Deniz Akkaya

Deniz Akkaya 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 leading models in Turkish fashion history, and one of the most beautiful women of the country.

Early life and family Akkaya is Circassian,

Acting 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.

Personal life In 2009, she gave birth to her daughter in Miami, Florida, US.

Filmography Film Year Film Role Notes 2002 Green Light 2003 Vizontele Tuuba Deniz Kızı (Mermaid) 2003 School Philosophy teacher Alev Lead 2007 Living & Dying Anne Noble 2007 The Masked Gang: Cyprus Bilge Lead 2021 The Chaos Class Summer Games

Television Year Title Role Notes 1996 Hemşehrim 2003 Şarkılar Seni Söyler Ayten Boralı Lead 2004 Metro Palas Yelda Lead 2006 Turkey's Next Top Model Herself Host and lead judge 2015–2016 Deniz Akkaya ile Yeniden Ben Herself Host 2015–2016 Aramızda Kalmasın Herself Co-host 2016 O Bana Çok Benzer Herself Episode 1 2016–2017 Duymayan Kalmasın Herself Co-host