Selma Alaoui

Selma Alaoui (born 20 September 1980) is a French actress, theatre director and playwright, based in Brussels, Belgium. She made her film acting debut as the leading role in Academy Award-nominated short film A Sister.

Early life Selma Alaoui was born on 20 September 1980 in Rabat, Morocco, to a French mother of Polish origin and a Moroccan father. After studying literature in Lille, she trained in acting and directing at Institut national supérieur des arts du spectacle et des techniques de diffusion in Brussels.

Career In 2007, she co-founded theatre collective, Mariedl, with Emilie Maquest and Coline Struyf. The collective disbanded in 2023.

Alongside her theatrical career, she starred as the leading role of Delphine Girard's short film A Sister in 2018. The short film was nominated for Best Live Action Short Film at the 92nd Academy Awards. She also starred in 2023 film Through the Night, the feature-length adaptation of the short film. For her performance, she received a nomination for the Best Actress at the 14th Magritte Awards.

As a lecturer, she has taught at the INSAS, Institut des arts de diffusion, and Conservatoire royal de Mons.

Work Theatre Year Title Role Notes 2006 La marea 2006–2007 Blanche-neige 2007–2009 Anticlimax As director 2008–2010 Hansel and Gretel 2010–2012 Ivanov Re/mix 2010–2011 I Would Prefer Not To As director and playwright 2010–2011 Projet Lulu 2011–2012 Grisélidis 2013 L'amour la guerre As director and playwright 2013 La peur 2013 Chiennes 2014 Mange ta glace 2014 Still Too Sad Too Tell You 2014 Homme sans but 2015 Notes pour le futur As director 2016 Apocalypse Bebe As director 2016 Apres la peur 2018 Ce qui arrive 2019 Linda vista 2020 Sciences-fictions Also as director and playwright 2021 Femme disparait As director and playwright 2024 Au bord As director and playwright

Film

Television