She graduated from the theatre department of Ataşehir Adıgüzel Fine Arts High School in Istanbul.
[8] At that time, while she and her mother were deciding where to live, Sarıkaya knew she wanted to become an actress and a model, which influenced their choice to settle in Istanbul.
[11] Sarıkaya is an avid player of volleyball and also plays basketball, as well as having an interest in tennis and Latin dance.
[12][13] At the age fifteen, she participated in the European Junior Beauty Contest held in Czechia and received a special prize from the jury.
[16] In 2008, she starred in a Turkcell commercial and then appeared in her second movie, Plajda, produced by Sinan Çetin and directed by Murat Şeker.
The same year, Sarıkaya obtained her first leading television role in the series Peri Masalı, directed by Celal Çimen, in which she portrayed a fairy godmother.
[18] Still in 2008, Sarıkaya began to appear in the TV series Adanalı, which was created by Tayfun Güneyer and directed by Adnan Güler.
[19][20] Sarıkaya competed in the Miss Turkey beauty contest on 1 April 2010, representing the national capital, Ankara.
[21][22] Sarıkaya left the cast of Adanalı in its second season[23] and went on to act in Lale Devri, produced by Şükrü Avşar and directed by Murat Düzgünoğlu.
[24] In one episode of the series, she sang a song that attracted audience attention and for which she received offers to record an album.
[35] For the promotion of their spring–summer collection, Sarıkaya shot commercials alongside Brazilian model Francisco Lachowski.
[37] For the 2015 spring–summer collection, Sarıkaya appeared in front of the camera with Kerem Bürsin, and their singing received a positive response from audiences.