Deniz Işın

Deniz Işın — Biography

Deniz Işın traded chemical engineering for acting and today works as a Turkish actress and screenwriter. She became known on television through Sefirin Kızı and Masumiyet and played Leyla in the new adaptation of Leyla ile Mecnun. In 2026 she plays Nilüfer Aldur in Sevdiğim Sensin, which began on Star TV on 12 February.

She studied chemical engineering at Ege University and went on to a master's in materials science and engineering at the same university. She took acting lessons for two years at Sahne Tozu Theatre in İzmir and for a year in Istanbul, and appeared on stage in Lysistrata in 2017 and You Can't Take It with You in 2018. After drawing attention with online videos and TV commercials, she made her television debut in 2019 in FOX's Her Yerde Sen and the same year appeared in Netflix's Atiye. She then had a supporting part in İyi Günde Kötü Günde, featured in Murat Boz's "Gece" music video, and stood out as Sahra in Sefirin Kızı. Her role as İrem in Masumiyet made her widely known.

Alongside acting she turned to writing with the short comedy series Eee Sonra? and Bizden Olur Mu?, which she both wrote and acted in. She appeared in the short film Ölüler İçin Yaşam Kılavuzu, which was shown at Cannes, played Zümrüt in the action film Anka and a lead in Aşk Çağırırsan Gelir. In 2022 she played Firuze in Sevmek Zamanı, from 2023 Bilge Töreyeva in Dokuz Oğuz, and in 2024 Aysun in the film Evcilik.