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

Dangerous Charm
Dangerous Charm

1984

as Boryana Krasteva

Detour
Detour

1967

as Neda

The Steep Path
The Steep Path

1961

as Elena

Ladies' Choice
Ladies' Choice

1980

as Golyamata etarva

Tobacco
Tobacco

1962

as Irina

Men on a Business Trip
Men on a Business Trip

1969

as Dancheto

Galileo
Galileo

1968

as Marina

The Peach Thief
The Peach Thief

1964

as Lisa

The Three Deadly Sins
Canary Season
Canary Season

1993

as Aunt Addie

On a Quiet Evening
On a Quiet Evening

1960

as Boyka

The Best Person I Know!
The Best Person I Know!

1973

as Uchitelkata Nikolina Boneva

Matriarchy
The Inspector and the Night
Circles of Love
Circles of Love

1972

as The woman with almond eyes

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Tango

1969

as Havadzhieva

The Weddings of Ioan Assen
Memories of the Twin Sister
Dangerous Flight
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