Deniz Barut (born 29 March 1983) is a Turkish film and television actress.
Deniz Barut was born on 29 March 1983 in Denizli. She finished her primary and secondary education in Denizli before moving to ðzmir to pursue her passion for volleyball in high school. She is a graduate of Bahçeà Âehir University School of Communications with a degree in photography and video making. Her photographs were later shown at different exhibitions in Turkey. In 1997, she took part in the beauty contest Elite Model Look, where she ranked second.
In 2000, she stopped playing volleyball in a professional capacity and moved to Istanbul. She began taking speech and diction lessons at Can Gürzap's Dialog Institute. She also took acting lessons at à Âahika Tekand's acting academy, Stüdyo Oyuncularñ. She subsequently began working for Star TV and presented news, sports, and life style programs. Barut made her professional acting debut with the TV series Kaybolan Yñllar in 2006. Her other acting credits include Lale Devri, Kara Para Aà Âk, and Avlu. Aside from her career on television she has appeared in a number of movies, including Sesinde Aà Âk Var and Baba Parasñ.
In 2018, she began contributing to literature journal Kafka Okur.
Barut married director à Âafak Bakkalbaà ÂñoÃÂlu in 2005, with whom she has two sons named Kuzey and Uzay. They divorced in 2019. She began a relationship with Yüksel Aksu in 2021 and married him in 2015.