Nevena Kokanova
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Film
On a Quiet Evening
Boyka
1960
Film
Memories of the Twin Sister
Nevena
1976
Film
Canary Season
Aunt Addie
1993
Film
Karambol
Ана Мартинова
1966
Series
Home for Our Children
Veronika Aldanova
1986
Film
Tobacco
Irina
1962
Film
Rootless Tree
Daughter-in-law
1974
Film
The Weddings of Ioan Assen
Maria
1975
Film
Queen of Turnovo
Smilova
1981
Film
Be Happy, Ani!
Ani
1961
Film
Yazovetzat
Tango
Havadzhieva
1969
Film
Taste of Almonds
Gerda
1967
Film
Little Tiger
The Mother
1973
Film
The Peach Thief
Lisa
1964
Film
Love
Irina
1972
Film
Среднощна среща
Ана
Crystals
Slava
1982
Film
The Boy Turns Man
Tinka
1972
Film
Matriarchy
1977
Film
The Last Bachelor
Fany
1974
Film
Circles of Love
The woman with almond eyes
1972
Film
Dangerous Charm
Boryana Krasteva
1984
Film
My Father, the Painter
the mother
1974
Film
Don't Go Away!
Tinka
1976
Film
Detour
Neda
1967
Film
Salvation
Bakardzhieva
1984
Film
Cyclops
Zoya
1976
Film
Before and After the Victory
Medicinskata sestra
1967
Film
This Fine Mature Age
Elena
1985
Film
The Best Person I Know!
Uchitelkata Nikolina Boneva
1973
Film
Galileo
Marina
1968
Film
The Three Deadly Sins
Dona
1980
Autumn Sun
Tinka
1982
Film
A Strange Duel
Bozhanova
1971
Film
Men on a Business Trip
Dancheto
1969
Film
The Inspector and the Night
Jana
1963
Film
Forest People
1985
Film
Constantine The Philosopher
1983
Film
Dangerous Flight
1968
Film
Years for Love
Ema
1957
Film
Ladies' Choice
Golyamata etarva
1980
Film
The Longest Night
Woman-Doctor
1967
A Human Heart
Lena
1972
Sunstroke
1977
Film
The Steep Path
Elena
1961
Film
Botschafter morden nicht
Maria
1970
Evenings in Antim's Inn
1988
Film
The Warning
1982