Selma Ducanovic

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Selma recently narrated the audiobook for “Three Summers” by Amra Sabic-El-Rayess through Penguin Random House. The book is set to release in early April. Save it through audible here, or Apple Books here
Selma also recently helped with the Winter Film Awards International Film Festival 2024 for the second year in a row as a Q&A moderator and presenter at the festival-end awards ceremony
Selma was cast in a St. Jean’s Players production of “Working: A Musical” as Kate Rushton. They closed the show in November 2023, and there is a full recording available on Youtube. You can view photos through the “Photos” tab above.
In September 2023, Selma narrated the audiobook for “Nadia” by Christine Evans through Penguin Random House. The book was released on September 19th. You can check out the audiobook on Audible here, or on Penguin Random House’s site here.
In August 2023, she became a member of the New York Women in Film and Television society as part of their Next Wave Membership Program.
In 2023, Selma attended the premier screening of the film Pratfall - in which she had been cast in a supporting role - at the Brooklyn Film Festival. She is also proud to say that Pratfall took home the Spirit Award in the Feature Narrative Category at BFF. Check out her blog post reflecting on the project through the “Blog” tab above.
Selma is currently at work writing her first novel and songwriting for her second EP!

Follow Selma on Instagram @TheRealSelmaD

Bio

born

Hamburg, Germany

Hometown(s)

Seattle, WA / Ključ, BiH

Current location

New York City

Selma Dučanović is an actress, writer, and singer-songwriter born on December 25th in Hamburg, Germany. She was born to parents who had sought refuge in Germany after the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia-Herzegovina. When Selma was two years old, she and her parents immigrated to Seattle, Washington.

Selma began singing and performing in school when she was ten years old and continued her music education throughout middle and high school. For college, she was accepted into the Music Industry Business program at Drexel University in Philadelphia and, in conjunction with her music business studies, began pursuing knowledge and training in theater as well. As a result of her hard work, Selma quickly attained a theater scholarship and membership into the Drexel Co-op Theatre Company where she became involved in productions such as the Drexel New Works Festivals in 2017 and 2018, the Winter Musical Theater Cabaret in 2018, and the Director’s Labs in Spring 2018. In her Drexel classes, Selma studied the teachings of Uta Hagen, Stanislavski, Meisner, and the Viewpoints method of movement. As part of her senior project, Selma released her first EP, "What You've Done" in November of 2018. She graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.S. in Music Industry.

Shortly after college, Selma began studying in the Evening Conservatory at the Atlantic Acting School in New York City where she received the Practical Aesthetics Scholarship. There, she studied the practical aesthetics method developed by David Mamet and William H Macy. She completed her studies during the pandemic with a made-for-Zoom production of I am a Positive Person written by Danny Rocco for her conservatory class.

Since graduating from the Atlantic Acting School, Selma has acted in several theater and film projects, and has worked as an interviewer and Q&A moderator for the Winter Film Awards International Film Festival for two years in a row. Selma also stepped into voice-over work when she narrated the audiobook for “Nadia” by Christine Evans through Penguin Random House.

Fluent in Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, she has a deep interest in and understanding of Eastern European and Balkan history. Furthermore, she is conversational in French and holds dual citizenship with the United States and Bosnia. Some of Selma’s interests include watching soccer, Formula 1, and Eurovision, and she is currently teaching herself High Valyrian through Duolingo!

If you would like to get in touch with Selma, you can reach out through the “Contact” page above.