Eylem Yildiz was born in Istanbul in 1978 and studied drama at the Hacettepe University State Conservatoire in Ankara. She currently acts for the State Theatre in Istanbul, where she has performed prominent roles in several stage productions, including Anya in The Cherry Orchard and Bessie in The Ride Down Mt Morgan. She made her screen debut in 2001 in Semih Kaplanoglu's Herkes Kendi Evinde (Away from Home) and, in the meantime, has starred in some of the highest rating TV dramas in Turkey.