Nevena Kokanova
Age: N/A | From: Dupnitsa, Bulgaria
Person Details
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Aliases: Невена Богданова Коканова , Невена Коканова
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Dupnitsa, Bulgaria
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Movie Involvements: 32
TV Involvements: 1
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Galileo
(1968) Marina
Home for Our Children
(1986) Veronika Aldanova
The Three Deadly Sins
(1980) Dona
Стръмната пътека
(1961) Elena
Queen of Turnovo
(1981) Smilova
The Peach Thief
(1964) Lisa
Love
(1972) Irina
Before and After the Victory
(1967) Medicinskata sestraActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Aunt Addie | |
| 1988 | N/A | |
| 1986 | Veronika Aldanova | |
| 1985 | N/A | |
| Elena | ||
| 1984 | Bakardzhieva | |
| Boryana | ||
| 1983 | N/A | |
| 1982 | N/A | |
| Slava | ||
| Tinka | ||
| 1981 | Smilova | |
| 1980 | Golyamata etarva | |
| Dona | ||
| 1977 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| 1976 | Zoya | |
| Nevena | ||
| Tinka | ||
| 1975 | Maria | |
| 1974 | Fany | |
| Daughter-in-law | ||
| the mother | ||
| 1973 | Uchitelkata Nikolina Boneva | |
| The Mother | ||
| 1972 | Tinka | |
| Irina | ||
| Lena | ||
| The woman with almond eyes | ||
| 1971 | Bozhanova | |
| 1970 | Maria | |
| 1969 | Dancheto | |
| Havadzhieva | ||
| 1968 | N/A | |
| Marina | ||
| 1967 | Gerda | |
| Neda | ||
| Medicinskata sestra | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1966 | Ана Мартинова | |
| 1964 | Lisa | |
| 1963 | Jana | |
| Ani | ||
| 1962 | Irina | |
| 1961 | Elena | |
| 1960 | Boyka | |
| 1957 | Ema | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |