French Comedy Çetin Ceviz by playing lead role with Cihan Ünal and Nevra Serezli. In 1997, at Ankara Movie Fest, owing to the role in Bir Erkeğin Anatomisi, she was awarded as Promising Actress.^{[citation needed]}

After her long break from cinema and theater, through leading with Engin Alkan on Huysuz Musical, she became a candidate on Afife Awards although without musical branch.^{[citation needed]}

In 2015, she was applauded by Yıldız Kenter and Haldun Dormen for her leading performance on Guguk Kuşu with Oktay Kaynarca.^{[citation needed]}

She is also a columnist, script writer, songwriter and novel-writer.^[4]