Duran made her professional theater debut at the age of 19 in a production of a play based on the life of Anne Frank written by Belgian Playwright Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt. Her father is of Spanish descent and her mother is of Austrian descent. Duran is currently in the tv mini series Riviera, created by Neil Jordan with Julia Stiles, Iwan Rheon and Adrian Lester, produced by Sky Atlantic and to be aired summer 2017.