Mirjana Karanović

Mirjana Karanović
Mirjana Karanović at 2009 KVIFF
Born	Mirjana Karanović 28 January 1957 (1957-01-28) Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Occupation	actress
Years active	1980-present
Awards	Big Golden Arena – Big Golden Arena for Best Actor 1980 Petrijin venac – Petrija Big Golden Arena – Big Golden Arena for Best Actor 1985 Otac na sluzbenom putu – Senija Sena Zolj Brussels European Film Festival – Best Actress 2006 Grbavica – Esma Art Film Festival – Actor's Mission Award 2007

Mirjana Karanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Мирјана Карановић) (born January 28, 1957 in Belgrade) is a Serbian actress known for many important roles in former Yugoslav films during the past quarter of a century.

She made her screen debut in 1980 film Petrijin venac ("Petrija's Wreath"), earning accolades for her portrayal of an illiterate Serbian woman. She is best known to international audience by her portrayal of the mother in the 1985 film When Father Was Away on Business.

In 1995 she appeared in an award-winning movie, Underground, directed by a famous Serbian director Emir Kusturica.

In 2003 Mirjana Karanović again made history by appearing in Croatian film Svjedoci (Witnesses). She was the first actor from Serbia to appear in a Croatian film since the break-up of Yugoslavia. In the film she played a Croatian war widow.

In 2005 she appeared in the film Grbavica by the Bosnian director Jasmila Žbanić, in which she played a Muslim woman who had to come to terms with her teenager daughter regarding the nature of her birth. In this film she portrays a rape victim abused by Serbs during the Bosnian War.

Filmography

• Na putu (2010)
• Čekaj me ja sigurno neću doći (2009)
• Tamo i ovde (2009)
• Blodsbånd (2007)
• Das Fräulein (2006)
• Grbavica (2006)
• Go West (2005)
• Život je čudo (2004)
• Svjedoci (2003)
• Jagoda u supermarketu (2003)
• Bure baruta (1998)
• Tri palme za dve bitange i ribicu (1998)
• Tri letnja dana (1997)
• Underground (1995) - Vera
• Bolje od bekstva (1993)
• Mala (1991) - Božidarka
• Sabirni centar (1989)
• Vreme čuda (1989) - Marta
• Jednog lepog dana (1988)
• Marjuča ili smrt (1987)
• Uvek spremne žene (1987)
• Na putu za Katangu (1987)
• Obećana zemlja (1986)
• Život je lep (1985)
• Otac na službenom putu (1985)
• Kamiondžije opet voze (1984)
• Dvije polovine srca (1982)
• Petrijin venac (1982)
• Pad Italije (1981)
• Majstori, majstori (1980)

External links

• Mirjana Karanović at the Internet Movie Database