İpek Tenolcay

İpek Tenolcay — Biography

İpek Tenolcay, full name Hamide İpek Tenolcay, is a Turkish model and actress born on 12 July 1970 in Istanbul. After many years of modeling, she moved into acting in 1996 with the series Şehnaz Tango, and she has also worked as a presenter during her career.

Following her leading role in the series Örümcek, the character Nesrin Çakır, whom she portrayed in Kurtlar Vadisi (2003), made her widely known. In later years she appeared in numerous series such as Umutsuz Ev Kadınları, Bana Baba Dedi and Seviyor Sevmiyor, and played Zuhal Gökçener in Zeytin Tepesi (2014). More recently she appeared as Nazlı's mother in Kırmızı Oda (2020), as Zeynep in Ada Masalı (2021) and as Neşe in Aile (2023). In 2025–2026 she returned to the headlines with her remarks about her Kurtlar Vadisi days. The actress is the mother of one child.