The heroine of the famous series The Pit, Dilan Cicek Deniz, has endless fame.

Dilan Cicek Deniz, born on February 28, 1995 in Sivas, Turkey, is a Turkish actress and model.

It is worth noting that her first appearance on screen was in 2013 in the movie Honeymoon, where she participated in the series Girls of the Sun and the series Pretty Little Liars in the Turkish version, and she became famous for her role as Sana Koçovalı in the series The Pit.

While in 2014, Dilan Cicek Deniz participated in the Miss Turkey contest and came in second place after Amine Gulsen.

Her parents were teachers, her mother is Hali Temisyurek and her father is Orhan Deniz. She received three years of theater education in her high school and at the age of fifteen she wrote a book of poetry titled Güneşi Annem Sanırdım (literally I thought the sun was my mother) in Turkish.

When Dilan Çiçek Deniz was 17 years old, she joined a theater competition at her school and won the acting award. She started majoring in tourism at Ege University but soon changed her major to literature.

Dilan participated in the Miss Turkey Elidor beauty pageant in 2014 and won second place in the Miss Universe 2015 pageant held in Miami representing her country Türkiye.

While in 2015, Dilan Çiçek Deniz played the role of Ebru in the youth series Tatlı Küçük Yalancılar, adapted from Pretty Little Liars. In this TV show, she joined Bensu Soral, Şükru Özyildiz, Alperin Demaz, Beste Kökdemir, Büşra Develi, and Burak Deniz.

While in 2015 Dilan Çiçek Deniz played the role of Elif in the youth TV series Güneşin Kızları with Hande Erçel and Tolga Saritas.

From August 2016 to June 2017, Dilan Çiçek Deniz played an important role in the youth series Bodrum Masalı alongside Alperen Duymaz while in 2016, Dilan received the Shining Star Award at the Golden Butterfly Awards and in 2018, she appeared in a commercial for Avon lipstick.

From 2017 to 2019 she had one of the main roles in the crime series The Pit, alongside Aras Bulut İynemli, Burhan Savas, Erkan Kolcak Kostendil, Necip Memili, Alperen Demaz, and Riza Kocaoğlu.

While in 2020, Dilan Çiçek Deniz was cast opposite Metin Akdülger in the movie Yarina Tek Pelit, which tells the story of two foreigners traveling from Ankara to Izmir and in 2020, Dilan starred as Elif Orazoğlu opposite Burak Deniz in the surreal series Yarim Kalan Şaklar.

In the same year, she was chosen as one of the heroines of Elif Elif alongside Demet Evgar and Hazar Ergüçlü, where she played the role of Ruya Yildirimlar.

While in January 2018, it was revealed that she was in a relationship with Turkish actor Furkan Andic, the two broke up in November 2018.

Dilan Çiçek Deniz was in a relationship with Icelandic director Thor Sivarsson. On December 10, 2021, she revealed through her Instagram account that they were engaged. In December 2023, she stated in one of her Instagram stories that she was happily single.

Dilan Cicek Deniz Miss Türkiye

Dilan Deniz is a Turkish artist who entered the world of acting and fame after winning second place in the Miss Turkey 2014 competition. She represented Turkey in the Miss World 2015 competition, and in the same year she entered the world of acting.

It was mentioned that Dilan Cicek Deniz started her artistic career in the series Pretty Little Liars, which was her most prominent role. The reason for her fame in the Arab world was her role in the series Girls of the Sun.

Dylan Cicek Deniz and the Pit

Recently, the Turkish actress Dilan became more famous after participating in the famous series The Pit, in which she played the role of Sena, the lover of Yamaç, whose role was played by the artist Aras Bulut İynemli.

The Pit series is considered one of the most prominent and important Turkish works that achieved great success in Türkiye and the entire world.

Dylan Chechik Deniz Deniz's latest work was the series "The Flame", in which she participated alongside Demet Avcar and Hazar Ergüçlü.

The story of the series "The Flame" revolves around 3 girls, each of whom has a difficult story: Roya, Şişik, and Cemre, who seeks to escape with her young daughter from her miserable life.

As she is subjected to violence by her husband, these three women meet and the events intertwine in a purely women's work that presents many women's issues that many women suffer from.

Turkish actress Dilan Deniz finally broke her silence and admitted in a television interview that she had undergone plastic surgery on her face. She had previously denied this when she was widely attacked after the sudden major change in her features.

Deniz talked about the regret and sadness she lived with for months after her features changed for the worse. Deniz said: “I felt like doing it and I wanted to try, and I was relieved that it was temporary and would go away, but it got worse and stayed for a long time. I will not do anything like this again. I will accept and love myself in every way.”

Deniz, 28 years old, was subjected to a severe attack campaign recently, due to the significant change in her appearance that suddenly occurred in her recent photos, and was noticed by her followers on social media.

Dylan underwent a nose job, and it seems that she has defined her facial features, which made her look bigger, and lost the innocence of her features as described by the audience, and the audience attacked Deniz and commented that her first appearance looked better, and that this operation does not suit her, but the young actress has remained silent until now, and is still publishing her photos from the Venice Film Festival.

It is noteworthy that Dilan Cicek Deniz participated in the series “Ideal Tenant” which was shown on FOX TV last August, and she co-starred with Serkay Tutuncu and Beno Yildirimlar.

After the series ended, which lasted for 6 episodes, she married the Icelandic director Thor Saivarsson, but they separated silently after a short period. Actor Dylan Deniz has not participated in any artistic project since then, but she recently returned to the spotlight due to her health and personal problems. Deniz is also famous in Turkey and the Arab world for her role in the series “The Pit.”

Recently, sad news spread about the famous actress Dylan Chechik being admitted to the hospital, being kept there for several days, and possibly undergoing surgery on her arm.

Dylan Çiçek Deniz had injured her arm while playing volleyball some time ago, and at the time she had been suffering from chronic health problems in her shoulder, so she underwent surgery and took a rest for about a month.