İpek Yaylacıoğlu

İpek Yaylacıoğlu — Biography

İpek Yaylacıoğlu is an actress known to Turkish television audiences for two roles in particular: Pınar in the long-running police drama Arka Sokaklar, which she played for a decade, and Eda in the comedy Kardeş Payı. Her screen debut as Nalan in Ihlamurlar Altında also won her a wide following in the Arab world. Alongside acting she works in design and photography.

She faced the camera very young, starting with commercials for brands such as Ziraat Bankası, Profilo and Çikilop. Her series career began in 2005 and moved through the teen drama Kavak Yelleri, Elif and Çemberin Dışında; she took the lead in Senden Başka and, on the big screen, played Saadet in Başka Semtin Çocukları. The turning point came in 2009 when she joined Arka Sokaklar, where she was the third actress to play Pınar Akdoğan, and she stayed until 2019. In Kardeş Payı she appeared from 2014 to 2015 and left the series in its 27th episode.

A graduate of Işık High School and the Advertising department at Bilgi University, she studied hat design in London and launched a design label called Wicked. She married businessman Hakan Usta in 2014, and the couple have two children.