30 Best ex-Yugoslavian Actresses Under 30 (2014.)
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Marija Pikic was born on 17 December 1989 in Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. She is an actress, known for Flesh (2018), Balada (2022) and Djeca (2012).- Iva Babic's latest role as the female lead in 'The Machine' highlights her comedic and dramatic talents. Legendary Pictures' 'The Machine' opens Memorial Day weekend 2023 via Sony Pictures Releasing. It tells the hit viral story of stand-up comedian Bert Kreischer's brush with the Russian Mafia as a 21-year-old student on a semester abroad in Moscow. Directed by Peter Atencio (Key & Peele), 'The Machine' features Star Wars alum Mark Hamill as Kreischer's father.
Born in Croatia, Iva has appeared in both English-language as well as many projects in several other languages. Her English-language projects include Alan Ball's 'Virtuoso' for HBO (2015), and 'The Romanoffs', Matthew Weiner's Amazon series (2018).
Iva studied at the Academy of Arts and Drama in Zagreb. Director Branko Schmidt cast her in his films 'Metastases' (2009) and 'Vegetarian Cannibal' (2012). Her breakthrough, however, came with the series 'Sunday Mornings, Saturday Nights' (2012), for which she was widely praised. Her burgeoning acting skills were next put to the test in the Croatian version of the renowned US/Israeli TV series 'In Treatment' (2013), for which she won Best Actress in a TV series. Her first major role as a lead in a theatrical film came in 2014 with the suspense drama 'One Shot', playing a young woman who kills an innocent passer-by in a shooting accident.
She has since worked with some of the most renowned directors in Croatia, such as Antonio Nuic in his dramedy 'Life is a Trumpet' (2015), Lukas Nola's spy thriller 'Guardian of the Castle' (2017) and Vinko Bresan's 'Perica's Diary' (2021) where she displayed her musical talents: singing, dancing, and piano playing, as well as her capability with a variety of accents. The series won numerous awards and has received enthusiastic reviews from both audiences and critics. - Nika Miskovic was born on 17 December 1987 in Rijeka, Croatia. She is an actress, known for Vegetarian Cannibal (2012), Hush... (2013) and Spots (2011).
- Natasha Petrovik was born in 1988, in Shtip Macedonia where she attended primary and secondary school. She studied at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in the Macedonian capital Skopje, graduating with a degree in Acting. While at the University, in 2010, she became a member of the founding team of the independent theater for performing arts, 'THEATRA'.
Natasha has extensive experience working on the stage and for cinema and television, both domestically and internationally.
She began her film career playing the character of Dea in Milcho Manchevski's feature film "Shadows" which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2007 and was Macedonia's submission for the 2008 Academy Awards.
In 2009, she was cast in the lead role of Samira in Juanita Wilson's feature debut "As if I am not there," which premiered at the 2010 Sarajevo International Film Festival. For her performance, Natasha was nominated for 'Best International Actress' in the Irish Television and Film Awards and the International Film Festival in Milano. She won the awards of 'Best International Actress' at the 2011 Seattle International Film Festival, 'Best Acting Performance' at the The End of The Pier Film International Film Festival in the UK, as well as the award for 'Best Actress' at the SIFF 2011.
Most importantly, Natasha was selected as one of the European Shooting Stars at the Berlinale film festival at 2011. She is the first actress selected in the category of future young stars in Europe, to represent her native Macedonia at this Festival.
In 2012 she had a leading role in 'The Piano Room' directed by Igor Ivanov - Izi that premiered at Manaki Film Festival 2013. That same year she acted in "To The Hilt" , an epic story directed by the Academy Award Nominee ,Stole Popov. The film also had its premiere in 2014 at the Manaki Film Festival. In 2013 she played the role Katerina in the feature film "Lazar" directed by Svetozar Ristovski, which had its premiere in 2015.
Natasha had the lead role of Lexia, in the feature film "Elixir" which was shot on location in Berlin, directed by Brodie Higgs. The film premiered at the Berlinale in 2015. Playing alongside Bruno Ganz, Natasha had a lead role in the feature film "Witness", directed by the Macedonian film director Mitko Panov.
In 2020 she acted in "Homo," and she recently completed shooting of the short drama "The Blue Hour" directed by one of the promising young female directors in Macedonia, Ana Jakimska. - Jovana Gavrilovic was born on 27 October 1989 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia. She is an actress, known for Horizons (2017), Requiem for Mrs. J (2017) and Klan (2020).
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Nika Rozman was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia (Yugoslavia). She is an established Slovenian actress, awarded for film and theatre roles. Her first significant role was Shakespeare's Juliet right after she graduated from acting at the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television at the University of Ljubljana. Since then she has created over forty theatre roles in different Slovenian theaters, among them many leading ones, such as Ostrovsky's Katerina for which she was awarded the Borstnik Award for Best Young Actress . The roles of Wedekind's Lulu and Cankar's Jacinta have brought her an Acting Award given by the Slovenian Association of Dramatic Artists. She has also played Ophelia in Shakespeare's Hamlet. She has appeared in numerous short and feature films, video and television productions, but has become known to the Slovenian public with the role of the blonde model Mia in the horror feature Killbillies, which won several awards and earned her a Vesna Award for Best Supporting Actress. Soon after that she was cast for her first leading role in the feature film Buoyancy where she precisely portrayed dilemmas of a young lawyer Rebecca. The television audience got to know her as Tina Lanc, a detective in a very popular crime series Jezero, Leninov park and Dolina Roz. for which she won The Brightest Star Award 2020 and was two times nominated for Best Actress for Hearts of Sarajevo Award for TV Series at the 27th and the 28th Sarajevo Film Festival. She regularly lends her voice to radio and animated characters. Younger audience will also recognize her as a host of a popular children's TV show on the Slovenian National Television. She is currently working as a freelance artist choosing projects of her interest, such as shooting for film/television and theatre research. She lives in Ljubljana and travels around for auditions and workshops. She loves spending her free time in her small garden or climbing in the Slovenian mountains. She is also one of the founders of the Screen Actors Guild of Slovenia.- Jelena Petrovic was born on 27 March 1984 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia. She is an actress, known for Montevideo, Bog te video! (2012), Samo veceras (2011) and TV teatar (1956).
- Ana Mandic was born on 16 August 1987 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia. She is an actress, known for Jedini izlaz (2021), Comic Sans (2018) and The Spring Poem (2021).
- Tina Vrbnjak is known for Ja, Chef (2021), Veronika in Friderik (2009) and Zmaga ali kako je Maks Bigec zasukal kolo zgodovine (2011).
- Sara Stanic is known for Forbidden Love (2004), Crno-bijeli svijet (2015) and Not All About the Money (2013).
- Isidora Simijonovic was born in 1995 in Belgrade, Serbia. She is an actress, known for Morning Changes Everything (2018), Ubice mog oca (2016) and Azbuka naseg zivota (2021).
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Ivana Vukovic was born on 25 January 1987 in Kragujevac, Serbia, Yugoslavia. She is an actress and writer, known for Kljun (2021), Transition (2016) and Montenegro Road Movie (2016).- Ivana Horvat is known for Zora dubrovacka (2013), Graveyard Man and Shanghai Gypsy (2012). She has been married to Stefan Kapicic since 2017. They have two children.
- Dragana Dabovic was born on 30 September 1987 in Kotor, Montenegro, Yugoslavia. She is an actress, known for Vojna akademija (2012), Faith and Conspiracy (2016) and Forever Hold Your Peace (2023).
- Tihana Lazovic was born on 25 September 1990 in Zadar, SFR Yugoslavia [now Croatia]. She is an actress, known for The High Sun (2015), Aleksi (2018) and Only When I Laugh (2023). She has been married to Branislav Trifunovic since 21 August 2022.
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Tamara Dragicevic was born on 30 March 1989 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia. She is an actress, known for Toma (2021), Montevideo: Taste of a Dream (2010) and Vojna akademija (2012). She has been married to Petar Bencina since 18 June 2016. They have two children.- Tijana Pecencic was born on 22 December 1986 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia. She is an actress, known for Vojna akademija (2012), Whichever Way the Ball Bounces (2014) and Montevideo, Bog te video! (2012).
- Amra Silajdzic was born on 1 October 1984 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She is an actress, known for Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 (2012), Gothic Assassins (2012) and CSI: NY (2004). She has been married to Edin Dzeko since 2014. They have two children. She was previously married to Vladimir Vicentijevic.
- She was born in Kranj where she also attended high school. She first faced the theatre in the second year at Kranj Preseren's Theatre. Soon she got an episodic role in series One and A Half Star Hotel. After high school she enrolled at the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT). During her studies she was active in various projects outside the Academy; filmed several short films (Administrator, Trieste Is Ours, Srecko), TV drama (Our Democracy) and TV-movie (Hidden memory of Angela Vode). Her debut role in feature film was Nina in Lapajne's Personal Luggage. She cooperated with Nejc Gazvoda in feature films Dual and A Trip and Marko Santic's TV-film Seduce Me.
- Brankica Sebastijanovic was born on 8 August 1990 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. She is an actress, known for Zona Zamfirova 2 (2017), Love Isn't Always on Time (2014) and Svindleri (2019).
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Ena Kurtalic is known for Praznik praznine (2022), Patriot (2013) and Crazy, Confused, Normal (2007).- Actress
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Ajda Smrekar was born on 24 March 1985 in Novo mesto, Slovenia. She is an actress and writer, known for Sailing to Paradise (2014), Idyll (2015) and V imenu ljudstva (2020).- Ana Vucak Veljaca was born on 29 November 1986 in Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia [now Croatia]. She is an actress, known for Whichever Way the Ball Bounces (2014), Prava zena (2016) and The Last Serb in Croatia (2019). She has been married to Ivan Veljaca since 2018. They have one child.
- Nika Manevski was born on November 30, 1995. She started her acting career very early. Her first encounter with the movie camera was in teenage movie 'Going our way', in which she impressed the creators of the series 'On Therapy' that they gave her the lead role. Nika is the youngest winner of the 'Viktor' award, which she earned by portraying Zarja in the 'On Therapy' series. In addition to acting, she loves dancing and is very talented singer.
- Katarina Ilic is known for Cimerke (2012), Zduhac Means Adventure (2011) and Totalno novi talas (2010).
- Kristina Stevovic was born on 17 November 1985 in Niksic, Montenegro, Yugoslavia. She is an actress, known for Move On (2012), Borders, Raindrops (2018) and The Big Picture (2010).
- Jagoda Kumric was born on 26 February 1992 in Split, Croatia. She is an actress, known for The Piano Room (2013), Larin izbor (2011) and Drugo ime ljubavi (2019).
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Bojana Grabovac was born in 1987 in Novi Sad, Serbia, Yugoslavia. She is an actress and producer, known for Saligia, Beleznica profesora Miskovica (2021) and Igra sudbine (2020).- Ana Kraljevic was born on 2 January 1985. She is an actress, known for Stella (2013), Whichever Way the Ball Bounces (2014) and Bracne vode (2008). She has been married to Ivan Magud since 2015. They have one child.
- Anja Djurinovic was born on 20 March 1990 in Zagreb, Croatia. She is an actress, known for Crno-bijeli svijet (2015), Djeca sa CNN-a (2021) and Rest in Peace (2013).