After leaving home, she married at the age of 18 and lived in a commune without running water or a heating system until she was 20.
[citation needed] In her early twenties, she entered the adult video industry with her first pornographic film, Orgia di natale, directed by Cesare Geromini.
[1] Her breakthrough came in 1993, at the age of 27, when director Alex Perry offered her a role in the film Signore Scandalose di Provincia.
[5] Selen starred in films by well-known Italian porn directors such as Mario Salieri (Dracula, Sceneggiata napoletana, Concetta Licata), Silvio Bandinelli (Il rosso e il nero, Cuore di pietra), and Joe D'Amato (Selvaggia, Sahara, Selen regina degli elefanti).
She has also appeared in Maurizio Costanzo Show, Uno Mattina, Domenica In, I Fatti Vostri and Omnibus.