Résumé

Selected Works

Film

Burnt At Both Ends (in development) Lead with Judd Hirsch
Seaburners (2014) Starring, Berlin Film Festival
The Tour (2011) Starring, dir. G Markovic, Montreal Film Festival
Cirkus Columbia (2010) Starring as Lucija, dir. D. Tanovic, Venezia Mostra
Dear Video (1991) Starring as Jovanka
Deaf Gunpowder (1990) Starring as Janja
Bunker Palace Hotel (1989) Prod. France
Southbound (1988) Starring as Bessi, Prod. Argentina
A Film With No Name (1988) Starring as Glumica, dir. S. Karanovic
The Loves Of Blanka Kolak (1987) Starring as Blanka
The Beauty Of Sin (1986) Starring as Jaglika, Best Actress-Pula Film Festival
When Father Was Away On Business (1985) Starring as Ankica Vidmar, dir. E. Kusturica, Palme d’Or – Cannes Festival, Oscar nomination for best foreign film
Three For Happiness (1985) Starring  as Zdenka, Grand Prix, Valencia Film Festival
In The Jaws Of Life (1984) Starring as Marijana, dir. Rajko Grlic
Head Or Tails (1983) Starring as Finka
Cyclops (1982) Starring as Enka
Don’t Forget Me Istanbul (2010) Starring, dir.  S. Arsenijevic, International Onmibud, Prod. Turkey
The Condemned () Starring

Television

Space Command (2020) Evelyn ‘Vonn’ Odara
Lost (2003 -2007) Danielle Rousseau, ABC
Stahlkammer Zurich (2001) guest appearance-Nina Loncar, Bavaria Film
Law And Order, LA (2010) guest appearance-Maria Olsen, LOS ANGELES, NBC
NCIS (2009) guest appearance-Dina Risi, NBC
Sheena (2001) guest appearance-Yoka Laneesh, Sony
Babylon 5 (1993-1998) Delenn, Warner Bros.
My Antonia (1995) “Mrs. Shimerda” , USA Cable TV, dir. J. Sargent
Tales From Sarajevo (1991+) series regular-Milena Gazivoda, TV Sarajevo
A Better Life (1990) series regular-Finka Pasalic, TV Belgrade
The Proud City () series regular, TV Sarajevo
The Little Big Town () series regular, TV Zagreb

Theater

Medea (2002-2005) Medea, Ulysses Theater, Brioni, Croatia
Cranes (1999) Tanya, The New Group, New York
Antigone (1995) Antigone, The Hudson Guild Theatre, L.A.
Baal (1994) Sophie, Second Stage, L.A.
Don Juan In Hell (1993-4) Dona Ana, The Second Drama Quartet, L.A.
Yerma (1992) Yerma, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Indianapolis
L’illusion Comique (Corneille) (1991) Isabelle, Yugoslav Drama Theater (YDT), Belgrade
A Month In The Country (1990) Natalya Petrovna, Croatian National Theater (CNT), Zagreb
Helen (Euripides) (1990) Helen, Split Summer Festival
Dybbuk (1989) Lea, Yugoslav Drama Theater (YDT), Belgrade
The Devil’s Disciple (1989) Judith, Croatian National Theater (CNT), Zagreb
Three Sisters (1989) Natasha, Zvezdara Theater, Belgrade
‘Tis Pity She’s A Whore (1984) Annabella, Croatian National Theater (CNT), Zagreb
Hamlet (1982) Ophelia, Dubrovnik Summer Festival
Scapin () Zerbinette, Croatian National Theater (CNT), Zagreb
The Misanthrope (1982) Celimene, Croatian National Theater (CNT), Zagreb
Mother Courage (1980) Yvette, Croatian National Theater (CNT), Zagreb
Alpha – Beta (1978) Mrs. Eliott, ITD Teatar, Zagreb

Awards

  • Dramalogue 1995 Theater Award for the role of Antigone
  • Best Film Actress of the Year 1987 – Yugoslavia
  • Best Actress – Golden Arena Award (Yugoslav Oscar) for Beauty of Sin
  • Best Supporting Actress – Golden Arena Award (Yugoslav Oscar) for Cyclops
  • Best Theater Actress of the Season – Theater Critics’ Award for Alpha – Beta
  • Nis Film Festival Awards for When Father Was Away On Business and Heads or Tails
  • “D. Dujsin” Theater Award for A Month in the Country

Other Credits and Skills

  • Member, Actors’ Studio
  • Instructor at the liberal arts and science department of the New York Film Academy in Los Angeles
  • Languages: English, German, French, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, Italian
  • Vocalist (CDs “Songs from Movies That Have Never Been Made”,”Trying To Forget”)
  • Author (book of essays “Closing Sale”)
  • Playwright (“When Death Do Us Part”)
  • MFA – Graduate of the Academy for Theater, Film and Television – Zagreb