Her family is of Albanian descent. She is a graduate of high school. In 1967, at the age of 16, she was 3rd in the
Ses Mecmuası cover star contest, one of the famous magazines of the era. As a result, she received an offer from the cinema. She played the lead role with
Fikret Hakan,
Ekrem Bora and
Tugay Toksöz in her first film
Silahları Ellerinde Öldüler. They had two children, Zeynep, who was born in 1977, and
Bergüzar Korel born in 1982. == Filmography ==