Born in a family of immigrants from Bulgaria and Greece, Başak Parlak was born on November 3, 1989 in Tekirdağ. She graduated from Namık Kemal High School and Maltepe University International Relations Department.

56 kg and 1.70 meters tall, she stepped into television life with the series Zalim in 2003. In 2008, he starred with Fikret Hakan, Sermin Hürmeriç, Deniz Gökçer in the series Serçe, in which he starred with Saruhan Hünel.

Başak Parlak hosted the comedy program "Hayret Bir Şey" on Star TV in 2011.

In 2013, he starred in the movie "Neva" with Şükrü Özyıldız, Nergis Kumbasar, Levent Özdilek, Tevfik Urgancıoğlu.

Adapted in 2013 from Peyami Safa's novel of the same name and directed by Sadullah Çelen, 'Fatih Harbiye' series starring Kadir Doğulu, Neslihan Atagül and Yunus Emre Yıldırımer, actress Başak Parlak joined the series in the 13th episode.

In 2014, she starred in the movie "Ask Me Your Name" with Engin Hepileri and Özge Borak.

Özgürcan Çevik and Başak Parlak shared the lead roles in the 2015 comedy film "Şevkat Yerimdar 2: Bizde Sakat çok" directed by Bülent İşbilen.

In 2016, Şükrü Özyıldız and Aslı Enver played the lead roles of Şükrü Özyıldız and Aslı Enver in the series titled "Kış Güneşi", which will play on Show TV and produced by Endemol Shine Turkey; Mahir Günşiray, Şenay Gürler, Hakan Gerçek, Başak Parlak, Berrak Kuş and Hakan Boyav played other roles.