Selin Kavak completed her studies in theater studies and dramaturgy at the University of Istanbul and the Freie Universität Berlin in 2008. She completed her acting studies at the Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences in Bonn (as a scholarship recipient of the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung and DAAD) in 2013, during which time she appeared on stage several times at Theater Bonn. To date, she has appeared at the Maxim Gorki Theater, the Deutsches Theater Berlin, the Ballhaus Naunynstraße, and the Heimathafen Neukölln, among others. She regularly appears as an actress in theater, TV and film productions, writes plays and screenplays and directs her own socio-cultural projects in the fields of film and theater. Selin can be seen at Ballhaus Naunynstraße in Im Strom (2022) by Atilla Oener. She also participated in the theater workshop Extended Cooperation – as an author in Extended Cooperation Vol. I as well as a performer in the Showings of Extended Cooperation Vol. II. The latter has been part of the repertoire since fall 2025 under the title Your Baggage Unattended.