Derya Şensoy was born on February 7, 1990 in Istanbul. Growing up in an art-filled family, Derya's mother is the well-known theater artist Derya Baykal, and her father is Ferhan Şensoy, an important name in the field of cinema and theater. His brother Müjgan Ferhan Şensoy also shares the same stage world as a theater artist and writer.
Derya, who started her education at Üsküdar American High School, improved herself in the field of design and illustration at Parsons The New School for Design in New York and worked on jewelry design in England for a while.
Derya, who took her first step into her artistic career in 2013 by designing decor and costumes in the play "Masal Inspector", written and directed by her father, appeared on the television screen for the first time with the character of Tuğba Karaman Tuncay in the TV series "Doksanlar" in the same year. A year later, he entered the world of cinema with the movie "Dances with Jackals 3: Zero Distress".
In 2015, she played the roles of Dilara in the TV series "Mayış Queen" and Didem in the movie "Accounted Love"; During the same period, he undertook the decor design of his brother Müjgan's play "Ghost in Pera" and brought the character of Aybike to life.
In the following years, Derya took part in projects such as "Deliormanlı", "Çakallarla Dans 4" and "Vezir Parmağı" directed by Mahsun Kırmızıgül. In 2017, she played the character Cansın Sayılmaz in the TV series "Bu Sayılmaz" and appeared in her father's "Where the Hell is This Ship Going?" He took the stage in the play called.
She returned to the screens with the movie "Don't Ask Why" in 2018, the role of Leyla in the TV series "Sonsuza Dek Nedime" released on Netflix in 2022, and the character of Reyhan in the movie "Partial Years" in 2025.
Derya was born on February 7, 1990 in Istanbul. He grew up in a theater-based family, his mother is theater artist Derya Baykal and his father is cinema and theater artist Ferhan Şensoy. He is also the brother of theater artist and writer Müjgan Ferhan Şensoy. He graduated from Üsküdar American High School. He studied at Parsons The New School for Design in New York, where he went to study illustration and design.
He worked on jewelry in England for a while. In 2013, he designed the decor and costume of the play Masal Inspector, written and directed by his father. In the same year, she gained her first television experience by playing the character of Tuğba Karaman Tuncay in the TV series Doksanlar. The next year, he started acting in films with the movie Dances with Jackals 3: Zero Distress.
In 2015, she played the character of Didem in the movie Accountta Aşk and the character of Dilara in the TV series May Queen. In the same year, she designed the decor of the play called Ghost in Pera, written and directed by her brother Müjgan Ferhan Şensoy, and played the character of Aybike. The following year, he starred in Deliormanlı, Çakallarla Dans 4 and Vezir Parmağı directed by Mahsun Kırmızıgül.
In 2017, he appeared in the TV series Bu Sayılmaz and Where the Hell is This Ship?, written and directed by his father Ferhan Şensoy. He took part in the play called.
Productions in which he took part
He took part in a total of 16 productions; 12 of the most well-known are listed.
- Uncle Show (2021)
- May Queen (2015) — Dilara
- Make It At Home (2021)
- Doksanlar (2013) — Tuğba Tuncay
- Deliormanlı (2016) — Yeşim
- Fractured Years (2026) — Reyhan
- Don't ask Why? (2018) — Rain
- How I Became a Phenomenon (2022)
- Dance with Jackals 3: Zero Trouble (2014) — Mihriban
- Group Without a Purpose (2021) — Advertiser
- Love on Account (2016)
- This Doesn't Count (2017) — Cansın Count
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.
