profile image

Nevena Kokanova

Dec 12, 1938 - Jun 03, 2000 (61 years old) in Dupnitsa, 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.

Known For

poster
Galileo
Marina
poster
Home for Our Children
Veronika Aldanova
poster
Die Mahnung
poster
Tobacco
Irina
poster
Detour
Neda
poster
The Peach Thief
Lisa
poster
Constantine The Philosopher
poster
The Inspector and the Night
Jana
poster
Ladies' Choice
Golyamata etarva
poster
Canary Season
Aunt Addie

Credits