Nevena Kokanova

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Dupnitsa, Bulgaria, 1938-12-12

Died: 2000-06-03

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1957	Years for Love	Ema	70
2	1960	On a Quiet Evening	Boyka	0
3	1961	Стръмната пътека	Elena	0
4	1962	Tobacco	Irina	46
5	1963	Be Happy, Ani!	Ani	0
6	1963	The Inspector and the Night	Jana	90
7	1964	The Peach Thief	Lisa	68
8	1966	Karambol	Ана Мартинова	100
9	1967	The Longest Night	Woman-Doctor	0
10	1967	Before and After the Victory	Medicinskata sestra	57
11	1967	Detour	Neda	68
12	1967	Taste of Almonds	Gerda	0
13	1968	Galileo	Marina	63
14	1968	Dangerous Flight		0
15	1969	Tango	Havadzhieva	0
16	1969	Men on a Business Trip	Dancheto	85
17	1970	Botschafter morden nicht	Maria	0
18	1971	A Strange Duel	Bozhanova	0
19	1972	Circles of Love	The woman with almond eyes	0
20	1972	A Human Heart	Lena	0
21	1972	Love	Irina	60
22	1972	The Boy Turns Man	Tinka	67
23	1973	Little Tiger	The Mother	0
24	1973	The Best Person I Know!	Uchitelkata Nikolina Boneva	85
25	1974	My Father, the Painter	the mother	52
26	1974	Rootless Tree	Daughter-in-law	70
27	1974	The Last Bachelor	Fany	80
28	1975	The Weddings of Ioan Assen	Maria	81
29	1976	Don't Go Away!	Tinka	80
30	1976	Memories of the Twin Sister	Nevena	0
31	1976	Cyclops	Zoya	0
32	1977	Matriarchy		90
33	1977	Sunstroke		85
34	1980	The Three Deadly Sins	Dona	0
35	1980	Ladies' Choice	Golyamata etarva	86
36	1981	Queen of Turnovo	Smilova	0
37	1982	Autumn Sun	Tinka	0
38	1982	Crystals	Slava	0
39	1982	Die Mahnung		50
40	1983	Constantine The Philosopher		0
41	1984	Dangerous Charm	Boryana	87
42	1984	Salvation	Bakardzhieva	0
43	1985	This Fine Mature Age	Elena	0
44	1985	Forest People		0
45	1988	Evenings in Antim's Inn		0
46	1993	Canary Season	Aunt Addie	95
47		Yazovetzat		0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1986	Home for Our Children	Veronika Aldanova	80