Nevena Kokanova

Known for ActingBorn 1938-12-12Died 2000-06-03Dupnitsa, Bulgaria

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Constantine The Philosopher

Autumn Sun

A Human Heart

Circles of Love

The Longest Night

The Steep Path

Canary Season

Sunstroke

Salvation

Crystals

Cyclops

Little Tiger

Taste of Almonds

Be Happy, Ani!

Queen of Turnovo

Memories of the Twin Sister

Home for Our Children

Karambol

Dangerous Charm

The Weddings of Ioan Assen

The Inspector and the Night

Ladies' Choice

Dangerous Flight

On a Quiet Evening

Years for Love

Men on a Business Trip

The Last Bachelor

Forest People

Detour

Matriarchy

Don't Go Away!

The Best Person I Know!

This Fine Mature Age

The Three Deadly Sins

The Peach Thief

Rootless Tree

The Boy Turns Man

A Strange Duel

Botschafter morden nicht

Tango

The Warning

Love

My Father, the Painter

Galileo

Before and After the Victory

Tobacco

Evenings in Antim's Inn

Yazovetzat