Deniz Baysal Yurtcu

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Deniz Baysal Yurtcu is a Turkish actress and model. She’s best known for her roles in Kaçak Gelinler (Runaway Brides), Fazilet Hanım ve Kızları (Mrs. Fazilet and her Daughters, also: Afra), Söz (The Oath, also: Aytaç, Aybüke & Burak), Teşkilat (The Shadow Team, also: Ezgi, Gizem, Murat & Ali) and as Esme Furtuna in Taşacak Bu Deniz (Deep In Love, also: Berna, Burcu, Hande, Onur, Erdem, Zeynep, Burak, Ava & Ulaş).

Facts:

• she has two stepsisters
• her mother beat cancer and later her father was diagnosed with it
• her parents divorced when she was five and she was raised by her mother
• says her mother is her hero, a very strong woman who never reflected the pain or injustice she experienced on others
• as a child, she was a tomboy, she used to play basketball with boys, who were her best friends and she would even beat them up 😂
• following her mother’s suggestion, she joined the school basketball team but quit because she felt too frail for it
• by coincidence, she joined the theatre club, loved it and worked there for nine years, during which she also worked as a clown and an usher
• at 18, she broke her nose while playing basketball and had surgery, despite that, she went to an audition and took photos and still got a role offer for the series Derin Sular
• enjoys sports, especially doing Pilates
• doesn’t harm anyone, but if someone crosses the line, she can get really fierce
• never talks behind people’s backs, but if she sees a mistake, she cuts that person off completely
• wants everything to happen right away and tends to overthink things
• looks sweet, but when she’s had enough, she also explodes like anyone else
• says, “Just because I’m an actress and known by many people, why should I give up on who I am? I’m not superior to anyone, what’s there to act arrogant about? I’m just trying to do my job and be good in every way.”
• in the past, when she faced unfairness on set, she used to stay silent, but when she learned to say no and stand up for herself, she realised she had matured
• used to live thinking “What will people say? I don’t want to hurt anyone” but now she focuses more on herself and has become less unhappy
• she’s a homebody, she cooks, plays PlayStation with her husband and they even have a ping-pong table at home