MirjanaKaranović
Personal information
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Born in
1957
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Hair color
Dark brown
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Eye color
Hazel
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Height
171cm (5'7")
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Weight
71kg ( 11st. 2lb. )
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Active period
1980-
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Playing age
45-65 years
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Playing nationality
Slovenian, France, Albanian, Armenian
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Appearance
Eastern European, Mediterranean, Caucasian
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Languages
Serbian, English, Croatian, Macedonian
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Dialects
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Education
Academy of Dramatic Art (Belgrade)
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Residence
Belgrade
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Sports
Athletics, Basketball, Football, Running, Skiing, Swimming
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Music & dance
Period Dancing, Tenor, Violin
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Special skills
Various Advanced Violin, Fluent English and Serbian, Advanced Basketball
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Vehicle licences
Car Driving Licence
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Played in countries
Serbia, , Montenegro, Slovenia, Republic of Macedonia, Croatia, Switzerland, Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, Poland, Bulgaria, Greece, France
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Played on languages
Serbian, English, German, Macedonian, Albanian, Greece
News
Social Media Profiles

Biography
Born in Belgrade (Serbia), she graduated in acting from Faculty of Dramatic Arts. In theater she has widest range of roles, from contemporary to classical repertoire. In Yugoslavia Drama Theater: Per Gint (Unknown), Patriots (Zelenicka), The Minister’s Wife (Zivka), Hamlet (Gertrude), Barrel of Gunpowder (Evdokia), Theater Illusions (Liz), Molière (Madeleine Bèjart), Before Retirement (Faith), Drama about Mirjana and those around her (Mirjana), Fedra’s love (Fedra), Month in the country side (Natalia Petrovna); In Zvezdara Theater: Carp spawning (Mica), Market day (Darinka Sancika); In Bitef theater: Hinkemann Case (Circus director), The Threepenny Opera (Jenny), Helver’s night (Karla)… She also acted in Belgrade drama theater, HNK Rijeka…
From 1995. to 2018. she taught acting at the Belgrade Academy of Arts as a full-time professor. Mirjana has directed three plays, 4.48 Psychosis (by Sarah Kane) in Bitef theater, We are the ones our parents warned us about (by Tanja Sljivar) in Bosnian National Theater in Zenica and Julija produced by Heartefact in Bitef theater.
She made her film debut in 1980. with the title role in Srdjan Karanovic’s movie Petria’s Wreath (Golden Arena award winner). She gaind worldwide fame with her role as a mother in the Emir Kusturica’s movie Father on a business trip (Golden Arena and Palme d’Or award, 1985). She worked with the greatest directors of Yugoslavian and Serbian film, such as Goran Markovic, Lordan Zafranovic, Boro Draskovic, Veljko Bulajic, Zika Pavlovic, Goran Paskaljevic, Branko Baletic… She acted in about 40 feature films in Yugoslavia, Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia, Kosovo and Switzerland and in around 100 theater projects. She has won numerous awards at international film and theater festivals around the world. She was a member of the jury at festivals in Sarajevo, Thessaloniki, Karlovy Vary…
In 2006. Mirjana was nominated for the Best Actress in Europe.
In 2014 she directed the movie Good Woman for wich she wrote the screenplay. The film had its world premiere in the competition selection of Sundance Film Festival.
She is very active in the fight for human rights and has received national recognition for her work.












































Dnevnik Diane Budisavljevic
2019 Mira
Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia
SEE Factory Sarajevo mon amou
2019 /
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Slovenia, Montenegro
The Right One
2019 Role

Second Chance
2019 Angelina
Republic of Macedonia
Catalina
2017 Mother
Poland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia
Pusti me da nadjem srcu lek
2017 Nata
Serbia
Herostrat
/ Role
Serbia
Dnevnik masinovodje
2016 Jagoda
Serbia, Croatia
Dobra zena
2016 Milena
Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia
Pored mene
2015 Direktorka Svetlana
Serbia
Rekvijem za gospodju J
2015 Gospodja J
Serbia, Bulgaria, Republic of Macedonia, Russia, France, Germany
Three Windows and a Hanging
2014 Maria - The Journalist
Kosovo
Jednaki
2014 Katarina
Serbian, Romany
Cure - Život druge
2014 Grandmother
Switzerland, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Reaper
2014 Mirjana
Croatia, Slovenia
Spomenik Majklu Dzeksonu
2014 Darinka
Serbia, Germany, Republic of Macedonia, Croatia, France
A Place Called Home
2013 Nina
Greece, Serbia
The Whirl
2012 Inspektorka
Serbia
Loveless Zoritsa
2012 Petrana
Serbia, Greece, Cyprus, Poland
The death of a man in the Balkans
2012 Kupac
Serbia
Chocolate Cake
2010 Visnja
Croatia
On the road
2010 Nadja
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, Germany, Croatia
Here and there
2009 Olga
Serbia, USA, Germany
Cekaj me, ja sigurno necu doci
2009 Andja
Serbia
Mirush
2007 Hava
Norway, Denmark
Fraulein
2006 Ruza
Switzerland, Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Esma's Secret - Grbavica
2006 Esma
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Austria, Germany
Go West
2005 Ranka
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Life Is a Miracle
2004 Nada
Serbia and Montenegro
Witnesses
2003 Majka
Croatia
Strawberries in supermarkets
2003 owner a supermarket
Serbia, Germany, Republic of Macedonia, Italy
Untouched by the sun
2002 mother
Yugoslavia
Forma formalina
1999 mother
Yugoslavia
Bure baruta
1998 Natalia, Mane's Ex-Fiancee
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Republic of Macedonia, France, Greece, Turkey
Tri palme za dve bitange i ribicu
1998 principal
Yugoslavia
Three Summer Days
1997 proprietress
Yugoslavia
Underground
1995 Vera
Yugoslavia
Better Than Escape
1993 Radmila
Yugoslavia
The Little One
1991 Bozidarka
Yugoslavia
Time of Miracles
1989 Marta
Yugoslavia
Seobe II
1989 Evdokija Bozic
Yugoslavia, France
The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway
1989
Italy, Spain
The Meeting Point
1989 Jelena Katic
Yugoslavia
Jednog lepog dana
1988 Srce
Yugoslavia
Uvek spremne zene
1987 The master
Yugoslavia
Marjuca ili smrt
1987 Marjuca
Yugoslavia
Na putu za Katangu
1987 Singer Zana
Yugoslavia
Obecana zemlja
1986 Marta
Yugoslavia
Life Is Beautiful
1985 stoperka
Yugoslavia
When Father Was Away on Business
1985 Senija Sena Zolj
Yugoslavia
Kamiondzije opet voze
1984 talebearer
Yugoslavia
Dvije polovine srca
1982 mother
Yugoslavia
The Fall of Italy
1981 Mare
Yugoslavia
All That Jack's
1980 Dunja
Yugoslavia
Petria's Wreath
1980 Petrija
Yugoslavia
Ubice mog oca
2016-2019 Zagorka Obradovic
Serbia
Dnevnik masinovodje
2016 Jagoda
Serbia
Sumnjiva lica
2016 Tina
Serbia
Emergency Center
2015 Jasna
Serbia
Someone is Still Waiting
2009 Mother
Serbia
Storks will come back
2007-2008 Radmila Svabic
Serbia
Bela ladja
2008 Lula Pantic
Serbia
Ono nase sto nekad bejase
2007 Atanasova zena
Serbia
Tegla puna vazduha
2007 Ljubica
Serbia
Stizu dolari
2004-2006 Nevenka Krstic
Serbia and Montenegro
Life is a miracle
2006 Nada
Serbia and Montenegro
Tragom Karadjordja
2004 Majka Marica
Yugoslavia
Kazneni prostor
2003 psychiatrist
Serbia and Montenegro
Fazoni i Fore 2
2002 talebearer
Yugoslavia
Porodicno blago
1998-1999 Suzana
Yugoslavia
Andegraund
1996 Vera
Yugoslavia, France
Otvorena vrata
1994 Zana
Serbia
Fazoni i Fore
2002 talebearer
Yugoslavia
Holivud ili propast
1991
Yugoslavia
Stremnicka
1989 Isidora Sekulic
Yugoslavia
Stremnicka
1989 Isidora Sekulic
Yugoslavia
Time of Miracles
1989 Marta
Yugoslavia
The Fortunate Pilgrim
1988 Clara
Italy, USA
Dom Bergmanovih
1988 Ana
Italy, USA
Pokondirena tikva
1986 Fema
Yugoslavia
Rodoljupci
1986 Zelenicka
Yugoslavia
Tombola
1985 Olga
Yugoslavia
Bele udovice
1985
Yugoslavia
Provincija u pozadini
1985
Yugoslavia
Imenjaci
1983
Yugoslavia
Beograd nekad i sad
1982 Ljuba, Buba & Ingrid
Yugoslavia
Bila jednom ljubav jedna
1981
Yugoslavia
Stari Beograd
1981
Yugoslavia
Topola sa terase
1981 Ana
Yugoslavia
AVETI
Year Role
BITEF THEATER
BURE BARUTA
Year Role
Yugoslav Drama Theater
DEAR DAD
Year Role
CHILDREN'S CULTURAL CENTER BELGRADE
DRAMA ABOUT PEACE AND THIS AROUND IT
Year Role
Yugoslav Drama Theater
FEDRINA LOVE
Year Role
Yugoslav Drama Theater
HELVER'S NIGHT
Year Role
ATELJE 212
THE ITALIAN NIGHT
Year Role
Yugoslav Drama Theater
MOLIER
Year Role
Yugoslav Drama Theater
PANDORA'S BOX
Year Role
BELGRADE DRAMA THEATER
BEFORE PENSION
Year Role
Yugoslav Drama Theater
PSYCHOSIS AT 4.48
Year Role
BITEF THEATER
ROMANTIC BUDALS
Year Role
PAN THEATER
BORN IN YU
Year Role
Yugoslav Drama Theater
VAGININE MONOLOGISTS
Year Role
ATELJE 212
Dragon's killers
Year Role
Yugoslav Drama Theater
Dobra zena
2016 Milena
Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia-
Best Actress, FEST Belgrade International Film Festival, movie " Requiem for Mrs. J ".
2017 Won
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Best Film in the Balkan Selection, Skopje Film Festival, movie "A Good Wife"
2016 Nominated
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Golden Pyramid, Cairo International Film Festival, movie "A Good Wife"
2016 Nominated
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International Debut Award, Gothenburg Film Festival, movie "A Good Wife"
2016 Nominated
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FIPRESCI Award, Motovun Film Festival, movie "A Good Wife"
2016 Won
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Grand Jury Prize (World Cinema – Dramatic), Sundance Film Festival, movie "A Good Wife"
2016 Nominated
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Best Film in the Eastern European Competition, Cleveland International Film Festival, movie "A Good Wife"
2016 Won
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Best Actress, FEST Belgrade International Film Festival, movie "A Good Wife"
2016 Won
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Best Supporting Actress , Trophées Francophones du Cinema, movie "A Place Called Home "
2015 Nominated
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Best Supporting Actress , Hellenic Film Academy Awards, movie "A Place Called Home"
2014 Nominated
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Best Actress, SOFEST Sopot Film Festival, movie "The Whirl"
2013 Won
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Outstanding Contribution to Film, Television and Theatre, Žanka Stokić Award,
2011 Won
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Best Actress, Chlotrudis Awards, movie "Grbavica"
2008 Nominated
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Actor's Mission Award, Art Film Fest
2007 Won
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Best Actress , Brussels Film Festival, movie "Grbavica"
2006 Won
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Best Actress, Pula Film Festival, movie "When Father Was Away on Business"
1985 Won
Kinoist – International Actors Agency Moscow
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