Mirjana Joković (Serbian Cyrillic: Мирјана Јоковић;
born 24 November 1967) is a Serbian film and stage actress, best known
for her role as Natalija Zovkov in Emir Kusturica's Underground
(1995). She currently is Director of Performance for Acting and an
acting teacher in the Theater Faculty of the California Institute of
the Arts near Los Angeles.Mirjana Jokovic was born in Belgrade, SFR
Yugoslavia. She spent her early years in Zambia, where her father was
an industrial engineer. She was graduated from the Academy of Dramatic
Arts in Belgrade and began to perform at the National Theater and the
Yugoslav Drama Theater in Belgrade and in films and television. She
was a regular character in the popular Yugoslav television series
"Grey Home", and in 1988 she was named Best Leading Actress at the Rio
de Janeiro Film Festival and Best International Actress at the San
Sebastian Film Festival in Spain.In 1989, she played the lead in the
German film "Serbian Girl" directed by Peter Sehr, then she starred
with Daniel Day Lewis in the Argentine-British film "Eversmile, New
Jersey" directed by Carlos Sorin and won best actress for San
Sebastián International Film Festival. In 1993 she moved to the
United States, but she continued to make films in Serbia. She starred
in "Vukovar" (1994) which earned her the Yugoslav Best Actress Award.
In 1995 she played the female lead in the film "Underground", directed
by Emir Kusturica, which won the Palme d'Or for best film at the
Cannes Film Festival in 1995 and the New York Critics Circle Award for
best foreign film. She also made Three Summer Days (1997), for which
she received another Yugoslav Best Actress Award, and Cabaret Balkan,
which won a Special Venice Film Festival Award in 1999.She moved to
the United States in 1993 and began a new career in American theater,
appearing in the off-Broadway production of "Mud, River Stone" by Lynn
Nottage at the Playwrights Horizon Theater. She also appeared in the
chorus and as Chrsitothemys in the Broadway production of "Electra"
directed by David Leveaux.
born 24 November 1967) is a Serbian film and stage actress, best known
for her role as Natalija Zovkov in Emir Kusturica's Underground
(1995). She currently is Director of Performance for Acting and an
acting teacher in the Theater Faculty of the California Institute of
the Arts near Los Angeles.Mirjana Jokovic was born in Belgrade, SFR
Yugoslavia. She spent her early years in Zambia, where her father was
an industrial engineer. She was graduated from the Academy of Dramatic
Arts in Belgrade and began to perform at the National Theater and the
Yugoslav Drama Theater in Belgrade and in films and television. She
was a regular character in the popular Yugoslav television series
"Grey Home", and in 1988 she was named Best Leading Actress at the Rio
de Janeiro Film Festival and Best International Actress at the San
Sebastian Film Festival in Spain.In 1989, she played the lead in the
German film "Serbian Girl" directed by Peter Sehr, then she starred
with Daniel Day Lewis in the Argentine-British film "Eversmile, New
Jersey" directed by Carlos Sorin and won best actress for San
Sebastián International Film Festival. In 1993 she moved to the
United States, but she continued to make films in Serbia. She starred
in "Vukovar" (1994) which earned her the Yugoslav Best Actress Award.
In 1995 she played the female lead in the film "Underground", directed
by Emir Kusturica, which won the Palme d'Or for best film at the
Cannes Film Festival in 1995 and the New York Critics Circle Award for
best foreign film. She also made Three Summer Days (1997), for which
she received another Yugoslav Best Actress Award, and Cabaret Balkan,
which won a Special Venice Film Festival Award in 1999.She moved to
the United States in 1993 and began a new career in American theater,
appearing in the off-Broadway production of "Mud, River Stone" by Lynn
Nottage at the Playwrights Horizon Theater. She also appeared in the
chorus and as Chrsitothemys in the Broadway production of "Electra"
directed by David Leveaux.
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