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- Ivana Milicevic (pronounced Ee-vah-nah Mee-lee-cheh-veech) was born on April 26, 1974, in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (part of Yugoslavia at the time), into a Croat family. She is the daughter of Tonka and Damir Milicevic, and has a younger brother, Tomo. The family emigrated to the United States, and young Ivana was raised in Michigan. She attended Athens High school in Troy, Michigan, and worked as a model during her school years. She became a naturalized citizen of the United States.
In 1992, Milicevic graduated from high school and moved to Los Angeles in pursuit of an acting career. She was a struggling stand-up comedienne, trying to win over crowds with her stories of the modeling business. In 1996, she made her film debut under the name Ivana Marina with a one-line role as a former girlfriend of Tom Cruise in Jerry Maguire (1996). In 1997, she followed up with a guest role on NBC's Seinfeld (1989) and made guest appearances on several other television shows, including Royal Pains (2009) and playing the love interest of John Casey on Chuck (2007). She played bit parts in Vanilla Sky (2001) and Love Actually (2003), among her many other cameo appearances. Milicevic capitalized on her experience as a comedienne in a supporting role as Russian model Roxana Milla Slasnikova in the romantic comedy Head Over Heels (2001). She appeared as a lookalike of Uma Thurman's character opposite Ben Affleck, trying to fool him into thinking she is Uma's character, in Paycheck (2003). In a departure from her one-dimensional roles, Milicevic showed her dramatic talent in a supporting role as Milla Yugorsky in a dark and gritty drama Running Scared (2006). In 2006, she started a recurring role on the CBS TV series Love Monkey (2006).
In 2006, Milicevic made a big step forward in her career appearing as Valenka, one of three Bond girls in Casino Royale (2006), for which she did most of her scenes on locations in Prague and in London. She resides in Los Angeles, California. - Director
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A Serbian film director. Born in 1954 in Sarajevo. Graduated in film directing at the prestigious Academy of Performing Arts (FAMU) in Prague in 1978. During his studies, he was awarded several times for his short movies including Guernica (1978), which took first prize at the Student's Film Festival in Karlovy Vary. After graduation, he directed several TV movies in his hometown, Sarajevo. In collaboration with the screenwriter Abdulah Sidran in 1981, he made the successful feature debut Do You Remember Dolly Bell? (1981) which won the Silver Lion for best first feature at the Venice Film Festival. Their subsequent work, human political drama When Father Was Away on Business (1985) unanimously won top prize at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival as well as FIPRESCI prize and was nominated for the Best Foreign Language film Oscar. In 1989 he won the Best Director award at Cannes for Time of the Gypsies (1988), a film about the life of a gypsy family in Yugoslavia scripted by Gordan Mihic. His first English language movie, Arizona Dream (1993) starring Johnny Depp, Jerry Lewis and Faye Dunaway and scripted by his USA student, David Atkins was awarded the Silver Bear at the 1993 Berlin Film Festival. Underground (1995), a bitter surrealistic comedy about the Balkans, scripted by Dusan Kovacevic, won him a second Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1995.- Sergej Trifunovic was born on 2 September 1972 in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He is an actor, known for A Serbian Film (2010), Next (2007) and War, Inc. (2008).
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Edin Hasanovic was born on 2 April 1992 in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He is an actor, known for All Quiet on the Western Front (2022), Shifting the Blame (2012) and Familie Braun (2016).- Andreja Pejic was born on 28 August 1991 in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She is an actress, known for The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018), Habit (2021) and The Other Me (2022).
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Velibor Topic was born in 1970 in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He is an actor, known for Kingdom of Heaven (2005), Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) and Outside the Wire (2021).- Actor
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Miraj Grbic is a Bosnian American actor known for Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol (2011), Halima's Path (2012), Lud, Zbunjen, Normalan (2007-2019). He was born in on July 17th, 1976 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Miraj was 15 years old when he started playing the guitar and started the interest for art and acting. After the war in Bosnia ended, he entered the Academy of Performing Arts Sarajevo and while still a student he started getting roles in the National Theatre Sarajevo as well as in films. His first move role was the Tunnel where he starred as a lead in 1998. He earned his MA degree in Acting and continued working in Theatre, Film and TV. He starred in more than 30 Feature Films, numerous TV Shows and since 1998 in more than 60 Theater titles on the main stage of National Theatre Sarajevo, in the plays of Shakespeare, Chekhov, Moliere, Camus etc. He acted in US, German, Austrian, Turkish, Irish, Australian, Croatian and Bosnian productions. He married the actress Mara Omaljev in 2008. and they both moved to Los Angeles, California in 2013. Miraj is a Tae Kwon Do black belt and continues practicing mixed martial arts as a hobby. He was a lead singer of a band Karne, a band made out of actors, artists, writers and doctors. They had their debut album in 2012. named Diktatura Amatera (The Dictatorship of the Amateurs). Miraj is environmentally conscious and is a vegan.- Actor
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Dragomir Mrsic was born on 2 October 1969 in Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He is an actor and writer, known for Edge of Tomorrow (2014), Easy Money (2010) and Crossing Lines (2013).- Voyo Goric was born in 1940 in Gacko, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia as Vojislav Govedarica. Before Voyo came to the United States, he worked in his home land as a life guard during the day and as a night club bouncer at nights. In America, he worked as a body guard which lead him to become friends with Sylvester Stallone. Later, Stallone chose him for a role in Rambo: First like Part 2. He often plays big, tough military men or thugs. He is known for his work on Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985), Lionheart (1990) and Universal Soldier (1992).
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Danis Tanovic was born on 20 February 1969 in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He is a director and writer, known for No Man's Land (2001), An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker (2013) and Cirkus Columbia (2010).- Bekim Fehmiu was born on 1 June 1936 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He was an actor, known for The Adventurers (1970), I Even Met Happy Gypsies (1967) and Protest (1967). He was married to Branka Petric. He died on 15 June 2010 in Belgrade, Serbia.
- Actor
- Producer
Nebojsa Glogovac was born on 30 August 1969 in Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He was an actor and producer, known for South Wind (2018), Huddersfield (2007) and Sky Hook (2000). He was married to Milica Scepanovic and Mina Glogovac. He died on 9 February 2018 in Belgrade, Serbia.- Director
- Actor
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He is married to Slovenian actress and singer Tanja Ribic. He has two Daughters, Zala and Ela. From a previous marriage he has a son Filip. He Lives in Ljubljana, Slovenia. He also has a band Bombaj Stampa. He has Also received several awards including Best Actor - Valencia Film Festiva, Best Actor - Terra di Siena, Best Actor - Bar International Festival and he was also nominated for the best European film actor 2001.- Actress
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Elma Begovic was born on 6 June 1989 in Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She is an actress and producer, known for Undone (2019), Performance Anxiety (2021) and Bite (2015).- Actress
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Zana Marjanovic was born on 31 May 1983 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia [now Bosnia and Herzegovina]. She is an actress and producer, known for In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011), A Rose in Winter (2018) and Broken (2012). She has been married to Emir Kapetanovic since 2 March 2014. They have two children.- Actress
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Cinematographer
Born in Sarajevo, 2nd of December 1991. Her acting career started in 2005 when chosen to play the role of Sara in "Grbavica" (directed by Jasmila Zbanic, winner of the Golden Bear 2006.) It was her first acting experience and she continues to do acting in Bosnia, Slovenia, Croatia, Holland, Austria and Germany.- Born March 11, 1972, in Zenica. Enrolled at the Academy of Dramatic Arts Zagreb in 1990. In the ensemble of the Kerempuh Satirical Theater since December 1, 1996. Tarik Filipovic developed his career parallelly in theater, television, and film - along with film roles and presenter career, he has been a member of the ensemble of the most visited Croatian theater, Zagreb's Kerempuh, for more than 25 years. In his twenty-five-year career, he has acted in several films, TV series, and theater productions, and has received a number of national and international awards for his television, film, and theater work. In the area of Southeast Europe, he is mostly recognized by the public for his presenter role in the game show "Who wants to be a millionaire", which has remained the most successful project of Croatian television to date, but also for his roles in regional sitcoms, such as "Bitange i Princeze", "Lud , zbunjen, normalan" and most recently "Konak kod Hilmije". Finally, his memorable and praised theatre roles - from "Izbacivac", "Plava soba" and "Julije Cezar" to four author's plays: "Magic Act Show", "Spektakluk", "Cira", "Predsednici/ca", and "Da sam ptica" must be mentioned. In addition, the two new plays are being prepared, in which Tarik has the role of actor and creative producer.
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Jasmila Zbanic was born on 19 December 1974 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. She is a writer and director, known for Quo Vadis, Aida? (2020), Grbavica (2006) and Na putu (2010). She is married to Damir Ibrahimovic. They have one child.- Actress
- Producer
Natasa Ninkovic was born on 22 July 1972 in Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. She is an actress and producer, known for Savior (1998), The Trap (2007) and Ajvar (2019). She is married to Nenad Sarenac. They have two children.- Mustafa Nadarevic was born on 2 May 1943 in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He was an actor, known for The Glembays (1988), Washed Out (1995) and No Man's Land (2001). He was married to Slavica Radovic, Snjezana Nozinic and Jasna Nadarevic. He died on 22 November 2020 in Zagreb, Croatia.
- Emir Hadzihafisbegovic was born on 20th of August 1961 in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He graduated acting at the Academy of performing arts in Sarajevo in 1986. From 1989 to 1992 he worked at the Folk theater in Tuzla. The war years he spent (1991 - 1995) in the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ARBiH) and Croatian Defence Council (HVO). In 1996 he started to work at the National Theater of Sarajevo. Achieved more than 80 roles in theater and on TV. He is working as the theatre, television and film actor.
From 1998 to 2005 he was a professor of acting at the Academy of drama arts in Tuzla and from 2007 to 2011 he was a Minister of Sport and Culture of Sarajevo Canton. He is a member of Bosniak nationalist Party of Democratic Action (SDA). He lives in Sarajevo and Tuzla, he is married and has 2 children. - Goran Kostic was born on 18 November 1971 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He is an actor and producer, known for In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011), Taken (2008) and The Last Days on Mars (2013).
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- Producer
Fedja Stukan was born in 1974 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He is an actor and producer, known for A Perfect Day (2015), Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018) and The Command (2018).- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Nikola Pejakovic was born on 16 September 1966 in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He is an actor and writer, known for Meso (2017), Flesh (2018) and Advokado (2021).- Actress
- Producer
Jelena Jovanova was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, raised in Macedonia, living in Croatia. Having graduated from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Skopje, Macedonia, she became a member of The Macedonian National Theater in Skopje. She played more than 25 leading roles there. Her powerful big screen debut was in Juanita Wilson's As If I Am Not There (2010), which has been selected as the Irish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards.
In 2010, she was cast in Angelina Jolie's directorial debut In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011), nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 69th Golden Globe Awards. This film made her the first Macedonian actress ever to appear in a Hollywood production.
She is four times Best Macedonian Actress Award winner.- Amila Terzimehic was born on 18 April 1988 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She is an actress, known for The November Man (2014), Klan (2020) and Vivegam (2017).
- Davor Dujmovic was born on 20 September 1969 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He was an actor, known for Time of the Gypsies (1988), Underground (1995) and Last Waltz in Sarajevo (1990). He died on 31 May 1999 in Novo Mesto, Slovenia.
- American. Native of former Yugoslavia. Character actor. Graduated The Lee Strasberg Institute For Film And Theater, New York City, 1997-2001, with: Michael Margotta, Dan Grimaldi and Bobby Moresco (Academy Award Winner). Fluent in Russian, Serbo-Croation, Macedonian, Czech, Italian and English. Qualified for Academy Award 2009 and won 25 International Film Festivals with "In The Name Of The Son" produced by American Film Institute (AFI). Jack Dimich has guest staring roles in: CSI, Law & Order:SVU , Castle, Undercovers, Madam Secretary, Elementary, Chuck, Hawaii Five-O, Sleeper Cell, The Blacklist, Burn Notice and Lilyhammer. He is a member of ACTORS' EQUITY ASSOCIATION and SAG-AFTRA since October 2000. Jack lives in New York City. More info about his work and video clips are available on his website: www.jackdimich.com and: www.YouTube.com (Jack Dimich).
- Amra Silajdzic was born on 1 October 1984 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She is an actress, known for Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 (2012), Gothic Assassins (2012) and CSI: NY (2004). She has been married to Edin Dzeko since 2014. They have two children. She was previously married to Vladimir Vicentijevic.
- Actress
- Producer
Maya Berovic (born 8 July 1987) is a Bosnian born Serbian singer. Maja was born in the village of Malesici, part of the Ilijas municipality near Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, to Serbian parents. She lost her father when she was three years old. Berovic family lived in Malesici until the end of the Bosnian War in 1995, alongside her mother and older brother; Maja relocated to Bratunac where her mother is originally from.
In Bratunac, she attended school and first began practicing music. From age 12 she used to sing in local discotheques every weekend until she turned 18.
Still a teenager, Maya was signed to the Belgrade-based record label Grand Production and released her debut studio album "Zivot uzivo" in August 2007, achieving initial success with the song "Dzin i limunada" (Gin and Lemonade).
She has acquired enormous popularity since of 2014, becoming one of the leading regional performers, mainly due to her collaboration with Bosnian rappers Jala Brat and Buba Corelli.- Director
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Aida Begic was born on 9 May 1976 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She is a director and writer, known for Snijeg (2008), Djeca (2012) and Never Leave Me (2017).- Aleksandar Stojkovic was born on 21 October 1972 in Kljevci near Sanski Most, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He is an actor and writer, known for Black Sun (2017), The Enemy (2011) and Turneja (2008).
- Marijana Mikulic was born on 6 December 1981 in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She is an actress, known for Ne gledaj mi u pijat (2016), Dead Fish (2017) and Prava zena (2016). She has been married to Josip Mikulic since 24 September 2005. They have three children.
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Marija Pikic was born on 17 December 1989 in Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. She is an actress, known for Flesh (2018), Balada (2022) and Djeca (2012).- Actor
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- Producer
Tihomir Stanic was born on 17 November 1960 in Seskovci near Laktasi, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He is an actor and writer, known for Turneja (2008), Dara of Jasenovac (2020) and Delirijum tremens (2019).- Luka Dimic was born in 1986 in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Yugoslavia [now Bosnia and Herzegovina]. He is an actor, known for Eismayer (2022), Zima (2013) and Tatort (1970).
- Minja Pekovic was born on 21 October 1983 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. She is an actress, known for Tajkun (2020), Polovni ljudi and Trolling (2013).
- Actor
- Producer
Adnan Haskovic was born on 23 December 1984 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He is an actor and producer, known for Snowpiercer (2013), Legends (2014) and Twice Born (2012).- Actor
- Soundtrack
Enis Beslagic was born on 6 January 1975 in Doboj, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia [now Doboj, Bosnia and Herzegovina]. He is an actor, known for Nasa mala klinika (2004), Montevideo: Taste of a Dream (2010) and Megdan: Izmedju vode i vatre.- Amanda Radeljak was born on 18 June 1991 in Bosnia and Herzegovina. She is an actress, known for Journal 64 (2018), 2 Døgn (2021) and The Venus Effect (2021).
- Alma Terzic was born on 11 July 1987 in Zenica, Yugoslavia [now Bosnia and Herzegovina]. She is an actress, known for In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011), Matter of Respect (2014) and Turkish Ice-Cream (2019).
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Daniela Dakich is an actress born in Tuzla, former Yugoslavia, now Bosnia. She grew up in Belgrade, Serbia. She is Serbian, with Montenegrin and Italian ancestry. She started acting at the age of 3 and was a former child TV star in Yugoslavia. She got her acting training in the theatre. She graduated from Drama Youth School and later, Acting Conservatory for young adults, both in the class of a famous acting teacher Tomislav Krstic. Daniela was also opera trained for 8 years in the class of Maida Softic, with whom she toured former Yugoslavia as a member of a famous choir. Daniela toured former Yugoslavian countries with acting children troop "Omladinski". She performed in over 700 theatre shows. At the age of three she was bitten by acting bug watching movies by Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Marx Brothers, Laurel and Hardy, Western and silent movies, Looney Tunes. She started imitating these characters. She would write sketches and poems and perform them at the school competitions, where she was found by acting teacher Tomislav Krstic. She enjoys work in the film industry, theatre and TV equally. She often does voice over for Microsoft products. As I child she was very athletic. She has a blue belt in karate. She often does her martial arts scenes in the movies by herself. She is an expert for stage combat and often applies this experience in her acting work. She use to compete in running: 600 meters and 800 meters and was a school champion. She was the youngest volleyball captain for a school team and she was in a school basketball team as well as rifle shooting team. She is an avid swimmer and a tennis player. She came to USA to pursue her acting career. She finished HB Studio Conservatory Acting Program with Ed Morehouse, Austin Pendleton, Carol Rosenfeld, Aleksey Burago, Fred Timm, Victor Slezak, Karen Ludwig and Carol Goodheart. She studied with Anne Bogart at Siti Company. She finished UCB Improv Training in New York. She's been working all the time since the day she came to New York, which felt like her long lost home. She has been working off Broadway, and people like Michael Parva, Directors Company, Invictus Theatre, Tovah Feldshuh, Ian Morgan an The New Group, Catherine Filloux, Laura Esterman, Rasa Alan Kazlas, Austin Pendleton, Aleksey Burago, Florenzia Lozano, Dan Gordon, Russell Brand, Beth Stern, Bob Giraldi. Her inspiration and people that she would love to work with are: Meryl Streep, Helen Mirren, Russell Crowe, Clint Eastwood, Robert Downey Jr, Johnny Depp, Stephen Spielberg and James Cameron.- Selma Alispahic is one of the most prominent actresses in Bosnia Herzegovina and the region of Balkans. She also lived and worked in London and performed at the Royal National Theatre, Complicite theatre, Young Vic theatre. For her work she received many national and international awards. She teaches Acting to actors, film directors, opera singers and game developers.
- Jovo Maksic was born on 28 January 1972 in Bosansko Grahovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He is an actor, known for Dara of Jasenovac (2020), Storm (2023) and Kosti (2020).
- Mediha Musliovic was born on 28 February 1975 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. She is an actress, known for The November Man (2014), Jasmina (2010) and Twice Born (2012).
- Ivo Gregurevic was born on 7 October 1952 in Orasje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He was an actor, known for Ne dao Bog veceg zla (2002), Tri muskarca Melite Zganjer (1998) and The Reaper (2014). He was married to Dubravka Ostojic. He died on 1 January 2019 in Zagreb, Croatia.
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In the end of '70s and all through the '80s, he was the leader of the most popular Yugoslav band "Bijelo dugme" (from Sarajevo). They published more than 10 LPs, selling altogether more than 15 million copies. He was the first one to introduce "shepperd's rock" (a kind of folk-rock) into popular Yugoslav music. He plays guitar and sometimes sings. Very prolific composer, he turned more towards world music since he left Yugoslavia at the beginning of the war. He lives in Paris.- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Tomo Milicevic was born on 3 September 1979 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He is known for King Ripple (2015), Madden NFL 2007 (2006) and Into the Wild (2014). He has been married to Vicki Bosanko since 4 July 2011.- Mario Knezovic was born on 10 October 1979 in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. He is an actor, known for Quo Vadis, Aida? (2020), Kljun (2021) and Cirkus Columbia (2010).
- Actress
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Alena Dzebo was born on 1 April 1978 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. She is an actress and assistant director, known for Sabina K. (2015), Alenino putovanje (2008) and Import (2016).