Nevena Kokanova

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1938-12-12 (62 years old)

Deathday

2000-06-03

Place of Birth

Dupnitsa, Bulgaria

Nevena Kokanova

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...

Acting

1968

Galileo

as Marina

1961

1982

Crystals

as Slava

1964

1967

Before and After the Victory

as Medicinskata sestra

1984

Dangerous Charm

as Boryana

1967

Detour

as Neda

1962

Tobacco

as Irina

1982

Autumn Sun

as Tinka

1976

Cyclops

as Zoya

1969

Tango

as Havadzhieva

1972

1969

1993

Canary Season

as Aunt Addie

1980

Ladies' Choice

as Golyamata etarva

1972

1974

Rootless Tree

as Daughter-in-law

1967

1972

Love

as Irina

1966

Karambol

as Ана Мартинова

1963

1976

1973

Little Tiger

as The Mother

1967

The Longest Night

as Woman-Doctor

1984

Salvation

as Bakardzhieva

1973

The Best Person I Know!

as Uchitelkata Nikolina Boneva

1981

1957

1972

Circles of Love

as The woman with almond eyes

1971

A Strange Duel

as Bozhanova

1974

1960

Production

1980

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