Nevena Kokanova

Nevena Kokanova

December 12, 1938 (86 years old) in Dupnitsa, Bulgaria

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.

Known For

Home for Our Children Home for Our Children
Galileo Galileo
The Peach Thief The Peach Thief
The Weddings of Ioan Assen The Weddings of Ioan Assen
Taste of Almonds Taste of Almonds

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