In 1998, she became the winner of the beauty contest of the newspaper Star, and received thereupon a role in the movie Deli Yürek.
In 2001, Tokuş was awarded the "Best Actress" for her role in the movie Yazgı.
On 11 March 2007, she won the title and a prize of TRY 100,000 in the Show TV show Buzda Dans (Dancing on Ice), after competing ten weeks. Her partner was the American figure skater Robert Beauchamp, a former Holiday On Ice performer.
Zeynep Tokuş gave birth to her son Alp on 5 December 2001 in Canada.