Nevena Kokanova
Birthday
1938/12/12
Day of death
2000/06/03 (61 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Dupnitsa, Bulgaria
Also know as
Невена Богданова Коканова, Невена Коканова
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 ...Read more
Acting
(1968) Galileo
as Marina
(1961) Стръмната пътека
as Elena
(1982) Crystals
as Slava
(1964) The Peach Thief
as Lisa
(1967) Before and After the Victory
as Medicinskata sestra
(1984) Dangerous Charm
as Boryana
(1967) Detour
as Neda
(1962) Tobacco
as Irina
(1988) Evenings in Antim's Inn
as ---
(1977) Matriarchy
as ---
(1982) Autumn Sun
as Tinka
(1976) Cyclops
as Zoya
(1977) Sunstroke
as ---
(1969) Tango
as Havadzhieva
(1972) A Human Heart
as Lena
(1975) The Weddings of Ioan Assen
as Maria
(1969) Men on a Business Trip
as Dancheto
(1993) Canary Season
as Aunt Addie
(1980) Ladies' Choice
as Golyamata etarva
(1972) The Boy Turns Man
as Tinka
(1963) The Inspector and the Night
as Jana
(1974) Rootless Tree
as Daughter-in-law
(1967) Taste of Almonds
as Gerda
(1972) Love
as Irina
(1966) Karambol
as Ана Мартинова
(1963) Be Happy, Ani!
as Ani
(1976) Don't Go Away!
as Tinka
(1973) Little Tiger
as The Mother
(1967) The Longest Night
as Woman-Doctor
(1984) Salvation
as Bakardzhieva
(1976) Memories of the Twin Sister
as Nevena
(1973) The Best Person I Know!
as Uchitelkata Nikolina Boneva
(1981) Queen of Turnovo
as Smilova
(1985) This Fine Mature Age
as Elena
(1985) Forest People
as ---
(1957) Years for Love
as Ema
(1983) Constantine The Philosopher
as ---
(1968) Dangerous Flight
as ---
(1972) Circles of Love
as The woman with almond eyes
(1971) A Strange Duel
as Bozhanova
(1980) The Three Deadly Sins
as Dona
(1982) Die Mahnung
as ---
(1970) Botschafter morden nicht
as Maria
(1974) The Last Bachelor
as Fany
(1974) My Father, the Painter
as the mother
(1960) On a Quiet Evening
as Boyka
(1986) Home for Our Children
as Veronika Aldanova