Aladag was born as Feodora Schenk in 1972 and grew up in Vienna, Austria; Her mother is the Swiss born Jewish painter Gina Schenk-Roche, her deceased father was Sebastian Schenk, architect, son of Princess Feodora (Feo) Auersperg, née Countess Solms-Baruth.

From 2004 to 2005 she attended the directing seminars of Stephen Frears, Mike Leigh, Fernando Solanas, Bertrand Tavernier and Peter Lilienthal at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin.

During this time she also maintained a career as a successful scriptwriter and commercial film director; directing various spots for Amnesty International, Ford, Wrigley´s and others and writing scripts for the German television series Tatort.

Aladag's directorial debut When We Leave had its world premiere at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival in 2010, where it won the Europa Cinema Label Award.

Based in Berlin, Germany, Independent Artists was the production company behind When We Leave and Inbetween Worlds, as well as Aladag's upcoming projects.