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- Born in Split, Croatia. After finishing high school in his hometown, at 18, he moved to Los Angeles to graduate at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 2006. He lives and works in Croatia now which gives him the opportunity to participate in both domestic productions as well as foreign co-productions. He does theater, film and TV.
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Stipe Erceg was born on 30 October 1974 in Split, Croatia, Yugoslavia [now Croatia]. He is an actor and producer, known for The Edukators (2004), Unknown (2011) and The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008).- Aleksandra Jankovic was born in 1971 in Split, Croatia, Yugoslavia. She is an actress, known for Ulica lipa (2008), Klan (2020) and Jedini izlaz (2021).
- Lidija Bacic Lille was born on 4 August 1985 in Split, Yugoslavia [now Croatia]. She is an actress, known for Aleksi (2018), Firma (2020) and Direktor svemira (2021).
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Jakov Sedlar was born on 6 November 1952 in Split, Croatia. He is a director and producer, known for Jerusalemski sindrom (2004), Gospa (1995) and Jews and Albanians (2019).- Jelena Djokic was born on 24 May 1977 in Split, Croatia, Yugoslavia. She is an actress, known for How I Was Stolen by the Germans (2011), Crna svadba (2021) and Turneja (2008). She is married to Svetozar Cvetkovic. They have one child.
- Ksenia Prohaska was born on 17 December 1953 in Split, Croatia, Yugoslavia. She is an actress, known for Bugsy (1991), Transylvania 6-5000 (1985) and Visitors from the Arkana Galaxy (1981).
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Boris Dvornik was born to the family of a carpenter. His acting experience started at the age of 8 when he took parts in plays for children. In his high school days he was learning to be electrician, but soon decided to pursue full-time acting career instead. After finishing National Acting School in Novi Sad he enrolled in Drama Academy in Zagreb. While on the first academic year, he began his movie career in The Ninth Circle (1960). His film debut was instant success, and in his second movie, Martin u oblacima (1961), he proved his abilities in comic roles. Dvornik soon became on of the movie icons of former Yugoslavia, together with 'Bata Zivojinovic', Milena Dravic and Ljubisa Samardzic. However, the zenith of popularity was reached by his role in humorous cult series "Malo misto" (mini) and some other light pieces that followed in the 1970s. However, although still being one of the most prolific actors in history of former Yugoslav and Croatian cinema and TV, Boris Dvornik in 1980s mostly used to work in the Croatian National Theatre in Split. In 1992, due to the friendship with Antun Vrdoljak, he flirted with politics for a couple of months. Dvornik is married, has a daughter and four granchildren, while two of his sons - Dean Dvornik and 'Dino Dvornik', who used to cameo as children in his movies - are now major pop stars in Croatia.- Actor
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Goran Markovic was born in 1985 in Split, Croatia. He is an actor, known for Safe Place (2022), The High Sun (2015) and Novine (2016).- Lea Mornar was born in Split, Croatia. Age 17 she went to London where she was cast in a string of music videos for high profile artists including Suede "Trash" and Muse "Uno". For her performance in "Love Your Neighbour" Lea was awarded with the New Faces Award. She was cast in "Joy Division" directed by Reg Traviss, "The Truth" by George Milton, "The Pagan Queen" by Constantin Werner, "Alphatier Trilogie" by Matt Lambert. "Eastalgia" by Daria Onyshchenko with Lea in a lead part opposite Karl Markovics has been nominated for No Fear Award at The First Step Award and has won Studio Hamburg New Talent Award. "The Lack" directed by Masbedo, produced by Vivo Film and Beatrice Bulgari with Lea in one of the lead roles was selected for the 71 Venice Film Festival. Lea has just finished shooting "Adieu Berlin" directed by Stefano Garrone.
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Lana Baric was born on 11 December 1979 in Split, Croatia. She is an actress and writer, known for Eden (2020), Tereza37 (2020) and You Carry Me (2015).- Natasa Janjic-Medancic is a Croatian film, stage and television actress. As a child, she studied at the Youth Theater in Split. After finishing school in 2000, she went on to studying journalism and acting in Zagreb. During her studies at the Academy of Dramatic Arts she played the following roles: Julia from Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet", Elektra, Queen Maria from "The King Dies" by E. Ionesco, Christine from "Hotel Bellevue" by O. von Horvath, Melita from Krleza's "Leda", Solveig and Anitra from "Peer Gynt", Kate from "The Taming of the Shrew". She graduated with the role of Martha from "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" by E. Albee, in the class of Borna Baletic, in 2004.
Since 2006 she has been a permanent member of the ensemble GDK "Gavella" in Zagreb.
At the end of December 2018 , she married orthopedist Nenad Medancic , taking his last name. - Actress
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Severina Kojic (née Vuckovic), known professionally as Severina, is a Croatian singer-songwriter and actress. In 2006, the Croatian weekly Nacional listed her among the 100 most influential Croats, calling her "the only bona fide Croatian celebrity". She represented Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, held in Athens, Greece, with the song "Moja stikla", finishing 12th.- Marija Skaricic was born on 6 August 1977 in Split, Yugoslavia [now Croatia]. She is an actress, known for Traces (2022), Mother of Asphalt (2010) and Mare (2020).
- Actress
- Writer
Nives Ivankovic is a Croatian actress. She attended elementary and secondary school in Split and graduated in acting from the Academy of Performing Arts at the University of Sarajevo. She is a permanent member of the drama theatre in Split, for 19 years. Ivankovic is a television, film and theatre actress and for the general public she is known for her roles in the TV series: "Ruza vjetrova", "Nad lipom 35", "Lud, zbunjen, normalan", "Balkan Inc." and "Villa Maria"- Nada Abrus was born on 19 December 1951 in Split, Croatia, Yugoslavia. She is an actress, known for The Man to Kill (1979), Fatal Sky (1990) and Cimmer fraj (2006).
- Ana Ursula Najev was born in 1997 in Split, Croatia. She is an actress, known for Balkanika 2 (2025), Kumovi (2022) and Balkanika (2021).
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Arsen was born in the city of Split, on the Croatian Adriatic coast, in 1965. He decided to become a film director at the early age of twelve after joining a cinema group in his elementary school. He made silent, short genre films in black and white on Normal 8 film stock, which he and his classmates invented the stories for, shot and acted, and also mixed the chemicals and developed the footage for. When he was fourteen, his Super 8 short film 'The Stone Mason' featuring his grandfather working in a stone mine on the island of Brac, just off the coast of Split, was aired on prime-time TV as the best short by a teenager.
During high school he was a member of the Kino-club Split and made mostly experimental films. From 1985 to 1990 he studied film directing at the Film and TV Directing department of the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb, Croatia, where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree with top honors. Some of his student short films received awards at professional film festivals. During his studies he also started working as an assistant director to well-known Croatian directors. He was fortunate to have his first job on the award-winning film "That Summer of White Roses" by Rajko Grlic with Tom Conti and Rod Steiger in leading roles.
From 1991 to 1994 he studied film directing and producing at the famous Graduate Film Department of the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, where he received his Master of Fine Arts degree, again with top honors, for his "superior academic record and exceptional creative ability". He attended lectures by Arthur Penn , Lorenzo Semple Jr. and Robert Nickson amongst others. He made several award-winning short films in New York and worked on numerous low budget films as an assistant director and production manager.
He continued writing screenplays but found it hard to raise the money to shoot them. In 2001 Arsen was developing a low-budget psychological thriller to be shot near Atlanta, Georgia when the attack on the Twin Towers in New York City brought all preparations to a halt. Several months later he left NYC and moved to Europe, where he taught filmmaking at the Polytechnic University in Salzburg, Austria for 2 years.
Back in Croatia he wrote and directed a successful full-length feature film A Wonderful Night in Split (2004) starring Coolio. Arsen was thrilled to have been able to make his first feature film about his hometown, which provided additional inspiration for him. The film garnered more than 20 awards and is often cited by critics as the best Croatian film since the country gained its independence. The film was nominated for the European Film Academy Discovery-Fassbinder Award as best first or second film in Europe in 2004. It was also an official submission for the Best Foreign Film Oscar® at the 2006 Academy Awards, proving to be a very serious contender.
In 2006 he co-wrote and directed the successful stage play 'Billie Holliday' (about an hour and a half in the life of the famous blues singer right before her come-back performance at Carnegie Hall) for the Croatian National Theater in Split. The play remained on the CNT's program for years and is still performed today, most recently in Italy, with the original production's Ksenija Prohaska reprising the title role.
In 2008 he completed his second feature film Niciji sin (2008) which was the absolute winner of the Croatian National Film Festival in Pula, winning, amongst others, the awards for Best Film and Best Director, as well as the Critics' Award. The film was selected as one of the best European films of 2009 and earned Arsen a 2nd official Oscar® submission in 2009, as well as a total of 16 further awards and accolades.
He was president of the Croatian Film Directors' Guild for 2 years between 2008 and 2010.
In 2012 he directed and produced his third feature film Halima's Path (2012) which broke the record-high audience vote at the Croatian National Film Festival in Pula. The film earned more than 30 awards worldwide, becoming the most awarded Croatian film in several decades and was again the Croatian official submission at the 2013 Academy Awards - Arsen's third official film submission in a row.
Influential website Deadline Hollywood included Halima's Path (2012) on a list of 15 films in the running for the Foreign Language Oscar® which had the biggest buzz about them and were considered favorites at the 86th Annual Academy Awards, amongst a then record-number of 76 entries.
In 2015 Arsen was working on what would have been his fourth feature film The Man in The Box (his first film in English) starring Kiefer Sutherland, when shooting encountered financial difficulties and the film continues to be postponed but scheduled to resume.
In 2018 he completed a fourth feature film F20 (2018). It had to be independently financed after the Croatian national film fund rejected several funding applications despite Arsen's proven multi-award-winning form. By 2021 the film had earned almost 30 awards at international film festivals, thereby repeating his previous success of the most awarded of Croatian films.
He's been a member of the European Film Academy since 2005. He is also a professor of film production at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb, Croatia.- Actress
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Mimi Fiedler was born on 11 September 1975 in Split, Croatia, Yugoslavia [now Croatia]. She is an actress and producer, known for Kokowääh (2011), Tatort (1970) and Solo for Clarinet (1998). She has been married to Otto Steiner since 9 January 2019. She was previously married to NN Leonhardt.- Zarko Radic was born on 13 April 1950 in Split, Croatia, Yugoslavia. He is an actor, known for Kapelski kresovi (1974), Povratak otpisanih (1976) and Price iz radionice (1981).
- Actress
Ivana Roscic was born on 27 September 1978 in Split, Croatia, Yugoslavia. She is an actress, known for Stric (2022), Tereza37 (2020) and Carbide (2022). She has been married to Marko Balic since 2014.- Actor
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Vicko Ruic was born on 23 October 1959 in Split, Croatia, Yugoslavia. He is an actor and director, known for Serafin, svjetionicarev sin (2002), Nausikaja (1995) and Kradljivac uspomena (2007).- Alen Salinovic was born on 2 August 1968 in Split, Yugoslavia [now Croatia]. He is an actor, known for F20 (2018), Zakon! (2009) and The Last Serb in Croatia (2019).
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Ratko Glavina was born on 1 December 1941 in Split, Croatia. He is an actor, known for Posljednja volja (2001), Steppeulven (2014) and The Girl and the Oak (1955).- Ena Begovic was a prominent Croatian film actress. She is regarded as one of the best and most beautiful actresses in former Yugoslavia. Begovic began acting early, making her first screen appearance at the age of 18 through a small part in Occupation in 26 Pictures (1978), a 1978 film directed by Lordan Zafranovic. She made her breakthrough role in Zafranovic's next film, The Fall of Italy (1981), where she played Veronika, the daughter of a wealthy local from the Dalmatian coast who sided with occupying Italian Fascists. This debut established Begovic as one of the sex symbols of 1980s Yugoslav cinema, a status that she later successfully maintained despite appearing in relatively few films as her acting career shifted towards theater.
On 15 August 2000, in the Postira village on the island of Brac, a few months after marrying the Croatian businessman, Josip Radeljak, and a month and a half after giving birth to their daughter, Lana, she was involved, as a passenger, in a traffic accident, a rollover, which claimed her life. - Xenia Valderi was born on 21 June 1926 in Split, Croatia. She was an actress, known for Woman of Rome (1954), Red Desert (1964) and Il prigioniero del re (1954). She died on 3 November 2008 in Castelnuovo di Porto, Lazio, Italy.
- Roko Sikavica was born on 14 April 1994 in Split, Croatia. He is an actor, known for F20 (2018), The Last Serb in Croatia (2019) and Stric (2022).
- Mia Begovic graduated in 1986 from the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb. Her debut role was Hella in M. Bugalkov's Master and Margherite performed in the Croatian National Theatre. She has worked with directors such as Spaic, Paro, Habunek, Juvancic and Vitez. She has starred in over 50 plays, 20 films and several TV shows. Her roles include Iphigenia, Lady Paola, baroness Lehotska, Donna Ana. She has also performed in The Vagina Monologues set in Zagreb. She has performed throughout Croatia and abroad. Internationally she has performed in Germany, USA, Australia and New Zealand. She is a winner of a several actor's awards, including the Orlando Award at the Dubrovacke ljetne igre Festival, The Best Female Histrion at the Zagrebaèko histrionsko ljeto Festival and The Best Actress of Yugoslavia in 1986. She now works with Kerempuh Satirical Theatre.
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Ivan Zelic was born on 24 June 1975 in Split, Croatia, Yugoslavia [now Split, Croatia]. Ivan is a composer, known for On the Other Side (2016), A Two Way Mirror (2016) and Mamutica (2008).- Jagoda Kumric was born on 26 February 1992 in Split, Croatia. She is an actress, known for The Piano Room (2013), Larin izbor (2011) and Drugo ime ljubavi (2019).
- Sinisa Popovic is a renowned theatre, TV and film actor with an acting career which has spanned for over 35 years and included almost two hundred roles. He has worked with the most respected film and theatre directors like Berkovic, Vrdoljak, Krelja, Ivanda, Radic, Matanic, Habunek, Spajic, Paro, Violic, Juvancic and Kica.
Popovic was born on 21st February 1958 in Split. Following graduation from grammar school he started studying law, but give it up in 1979 in order to join the first generation of the Drama Studio at the Croatian National Theatre in Split. As a member of the Drama Studio, he realized his first professional roles, directed by Marin Caric, Ljubisa Ristic, Tomislav Durbesic, Zelimir Mesaric among others.
In 1981 Sinisa Popovic enrolled the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb. As an acting student, he had remarkable roles at the Tomislav Radic Academic Theatre, as well as on film ad TV. In 1982 he was singled out by critics as a newly discovered talent of the Split Summer Festival for the role of Neoptolemus from the Sophocles's Philoctetes, directed by Marin Caric and performed by the ensamble of the Croatian National Theatre Split, as well as Enrico Gastone and Trubov in the I Married a Witch play, directed by Kresimir Dolencic and performed by the Lift theatre group. The group had been set up earlier that year by himself, the director Mr. Dolencic, and the colleagues from his acting class.
Sinisa Popovic gradued from the Zagreb Academy of Dramatic Art in 1985 in the Bozidar Violic class, making his official debut as Dorante in Marivaux's Game of Love and Chance. After graduating Popovic worked as a freelance actor for two years. Since 1989 he has been a permanent member of the drama ensemble of the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb. Bearing the status of the leading drama theatre actor, he has been performing continuously on stage of this most outstanding theatre house, interpreting the roles which marked his career significantly, such as Richard in the Shaw's Devil's Disciple, Urban in Leda by Miroslav Krleza, Lovborg in Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, Marinko in What is a Man Without a Moustache by Ante Tomic, Ferdinand in Goldoni's Holiday Trilogy, Shutzinger in von Horvath's Kazimir and Karolina, Jourdain in Moliere's Bourgoise Gentleman, Nikola Men of Wax by Mate Matisic. Outside the CNT, Sinisa Popovic played numerous highly esteemed roles and collaborated with almost all theatre institutions in Croatia, also with independant ones such as the Gavran Theatre, Grabancijas, Rugatino, Moruzgva, Grdelin, Mht Kiklop, Histrioni, Exit. Among those which stand out are the roles of Juran in Juran and Sofija, Longo in Never More, Henry in The Lion in Winter, Tahy in Gubec Beg, don Zane in Glorija, Rothko in Red. Exclusively positioned on the list of Popovic's most memorable roles are the characters from plays, theatrical adaptations and short stories written by Ranko Marinkovic. Marked by his Dalmatian origin, he has been permanently recognized by producers and directors as an inevitable interpreter of Marinkovic's weirdos. Sinisa Popovic's film career incompasses more than twenty roles. The movies to single out are Berkovic's Love Letters with Intent and Countess Dora, Vrdoljak's Carneval, Angel and Dust and Long Dark Night, Ivanda's Sisters, Svilicic's Armin, Acimovi's I Have to Sleep, my Angel. He has also played a number of memorable roles in TV series and dramas. Popovic has received numerous professional awards and honors. - Writer
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Ivor Martinic was born on 7 June 1984 in Split, Yugoslavia [now Croatia]. He is a writer and director, known for A Blue Flower (2021), m25: I Said (2023) and Zena s gumenim rukavicama (2023).- Bruna Bebic was born on 12 February 1964 in Split, Croatia. She is an actress, known for Dosije (1986), Ministry of Love (2016) and Kanjon opasnih igara (1998).
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Branko Ivanda was born on 25 December 1941 in Split, Croatia, Yugoslavia. He is a director and writer, known for Lea and Darija (2011), Konjanik (2003) and Gravitacija ili fantasticna mladost cinovnika Borisa Horvata (1968).- Petra Kraljev was born on 13 October 1988 in Split, Croatia. She is an actress, known for Zlatni dvori (2016), Ana and Kumovi (2022).
- Actress
- Art Department
Tea Cheney was born in Split, Croatia. Tea is an actor, known for Run Away Home (2004), 'Da Kink in My Hair (2007) and Vanessa (2007). Tea has been married to Mihajlo Bacanin since 7 July 2007.- Marinko Prga is a Croatian actor, based in Varazdin. The actor is known for Funeral (2022), The Only Way Out (2021), Shooting Stars (2015), 72 days (2010), The Hunting Party (2007), No Man's Land (2001) and many other projects. His upcoming projects are Lee and O'Dessa. Marinko speaks Croatian, English and Italian, and enjoys motorcycle riding. He is a constant member of the Croatian National Theatre and has been awarded for many roles. Marinko is one of Croatia's most recognizable and loved faces, thanks to having more than 70 roles in theatre, film and TV.
- Damir Poljicak was born in 1984 in Split, Croatia. He is an actor, known for Uspjeh (2019), Divljaci (2022) and Zakon! (2009).
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Zoran Pezo was born on 5 March 1963 in Split, Croatia, Yugoslavia. He is a writer and director, known for The Fall of Rock & Roll (1989), Ruziona (2012) and Kap (1994).- Ava Karabatic was born on 20 May 1988 in Split, Croatia, Yugoslavia. She is an actress, known for The Spring of Life (2016), Tina & Sendy (2018) and Big Brother (2006).
- Jasmin Stavros was born on 1 November 1954 in Split, Yugoslavia [now Croatia]. He was an actor, known for Nad lipom 35 (2006), I godina nova 2017. (2016) and I godina nova 2020. (2019). He was married to Zarka Stavros. He died on 3 May 2023 in Zagreb, Croatia.
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Josko Marusic was born on 27 March 1952 in Split, Croatia, Yugoslavia. He is a director and writer, known for Riblje oko (1980), Duga (2010) and Inside and Out (1978).- Toni Kukoc was born on 18 September 1968 in Split, Croatia.
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Tonci Huljic was born on 29 October 1961 in Split, Yugoslavia [now Croatia]. He is a composer and actor, known for xXx: State of the Union (2005), On the Border (2018) and Tonetov zivot ili Bog, lavur, ice i pice (2014). He has been married to Vjekoslava Huljic since 1987. They have two children.- Writer
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Ognjen Svilicic was born in 1971 in Split, Croatia, Yugoslavia. He is a writer and director, known for These Are the Rules (2014), Armin (2007) and Oprosti za kung fu (2004).- Edita Majic was born on 24 January 1970 in Split, Croatia, Yugoslavia [now Croatia]. She is an actress, known for Da mi je biti morski pas (1999), A Journey Through the Dark Side (1996) and The Makers (1997).
- Andrijana Vickovic was born in 1971 in Split, Croatia. She is an actress, known for The Priest's Children (2013), Instruktor (2010) and San snova (2023).
- Zdravka Krstulovic was born on 30 September 1940 in Split, Croatia, Yugoslavia. She was an actress, known for Nase malo misto (1969), Kako su se voleli Romeo i Julija? (1966) and Bog je umro uzalud (1969). She died on 4 December 2003 in Varazdin, Croatia.
- Vicko Bilandzic was born in 1977 in Split, Croatia. He is an actor, known for Bella Biondina (2011), Loza (2011) and Metropolitanci (2022).
- Goran Ivanisevic is a Croatian former professional tennis player and tennis coach.
He is the only person to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon as a wildcard. He achieved this in 2001, having previously been runner-up at the championships in 1992, 1994 and 1998. Before the 2001 tournament, he was ranked 125th. He then moved part-time to Bathurst, NSW, Australia and after his victory he was 16th. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 2 (behind Pete Sampras) in 1994. He coached Marin Cilic from September 2013 to July 2016, leading Cilic to his biggest achievement, the 2014 US Open title.
At the Barcelona 1992: Games of the XXV Olympiad (1992), Ivanisevic won bronze medals in both singles and doubles representing Croatia. He also served as flagbearer for the Croatian team at the opening ceremony. In order to earn his single bronze medal, he won 4 consecutive 5-sets matches, a unique feat in the open era.