Tuğba was born into a wealthy family in Istanbul on 13 August 1955.
[1] She graduated from Istanbul's American High School for Girls, high school section for girls of Robert College, and attended English language studies at Concordia University in Canada.
She appeared in a brief role in a 1974 film for the first time and she was introduced into the Turkish world of cinema as of the late 1970s.
Tuğba was involved in a traffic collision in Miami in April 2024, and remained hospitalised for three weeks.
[2] She died from Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on 1 September 2024 at her home in Miami, at the age of 69.