Nilüfer Açıkalın (born Nilüfer Küçükçavdar, March 29, 1967, Istanbul) is a film and theater actress, story writer and musician.Born in 1967 in a Macedonian immigrant family, Açıkalın graduated from Mimar Sinan University State Conservatory Theater Department with a degree in acting. She has been acting in theater, cinema and TV since 1987. In 1988, she played the role of Türkan Şoray's daughter in her first movie, Süreyya Duru's 'Ada'.

She wrote four story books of short stories and worked at the State Theaters for a while. In 1987 she married Peker Açıkalın and they divorced in 1994. Today she is together with director Orhan Oğuz.

In 2014 and 2015, she recorded two albums titled Başka Şarkılar.