[1] She was enlisted to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), serving for three years as a clerk for the Israeli Navy.

[3] Sela has said that she prioritises having a career in Israel instead of pursuing opportunities elsewhere; “Tel Aviv cannot be replaced by any city in the world.

[11] Sela plays Noa Hollander a privileged Ashkenazi model and heiress that falls in love with a working-class Yemenite baker Amos Dahari (Alush).

[17][18] In January 2025, Sela starred alongside Lior Raz and Zohar Strauss in the Israeli drama, Soda by Erez Tadmor.

It is based on the story of Tadmor's grandfather, a Jewish partisan during the Second World War and his subsequent post-war life in Israel.

[citation needed] Sela subsequently shared her political views online and where she condemns Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's actions, and then Netanyahu responded directly back to Sela's post and brought to her attention the Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People.

[29] Sela was publicly supported at the time by several local figures, including her fellow Israeli actress Gal Gadot,[30] model Shlomit Malka,[31] and Arab-Israeli newscaster Lucy Aharish.