Nevena Kokanova
Actor
- Born
- December 12, 1938 · Dupnitsa, Bulgaria
- Died
- June 3, 2000 (age 61)
Nevena Kokanova (Bulgarian: Невена Коканова) (12 December 1938 – 3 June 2000) was a Bulgarian film actress. She was known as the "first lady of Bulgarian cinema." Her mother was from a well-known Austrian aristocratic family, and her father was a political prisoner.
Kokanova was born in Dupnitsa, Bulgaria and is most renowned for her role as Lisa in The Peach Thief. She started her career at 18 as an apprentice actor with the Yambol Theater in Yambol, Bulgaria.
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In 1975 she was a member of the jury at the 9th Moscow International Film Festival. In 1980 she starred in and co-directed Three Deadly Sins with Lyubomir Sharlandzhiev.
She died in Sofia.
Known for
Galileo
September 7, 1968
The Peach Thief
November 9, 1964
Dangerous Charm
June 18, 1984
The Weddings of Ioan Assen
January 3, 1975
Tobacco
November 5, 1962
Ladies' Choice
December 15, 1980
Detour
May 26, 1967
The Boy Turns Man
May 18, 1972
Before and After the Victory
March 30, 1967
Matriarchy
March 25, 1977
Men on a Business Trip
March 21, 1969
Love
December 8, 1972
Acting47
- 1993Canary Season as Aunt Addie
- 1988Evenings in Antim's Inn
- 1985Forest People
- 1985This Fine Mature Age as Elena
- 1984Salvation as Bakardzhieva
- 1984Dangerous Charm as Boryana Krasteva
- 1983Constantine The Philosopher
- 1982The Warning
- 1982Crystals as Slava
- 1982Autumn Sun as Tinka
- 1981