Jelena Jovanova
Jelena Jovanova | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 21, 1984 |
| Education | Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Skopje |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2004 - present |
| Spouse | Stjepan Perić |
Jelena Jovanova (born October 21, 1984) is a Macedonian actress.
Biography
Born in Bosnia,[1] raised in Macedonia, married and living in Croatia. Graduated from The Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Skopje. Member of Macedonian National Theater since 2006 where she played over twenty-five leading roles.
Her powerful big screen debut was in Juanita Wilson's As If I Am Not There, which has been selected as the Irish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards.
In 2010, she was cast in Angelina Jolie's directorial debut In the Land of Blood and Honey,[2] nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 69th Golden Globe Awards. This film made her the first Macedonian actress ever to appear in a Hollywood production.
Filmography
- The Constitution (2016)
- Child (2016)
- Ckopa (2015)
- The Third Half (2012)
- Skopje Remix (2012)
- In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011)
- As If I Am Not There (2010)
Television
- Whichever Way the Ball Bounces as Nadalija (2015)
- Secrets (Tajne) as Marina Franic (2013-2014)
Selected Stage Roles
- Chicago as Roxie Hart
- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? as Honey
- Push Up 1-3 as Sabine
- Troilus and Cressida as Helen of Troy
- Twig in the Wind as Magda
- Hasanaginica as Hasanaginica
- Sexual Perversity in Chicago as Deborah
- A Clockwork Orange as Alex
- The Decameron as Filomena
- Dundo Maroje as Petrunjela
- Don Quixote as Dulcinea
- Class Enemy as Iron
- Miss Julie as Miss Julie
References
- ^ "IMDB bio".
- ^ "Interview for The Huffington Post". huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 19 April 2015.