Nevena Kokanova
Actor
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.
As Director
Filmography
Galileo
as Marina 1968
The Peach Thief
as Lisa 1964
Dangerous Charm
as Boryana 1984
The Weddings of Ioan Assen
as Maria 1975
Ladies' Choice
as Golyamata etarva 1980
Tobacco
as Irina 1962
Detour
as Neda 1967
The Boy Turns Man
as Tinka 1972
Love
as Irina 1972
Before and After the Victory
as Medicinskata sestra 1967
Matriarchy
1977
Men on a Business Trip
as Dancheto 1969
Don't Go Away!
as Tinka 1976
The Best Person I Know!
as Uchitelkata Nikolina Boneva 1973
Canary Season
as Aunt Addie 1993
My Father, the Painter
as the mother 1974
Sunstroke
1977