Acting credits
43
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Nevena Kokanova
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 42Series: 1Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 1295552
IMDb ID: nm0463684
Known for: Acting
Born: December 12, 1938
Died: June 3, 2000
Age: 61
Place of birth: Dupnitsa, Bulgaria
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1957 - 1993
Years active: 37
Average TMDB rating: 6.64
Wikidata: Q7003844
Also known as
Невена Богданова Коканова • Невена Коканова
Other jobs
Director (1)
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 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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Nevena Kokanova.
9.5
Canary Season
as Aunt Addie
1993 Movie
Forest People
1985 Movie
This Fine Mature Age
as Elena
1985 Movie
Salvation
as Bakardzhieva
1984 Movie
8.3
Dangerous Charm
as Boryana Krasteva
1984 Movie
Constantine The Philosopher
1983 Movie
5.0
The Warning
1982 Movie
Queen of Turnovo
as Smilova
1981 Movie
8.1
Ladies' Choice
as Golyamata etarva
1980 Movie
The Three Deadly Sins
as Dona
1980 Movie
7.3
Matriarchy
1977 Movie
Cyclops
as Zoya
1976 Movie
Memories of the Twin Sister
as Nevena
1976 Movie
7.7
Don't Go Away!
as Tinka
1976 Movie
8.1
The Weddings of Ioan Assen
as Maria
1975 Movie
8.0
The Last Bachelor
as Fany
1974 Movie
7.0
Rootless Tree
as Daughter-in-law
1974 Movie
5.2
My Father, the Painter
as the mother
1974 Movie
7.3
The Best Person I Know!
as Uchitelkata Nikolina Boneva
1973 Movie
Little Tiger
as The Mother
1973 Movie
6.0
Love
as Irina
1972 Movie
6.7
The Boy Turns Man
as Tinka
1972 Movie
Circles of Love
as The woman with almond eyes
1972 Movie
A Strange Duel
as Bozhanova
1971 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Nevena Kokanova.
