She graduated from Ankara State Conservatory. In the 1980s, she starred in various TV productions, including her first TV film, Sönmüş Ocak, and later Parmak Damgası. During this period, in addition to the screen, she also appeared on the stage with the play The Seagull (1986), which won her the Avni Dilligil Theatre Award, and the musical Evita (1989), which had a great influence on the beginning of her singing career.

She acted in Desperate Road (Ömer Kavur, 1985), and she won the Golden Film Strip Best Actress Award in Germany for her performance in Farewell to False Paradise (Tevfik Başer, 1989). Her success in cinema continued with The Secret Face (Ömer Kavur, 1991), based on Orhan Pamuk's novel The Black Book, which won the Best Turkish Film of the Year Award at Istanbul Film Festival and the Best Film Award at Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival. With Innowhereland (Tayfun Pirselimoğlu, 2002), she won many awards both in Turkey and abroad, notably at Istanbul Film Festival. In her artistic career, she has achieved success with numerous stage plays, films, and music albums. She won many awards, including the Most Successful Actress of the Year Award at the 26th Yapı Kredi Afife Theatre Awards for the play The Bald Soprano (2024). She has been serving as the President of the Actors' Union since 2024.