Zeynep Gülmez was born on July 10, 1974 in Bursa. After attending primary, secondary and high school in Bursa, she graduated from Izmir Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Theater.
After graduating in 1996, she started working as a contracted artist at Bursa State Theater. After 3 seasons of acting in theater plays, he left in 1998 and started to reside in Istanbul. Between 1999 and 2000, he worked as an actor in Yalçın Menteş Theater, between 2000 and 2001 in Kandemir Konduk Theater, between 2004 and 2005 in Oyun Atölyesi, between 2007 and 2008 in Donkişot Theater and between 2008 and 2009 in Theater Cef.

In addition to acting in theater, she started acting in TV series in 1992 with her character "Esra" in the TV series "Neighborhood Mukhtars".

Zeynep Gülmez starred in the theater play "Letafet" in 2008 with Hüseyin Avni Danyal and Erkan Bektaş. In 2004, she acted with Haluk Bilginer in the play "Cimri" written by Moliere in Oyun Atölyesi theater.