Deniz Cengiz

Deniz Cengiz is a Turkish actor, humor writer and director born in Istanbul on August 4, 1989. She became widely known for her character İlayda Çıkrıkçıoğlu in the TV series Jet Sosyete.

He studied acting at Istanbul Kültür University and also studied at Yeditepe University for a while. The funny sketches he prepared during his student years and published on YouTube and Instagram quickly attracted attention. These videos caught the attention of Gülse Birsel, and Cengiz joined the cast of Jet Sosyete (2018–2020), written by Birsel.

Career

One of his first experiences on television was behind the camera: He worked among the humor writers of Beyaz Show in the 2017-2018 season. After Jet Sosyete, he starred in TV series such as One of Us (2021) and Kusursuz Kiracı (2022), and films such as Görümce (2016) and Deliha 2 (2018). Recently, she took part in productions such as Tertemiz, Başka Bir Sen and Adile Naşit, which were prepared for digital platforms. He also appeared in theater with the play Cells, staged at Beşiktaş Cultural Center in 2024.

In the same year, he completed his first short film, The Runaways, which he wrote and directed. He also starred in the film, which humorously tells the story of two old friends who meet again after a long time and compare their lives, where one chooses motherhood and the other chooses a career. The Ones Who Escaped was among the short film finalists at the 31st Adana Golden Boll Film Festival and received the best acting award at the 3rd Kaş Film Festival. It was deemed worthy of the best script award at the Golden Short Film Festival in Italy.

Cengiz is one of the young generation actors who followed a path from social media to television, from there to writing and directing.