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

Dangerous Charm

Home for Our Children

Tobacco

Detour

Ladies' Choice

The Peach Thief

Galileo

The Inspector and the Night

All Movies (48)

• Canary Season1993 · as Aunt Addie
• Evenings in Antim's Inn1988
• Forest People1985
• This Fine Mature Age1985 · as Elena
• Salvation1984 · as Bakardzhieva
• Dangerous Charm1984 · as Boryana Krasteva
• Constantine The Philosopher1983
• The Warning1982
• Crystals1982 · as Slava
• Autumn Sun1982 · as Tinka
• Queen of Turnovo1981 · as Smilova
• Ladies' Choice1980 · as Golyamata etarva
• The Three Deadly Sins1980 · as Dona
• Sunstroke1977
• Matriarchy1977
• Cyclops1976 · as Zoya
• Memories of the Twin Sister1976 · as Nevena
• Don't Go Away!1976 · as Tinka
• The Weddings of Ioan Assen1975 · as Maria
• The Last Bachelor1974 · as Fany
• Rootless Tree1974 · as Daughter-in-law
• My Father, the Painter1974 · as the mother
• The Best Person I Know!1973 · as Uchitelkata Nikolina Boneva
• Little Tiger1973 · as The Mother
• Love1972 · as Irina
• The Boy Turns Man1972 · as Tinka
• A Human Heart1972 · as Lena
• Circles of Love1972 · as The woman with almond eyes
• A Strange Duel1971 · as Bozhanova
• Botschafter morden nicht1970 · as Maria
• Men on a Business Trip1969 · as Dancheto
• Tango1969 · as Havadzhieva
• Dangerous Flight1968
• Galileo1968 · as Marina
• Taste of Almonds1967 · as Gerda
• Detour1967 · as Neda
• Before and After the Victory1967 · as Medicinskata sestra
• The Longest Night1967 · as Woman-Doctor
• Karambol1966 · as Ана Мартинова
• The Peach Thief1964 · as Lisa
• The Inspector and the Night1963 · as Jana
• Tobacco1962 · as Irina
• The Steep Path1961 · as Elena
• Be Happy, Ani!1961 · as Ani
• On a Quiet Evening1960 · as Boyka
• Years for Love1957 · as Ema
• Yazovetzat—
• Среднощна среща— · as Ана

All TV Shows (1)

• Home for Our Children1986 · as Veronika Aldanova