Life and career
Tuğba was born into a wealthy family in Istanbul on 13 August 1955. She graduated from Istanbul's American High School for Girls, high school section for girls of Robert College, and attended English language studies at Concordia University in Canada.
She appeared in a brief role in a 1974 film for the first time and she was introduced into the Turkish world of cinema as of the late 1970s. By the early 1980s, she had attained national fame. She also produced a music album in 1987. She has one daughter namely Anjelik Calvin.
Tuğba was involved in a traffic collision in Miami in April 2024, and remained hospitalised for three weeks. She died from Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on 1 September 2024 at her home in Miami, at the age of 69. According her daughter cause of her death could be due to poisoning.
