İpek Özkök

İpek Özkök — Biography

İpek Özkök's path in Turkish television ran from modeling to acting and presenting. She is best known for the police series Gece Gündüz and for her many seasons on Arka Sokaklar; Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu is another well-known title in her career. A musician as well, she plays the accordion and founded Warada Mızıka, an all-female ensemble devoted to Circassian music.

She graduated from the ceramics department of Sakarya University. While still a student she began modeling in 2003 and appeared in many commercials. Her first screen work was Camdan Pabuçlar (2004) and Beyaz Gelincik (2005), followed by Yalan Dünya, Son Tercih, Aman Annem Görmesin and Gece Gündüz. She presented too: the show a Magazin on atv in 2005, then Magazin 1 on Kanal 1, and she co-hosted Derin Futbol on Lig TV with Hıncal Uluç.

After 2009 she played in two seasons of Aşk Bir Hayal. She stayed in the cast of Arka Sokaklar from its fifth season (2010) through its thirteenth (2018), and also appeared in two seasons of Huzur Sokağı (2012-2013). Her only feature film is the 2009 production Çıngıraklı Top, in which she played Semra. She married Levent Ağan in 2015.