Mehtap Altunok was born in 1972. Mehtap Altunok studied business administration in Washington and worked at the World Bank. At the same time, Mehtap Altunok, who has an interest and talent in acting, did not ignore this interest and went to New York and studied acting at the Stella Adler acting school there. In 2005, she returned to Turkey.

He has worked as a presenter, voice actor and actor. He took part in many TV series and commercials. He worked as a voice actor and worked as a weather presenter on NTV channel.

She had her first television experience in 2005 by playing the character of Nar in the series titled Beyaz Gelincik. She also played the character of Jülide in the series Doctors, which once had a large audience. She became one of the actresses admired by the audience. After the Doctors series, she experienced an important exit in her professional life.

He has received many offers and has been evaluated positively. He starred in approximately 200 commercials. In 2011, he returned to America again. Baba Candır responded positively to the offer he received for the series called Turkey again by responding positively. In the series Baba Candır, he played the character of Müjde, the wife of the hospital owner.