Born in 1990 in Istanbul, Öykü Karayel graduated from Çemberlitaş Girls High School.
[2] While she was still a conservatory student she played the lead character of Ayşe in the theatre Güzel Şeyler Bizim Tarafta.
Her performance in a play at Theatre Krek was drawn to the attention of the screenwriter Ece Yörenç.
At the time he was searching a new actor for the TV series Kuzey Güney to play the character Cemre and she was chosen for it.
At the end of June 2017 she started acting in a TV series called Kalp Atışı playing the role of Eylül Erdem.