Simay Barlas was born on May 7, 1999 in Istanbul; she graduated from Istanbul Bilgi University, Department of Cinema and Television. She started her acting career in 2015 with the series Paramparça and played the character Öykü in this production. Later, she starred in series such as Hayat Bazen Tatlıdır, Adı Efsane, Bir Annenin Günahı, Zalim İstanbul and Aziz. Especially in the series Zalim Istanbul, she gained a wide fan base with her character Damla Karaçay. In 2019, she stepped into the cinema with the comedy film Digital Captivity; By an interesting coincidence, the name of the character she plays in this movie is Damla. In the series called Ömer, which came to the screens in 2023, she plays the character of Süreyya