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.
Acting
Movie
Galileo
as Marina
1968
Movie
The Peach Thief
as Lisa
1964
Movie
Dangerous Charm
as Boryana Krasteva
1984
Movie
The Weddings of Ioan Assen
as Maria
1975
Movie
Ladies' Choice
as Golyamata etarva
1980
Movie
Tobacco
as Irina
1962
Movie
Detour
as Neda
1967
Movie
The Boy Turns Man
as Tinka
1972
Movie
Matriarchy
1977
Movie
Men on a Business Trip
as Dancheto
1969
Movie
Love
as Irina
1972
Movie
Don't Go Away!
as Tinka
1976
Movie
The Best Person I Know!
as Uchitelkata Nikolina Boneva
1973
Movie
Before and After the Victory
as Medicinskata sestra
1967
Movie
My Father, the Painter
as the mother
1974
Movie
Canary Season
as Aunt Addie
1993
Movie
The Inspector and the Night
as Jana
1963
Movie
Rootless Tree
as Daughter-in-law
1974
Movie
Be Happy, Ani!
as Ani
1961
Movie
The Last Bachelor
as Fany
1974
TV
Home for Our Children
as Veronika Aldanova
1986
Movie
Sunstroke
1977
Movie
Karambol
as Ана Мартинова
1966
Movie
Memories of the Twin Sister
as Nevena
1976
