She was born in Istanbul to an Iraqi Turkmen father and a Turkish mother. She studied part of her high school education at Saint Michel French High School in Istanbul. However, she later enrolled and completed her high school education in England. She froze her university enrollment for her acting career.Farah Zeynep was offered a series called Öyle Bir Geçer Zaman ki while she was preparing to start university. Three days before she returned to England, she learned that she was successful in the trial shootings and was chosen for the role of Aylin. In this series, she played Aylin, the second child of a family with four children.