Ivana Miličević

In this Slavic name, the surname is Miličević, sometimes transliterated as Milicevic.

Ivana Miličević
Born	(1974-04-26) April 26, 1974 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
Nationality	Bosnian
Occupations	Actress model
Years active	1995–present
Spouse	Paddy Hogan ​ (m. 2018)​
Children	1
Relatives	Tomo Miličević (brother)

Ivana Miličević (Croatian pronunciation: [ǐʋana milǐːt͡ʃevit͡ɕ]; born April 26, 1974) is a Bosnian actress and model based in the United States, best known for her starring roles in the Cinemax action-drama series Banshee (2013–2016) and The CW science fiction drama series The 100 (2018–2020).

Miličević had roles in films such as Vanilla Sky (2001), Down with Love (2003), Love Actually (2003), Just like Heaven (2005), Casino Royale (2006), Running Scared (2006), What's Your Number? (2011), and Catfight (2016).

She guest starred in numerous television series, including Seinfeld (1997), Felicity (1998–1999), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2002), Friends (2003), Charmed (2003), One on One (2004), American Dad! (2006–2008), Ugly Betty (2007), Chuck (2008), Power, and Gotham (2016–2017).

Early life

Miličević was born in Sarajevo, SR BiH, SFR Yugoslavia (modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina), to Bosnian Croat parents. She immigrated to the United States at the age of five and was raised in Detroit, Michigan. Miličević's younger brother is Tomo Miličević, who was previously the lead guitarist of the rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars. She also had a younger brother, Filip, who died in August 2016. She became a naturalized citizen of the United States. In 1992, Miličević graduated from high school and moved to Los Angeles in pursuit of an acting career.

Career

Miličević first achieved success in modeling, and gained the reputation of being the "Bosanska Žizel" (transl. Bosnian Gisele) because of her resemblance to the famous Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen. She worked as a model while attending Athens High School in Troy, Michigan.

She was also a dancer for the Troy Kids on the Block, a New Kids on the Block tribute group, before leaving Michigan. She was a struggling stand-up comedian, trying to win over crowds with her stories of the modeling business.

Miličević began acting after graduation, appearing in the 1998 thriller film Enemy of the State. She then had guest appearances in numerous television series, including Charmed, Seinfeld, Felicity, Nash Bridges, The Nanny (with former Bond girl Lois Chiles), Buzzkill, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Yes, Dear, Chuck, House, Friends, and Hawaii Five-0. Her acting career included a regular role on the HBO comedy series The Mind of the Married Man. She was on the cover of Paper in 2002.

In 2006, she starred in the CBS comedy series Love Monkey and played the role of Valenka in the James Bond film Casino Royale. In 2007, she played Lena on Ugly Betty. In 2008, she starred in Witless Protection, and featured in guest appearances in House and Pushing Daisies. Miličević played the Soviet intelligence officer Dasha Fedorovich in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 and in Command & Conquer Red Alert 3: Uprising. From 8 to 29 January 2011, she starred alongside Maggie Lawson, Kurt Fuller, and Peter Mackenzie in the Red Dog Squadron production of Greedy by Karl Gajdusek at the El Centro Theatre in Hollywood.

In 2018, she joined the cast in the fifth season of the CW science fiction drama series The 100, recurring until its conclusion in 2020. Also in 2020, she had starring roles as Striga in the animated fantasy series Castlevania and as Arianna Demachi in the action drama series Strike Back: Vendetta.

Personal life

On April 14, 2018, Miličević gave birth to a son, Phoenix Jedi Hogan. Miličević and Paddy Hogan married on December 29, 2018.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest	Acolyte / Eli's Follower	Uncredited
1996	Jerry Maguire	Former Girlfriend
1997	The Big Brass Ring	Cela Brandini	Short film
	Crazy Six	Anna
1998	Postmortem	Gwen Turner
	Kiss the Sky	Ilsa
	October 22	Debra
	Enemy of the State	Ruby's Sales Clerk
1999	Love Stinks	Amber
	House on Haunted Hill	Period Film Actress	Scenes deleted
2001	Head over Heels	Roxana
	Impostor	Gang Girl
	Vanilla Sky	Emma
2002	Four Reasons	Model
2003	Down with Love	Yvette
	Mail Order Bride	Nina
	Love Actually	Stacey / American Dreamgirl
	Paycheck	Maya-Rachel
2005	The Return of the Muskrats	Agent	Short film
	Slipstream	Sarah Tanner
	Her Minor Thing	Zsa Zsa
	In Her Shoes	Caroline
	Just like Heaven	Katrina
2006	The Plague	Jean Raynor
	The Elder Son	Tanya
	Casino Royale	Valenka
	Running Scared	Mila Yugorsky
2007	Battle in Seattle	Carla
2008	Witless Protection	Madeleine
	Columbus Day	Cheryl
	Your Name Here	The Blonde
2009	Reflections	Human 2	Short film
2010	Beneath the Blue	Gwen
	Red Rooster	Tiree	Short film
	All American Tooles	Ivana Jackovich	Short film
2011	Coming & Going	Ivana
	What's Your Number?	Jacinda
	The Howling: Reborn	Kathryn Kidman / Kay
2015	Aloha	Carson Biographer
	Guns for Hire	Friday Green
2016	Catfight	Rachel
2017	The Misogynists	Sasha
TBD	Broken Soldier	Elly	Completed

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Seinfeld	Patty	Episode: "The Comeback"
	Hollywood Confidential	Waitress	Television film
	Unhappily Ever After	Oksana	Episode: "From Russia with Love"
	The Nanny	Tasha	Episode: "No Muse Is Good Muse"
	The Devil's Child	Unknown role	Television film
1998	House Rules	Cinnamon	Episode: "Dude Act Like a Lady"
	The Army Show	Private Lana Povac	4 episodes
1998–1999	Felicity	Sensa	2 episodes
2000	Nash Bridges	Chase	2 episodes
	Secret Agent Man	Lara	Episode: "Sleepers"
2001–2002	The Mind of the Married Man	Missy	Main role; 20 episodes
2002	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Samantha Finn	Episode: "As You Were"
	Just Shoot Me!	Katinka	Episode: "Mr. Jealousy"
2003	Yes, Dear	Kirsten	Episode: "Flirtin' with Disaster"
	Friends	Kori Weston	Episode: "The One with the Memorial Service"
	Charmed	Mist	2 episodes
	Chasing Alice	Unknown	Television film
2004	Cirque du Soleil: Solstrom	Newlyweds Duo	Episode: "Twin Winds"
	CSI: Miami	Jen Kemp	Episode: "Wannabe"
	Frankenstein	Erika Helios	Television film
	Las Vegas	Angie Logan	Episode: "My Beautiful Launderette"
	Dark Shadows	Angelique Bouchard	Unaired TV pilot
2004–2005	One on One	Ranya Rochenko	4 episodes
2006	The Unit	Ilona	Episode: "Natural Selection"
	Love Monkey	Julia	Main role; 8 episodes
2006–2008	American Dad!	Svetlana / Russian Spy	3 episodes
2007	Ugly Betty	Lena	2 episodes
	Fallen	Ariel	Main role; 4 episodes
2008	Chuck	Ilsa Trinchina	Episode: "Chuck Versus the Undercover Lover"
	House	Woman in Black	Episode: "House's Head"
	12 Miles of Bad Road	Montserrat	Main role; 6 episodes
	Pushing Daisies	Hedda Lillihammer	Episode: "The Norwegians"
2009	Eleventh Hour	Isabelle Van Dyke	Episode: "Eternal"
	Without a Trace	Lana	Episode: "Heartbeats"
	Royal Pains	Kylie	Episode: "Nobody's Perfect"
	Eastwick	Ivanka	2 episodes
2010	Hawaii Five-0	Nadia Lukovic / Natalie Reed	Episode: "ʻOhana"
2011	Charlie's Angels	Nadia Ivanov	Episode: "Angel with a Broken Wing"
2012	Psych	Miss Ivana	Episode: "Autopsy Turvy"
	Vegas	Diane Desmond	2 episodes
2013–2016	Banshee	Anastasia / Carrie Hopewell	Main role; 36 episodes
2016	Roadies	Maureen	Episode: "The Corporate Gig"
	Power	Karen Bassett	4 episodes
2016–2017	Gotham	Maria Kyle	3 episodes
2018–2020	The 100	Charmaine Diyoza	24 episodes
2020–2021	Castlevania	Striga (voice)	Main role; 8 episodes
2020	Strike Back: Vendetta	Arianna Demachi	8 episodes

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role	Notes
2008	Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3	Dasha Fedorovich
2009	Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 – Uprising

External links

• Ivana Miličević at IMDb
• Ivana Miličević at Rotten Tomatoes