Dilan Derya Zeynilli was born and raised in Istanbul, which is one of the hearts of theatre and art all around the world. When she was a child, her family supported her to having acting classes. After these serials of classes, she discovered that she loves acting and wanted to become an actress one day. Her parents helped her to improve her skills and supported her in her own decision, and thanks to this she could have a chance to go to one of the most important Culture Centre called ''Sadri Alisik Culture Centre'' and study there a year about acting before she starts University. She took the conservatory exams from couple universities and won them all. She chose the University of Halic and completed her bachelor's degree in Theatre Arts of Conservatory. During the years of her university, she started to receive offers from important Turkish series such as ''Fatih'' and ''Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu''. Especially Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu was publishing over 30 different countries in those days. After graduated from university she started to play in a daily TV series called ''Askin Bedeli''. She was climbing her career steps wisely and thought that she should improve herself by seeing other cultures and improve her knowledge, so she went to Los Angeles-California for a language school program. She did modelling for photographers and played in the American brands advertisements, and also played in a music clip of American-Columbian group. When she turned back to her country she took a class of acting method courses called Chubbuck Method. After a while, she had a role in a movie, Not Knowing, which is directed by Leyla Yilmaz who has various nominations and international rewards.