- Studied TV & Video Production at Bournemouth University.
- Studied Cinema at Istanbul Bilgi University. Studied Script Development at National Film & Television School, London, U.K.
- Attended New York Film Academy Acting course.
- Also known as Maggie Bakir.
- Turkish film director, producer and screenwriter Yilmaz Atadeniz is her great uncle. Atadeniz directed over 100 films including "Deathless Devil", "Killing in Istanbul" and "The Ugly King" . Turkish Film director and editor Orhan Atadeniz is her great uncle who directed "Tarzan in Istanbul".
- She has dual nationality; Turkish & British.
- She also directs and performs on stage. ( Director's Cut Theatre Company- showcased at Southwark Playhouse).
- Birth name Ayse Muge Bakircioglu.
- She is descendant of Osman Hamdi Bey who was a prolific Ottoman painter and author, whose work dealt with themes of archaeology, travel and folk customs in the Middle East. Osman Hamdi was the founder of Istanbul Archaeology Museums and of the Istanbul Academy of Fine Arts (Sanayi-i Nefise Mektebi in Turkish), known today as the Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts. He was also the first mayor of Kadikoy.
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