Personal Info
Gender
Female
Birthday
1938-12-12 (86 years old)
Place of Birth
Dupnitsa, Bulgaria
Nevena Kokanova
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
Acting
1993
1986
1985
1984
1982
1981
1980
1976
1975
1974
1973
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1957
Directing
1980