Miniseries · Star TV
Ugly
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Çağlar Ertuğrul
Kadir Tunalı
9 eps
Derya Pınar Ak
Meryem Tunalı
9 eps
Nur Sürer
Cennet Tunalı
9 eps
Çetin Tekindor
Ökkeş Karataş
9 eps
Başak Gümülcinelioğlu
Lale Karataş
9 eps
Baran Bölükbaşı
Engin Karataş
9 eps
Olgun Toker
Ferhat
9 eps
Cahit Gök
Selim
9 eps
Gözde Kansu
Hande
9 eps
Sema Gültekin
Nehir
9 eps
Eylül Ersöz
Yaren
9 eps
Öykü Sakarya
Seda Sakar
9 eps
Özlem Kaya
Hediye
9 eps
Müfit Aytekin
Refi
9 eps
Berkay Şahinoğlu
Ismet
9 eps
Eren Demirbaş
Adem
9 eps
Kadir Bertan
9 eps
Yusuf Nebioğlu
9 eps
Ferhat Akgün
9 eps
Altan Erkekli
Tarık
9 eps
Buse Badurlar
Seher
9 eps
Suat Sungur
1 eps
Asuman Bora
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Ugly actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Ugly reads strongest on Serialized, Character Depth and Bingeability.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
The series follows Meryem, who holds onto life with nothing but good intentions, as she reunites with her one true love, Kadir—now a man whose world has been shaped by power, wealth, and ambition.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Koray ŞahinProducer
- Fırat ParlakProducer
Writing
- Özlem İnci HekimoğluWriter
- Nil Güleç ÜnsalWriter
Direction
- Merve ÇolakDirector
- Burcu AlptekinDirector
Where to watch
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