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Full Name
  
Deniz Akkaya

Eye color
  
Blue-Green

Children
  
Ayse Onbilgin

Hair color
  
Brown

Education
  
Istanbul University

Height
  
1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)

Role
  
Actress

Ethnicity
  
Circassian

Name
  
Deniz Akkaya


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Born
  
August 3, 1977 (age 46) (
1977-08-03
)
Istanbul, Turkey

Occupation
  
Actress, businesswomanmodel, television presenter

Parents
  
Dinemyis Akkaya, Muzaffer Akkaya

Movies and TV shows
  
Living & Dying, Okul, The Masked Gang: Cy, Metro palas, Vizontele Tuuba

Similar People
  
Yilmaz Erdogan, Pinar Altug, Senay Akay, Deniz Seki, Berrak Tuzunatac

Profiles

Aslı Şafak'la İşin Aslı - Deniz Akkaya | 16.01.2019


Deniz Akkaya (born 3 August 1977) is a Turkish top model, presenter, occasional fashion editor and disc jockey, entrepreneur, businesswoman, and actress who won Best Model of Turkey 1997. As the top-earning model in Turkey in the early 2000s, Deniz Akkaya is considered to be one of the most leading models in Turkish fashion history, and one of the most beautiful women of the country.

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After graduating from the ISTEK SS Private High School on the Avenue in Kadıköy, she studied American Culture and Literature in Department of Western Languages and Literatures of Faculty of Letters at Istanbul University. Following the competitions Elite Model Look and Best Model of Turkey, she decided to embark on a professional modelling career.

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In 2006, Akkaya became the host and lead judge of the fashion-themed reality television show Turkey's Next Top Model, the Turkish counterpart of the Top Model franchise that was hosted by many supermodels, including Tyra Banks in the United States and Heidi Klum in Germany.

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Deniz Akkaya starred as Anne Noble in the American film Living & Dying (2007). She speaks fluent English. In 2009, she gave birth to her daughter in Miami, Florida, US. The American actresses Liv Tyler and Milla Jovovich have often been noted for their resemblance to Akkaya.

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In 2010, she launched the children's luxury ready-to-wear store Chic Frog by Deniz Akkaya.

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In 2015, she was also entered in the Best of the Best as one of the Habertürk's top 20 winners of the Best Model of Turkey competition, and finished first amongst the former female titleholders who found entry in the large-scale survey that lasted for fifteen days.

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Early life and family

Deniz Akkaya was born on 3 August 1977 in Istanbul, Turkey. She is Circassian, as the daughter of an Hatuqwai father and a Kabardian mother named Dinemyis (Adyghe: Apple of the eye).

Her father was a bureaucrat and master mariner who served as the CEO (Managing Director) of Turkish Maritime Facilities Inc. Her mother was an economist who worked for Turkish Airlines, the national flag carrier of Turkey. She studied American philology.

Best Model of Turkey

Deniz Akkaya competed in the 10th Best Model of Turkey pageant and won the title "Best Model of Turkey 1997". In 2015, she was also entered in the Best of the Best as one of the Habertürk's top 20 winners of the Best Model of Turkey competition, and finished first amongst the former female titleholders who found entry in the large-scale survey that lasted for fifteen days.

Career

After being crowned Best Model of Turkey 1997, Akkaya decided to embark on a professional modelling career. As a film and television actress, she has acted in the films The Masked Gang: Cyprus (2007), Living & Dying (2007), School (2003), Vizontele Tuuba (2003), and Green Light (2002) in addition to the television series Hemşehrim (1996), Şarkılar Seni Söyler (2003), and Metro Palas (2004). She also served as editor for a fashion magazine and launched the children's luxury ready-to-wear store Chic Frog by Deniz Akkaya.

Filmography

Actress
2021
The Chaos Class: Summer Games as
Nilufer
2012
Kuzey Güney (TV Series)
- Episode #1.17 (2012)
2008
The Masked Gang: Cyprus as
Bilge
2007
Living & Dying as
Anne Noble
2004
Metro Palas (TV Mini Series) as
Yelda
- Episode #1.2 (2004) - Yelda
- Episode #1.3 (2004) - Yelda
- Episode #1.1 (2004) - Yelda
- Episode #1.4 (2004) - Yelda
2004
Türkler Uzayda (Video short) as
Aykiz (voice)
2004
Okul as
Alev
2003
Sarkilar Seni Söyler (TV Series) as
Ayten
- Episode #1.2 (2003) - Ayten
- Episode #1.1 (2003) - Ayten
- Episode #1.3 (2003) - Ayten
2003
Vizontele Tuuba as
Deniz Kizi
2002
Yesil Isik
1996
Bu Sevda Bitmez (TV Series) as
Suzan
1996
Hemserim (TV Mini Series)
- Episode #1.1 (1996)
Thanks
2016
Buyur Burdan Bak (TV Series) (thanks - 1 episode)
- 19. Bolum (2016) - (thanks)
Self
2020
Eser Yenenler Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #2.14 (2020) - Self
2018
The 6th GQ Men of the Year Awards (TV Special) as
Self
2013
Söylemezsem Olmaz (TV Series) as
Self - Guest (2019)
2011
Burada Laf Çok (TV Series) as
Self (2018)
2007
Beyaz Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Bölüm 30 (2007) - Self
2006
Top Model Türkiye (TV Series) as
Self - Host

References

Deniz Akkaya Wikipedia