[1] Her father Erhan Önal is a former football player who played for Bayern Munich and Galatasaray.
After graduating from Saint-Benoît French High School, she enrolled in Istanbul Bilgi University and finished her studies there.
[2] Her first recognizable role was on youth series Elde Var Hayat in 2010, in which she portrayed the character of Yeliz.
[2] She was then cast in period series Benim Adım Gültepe alongside Ayça Bingöl, Mete Horozoğlu, İlker Kızmaz and Ekin Koç.
[3] In the 2020 Netflix series "Ethos" ("Bir Başkadır" in Turkish), Önal plays Hayrunnisa, the hodja's daughter, a character who loves her traditional parents, but who also seeks to choose to leave her village to get a college education, likes "foreign" music, and has a relationship with another woman.