After finishing her studies at Robert College, she enrolled in Istanbul University's School of Literature.
While continuing with her studies, she became one of the founders of Genç Oyuncular [tr], a movement focused on bringing together young stage actors from different universities and schools across Turkey.
[1] She continued her career in the United States by both appearing and staging a number of plays at Lincoln Center and the New York University Tisch School of the Arts.
[1] Her portrayal of Signora Fioria in the play The Time of the Cuckoo, which was staged at Lincoln Center, earned her a nomination for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play in 2000.
[1] During her nearly forty-year career as an educator she taught various theatre and acting courses at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and graduate acting classes at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts.