İpek Karapınar

İpek Karapınar — Biography

İpek Karapınar is a television actress who broke through as Arzu in the teen drama Küçük Sırlar and reached a wide audience as the lead, Feride, in Kırgın Çiçekler. In recent years she has been associated above all with Çolpan Hatun in the period series Destan.

Before her screen career she was occupied with music, studying violin at the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Conservatory. In her first years she appeared in Hatırla Sevgili and Köprü, both from 2006; her character Aslı Yazıcı in Köprü first drew real attention. She then took a recurring role in Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu, played Cansu in Talih Kuşu and joined Doludizgin Yıllar.

Her real breakthrough was Küçük Sırlar in 2010, where she played Arzu in what is regarded as the Turkish take on Gossip Girl. In the following years she played Sinem in Zehirli Sarmaşık, Nihal in Ustura Kemal, Leyla in Adını Kalbime Yazdım and Yelda Güçlü in Hayat Yolunda. She led the cast of Kırgın Çiçekler on ATV from 2015 to 2018, and moved on to Destan in 2021; in 2025 she was also reported to be playing Özlem in Bir Zamanlar İstanbul. That year she married director Ali Balcı, and in 2026 she announced she was expecting a baby.