Nevena Kokanova

Nevena Kokanova

1938-12-12 – 2000-06-03 (age 61) Dupnitsa, Bulgaria
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Biography

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.

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.

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Known For

Karambol
Karambol

1966

as Ана Мартинова

Love
Love

1972

as Irina

Detour
Detour

1967

as Neda

Cyclops
Cyclops

1976

as Zoya

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Crystals

1982

as Slava

Little Tiger
Little Tiger

1973

as The Mother

The Peach Thief
The Peach Thief

1964

as Lisa

Yazovetzat
Queen of Turnovo
Queen of Turnovo

1981

as Smilova

Canary Season
Canary Season

1993

as Aunt Addie

My Father, the Painter
My Father, the Painter

1974

as the mother

Tobacco
Tobacco

1962

as Irina

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Autumn Sun

1982

as Tinka

Galileo
Galileo

1968

as Marina

Men on a Business Trip
Men on a Business Trip

1969

as Dancheto

Don't Go Away!
Don't Go Away!

1976

as Tinka

Be Happy, Ani!
Be Happy, Ani!

1961

as Ani

The Boy Turns Man
The Boy Turns Man

1972

as Tinka

Salvation
Salvation

1984

as Bakardzhieva