Nevena Kokanova
Acting
Born: 1938-12-12 in Dupnitsa, Bulgaria
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.
Known For
Home for Our Children
Veronika Aldanova
Tobacco
Irina
Karambol
Ана Мартинова
Rootless Tree
Daughter-in-law
Memories of the Twin Sister
Nevena
Queen of Turnovo
Smilova
On a Quiet Evening
Boyka
Canary Season
Aunt Addie
The Weddings of Ioan Assen
Maria
Yazovetzat
Taste of Almonds
Gerda
The Last Bachelor
Fany
Be Happy, Ani!
Ani
The Peach Thief
Lisa
Среднощна среща
Ана
Little Tiger
The Mother
Botschafter morden nicht
Maria
Detour
Neda
Love
Irina
Don't Go Away!
Tinka
Galileo
Marina
Men on a Business Trip
Dancheto
Matriarchy
The Boy Turns Man
Tinka
Dangerous Charm
Boryana Krasteva
This Fine Mature Age
Elena
My Father, the Painter
the mother
Cyclops
Zoya
The Three Deadly Sins
Dona
Salvation
Bakardzhieva
Circles of Love
The woman with almond eyes
Ladies' Choice
Golyamata etarva
Before and After the Victory
Medicinskata sestra
The Longest Night
Woman-Doctor
Sunstroke
Constantine The Philosopher
The Best Person I Know!
Uchitelkata Nikolina Boneva