Nevena Kokanova

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 with Nevena Kokanova

• Galileo 1968 · ★ 6.3
• The Peach Thief 1964 · ★ 7.1
• Dangerous Charm 1984 · ★ 8.3
• The Weddings of Ioan Assen 1975 · ★ 8.3
• Tobacco 1962 · ★ 5.6
• Ladies' Choice 1980 · ★ 7.9
• Detour 1967 · ★ 7.6
• The Boy Turns Man 1972 · ★ 7.0
• Before and After the Victory 1967 · ★ 6.0
• Matriarchy 1977 · ★ 7.4
• Men on a Business Trip 1969 · ★ 7.8
• Love 1972 · ★ 6.4
• Don't Go Away! 1976 · ★ 7.4
• The Best Person I Know! 1973 · ★ 7.2
• Be Happy, Ani! 1961 · ★ 8.5
• My Father, the Painter 1974 · ★ 6.4
• Canary Season 1993 · ★ 9.7
• The Inspector and the Night 1963 · ★ 8.3
• Rootless Tree 1974 · ★ 7.0
• Years for Love 1957 · ★ 6.3
• The Last Bachelor 1974 · ★ 7.7
• Sunstroke 1977 · ★ 9.2
• Karambol 1966 · ★ 8.5
• The Longest Night 1967 · ★ 10.0
• Memories of the Twin Sister 1976 · ★ 8.5
• Queen of Turnovo 1981 · ★ 8.5
• Forest People 1985 · ★ 7.5
• The Warning 1982 · ★ 6.5
• On a Quiet Evening 1960 · ★ 7.0
• The Steep Path 1961 · ★ 10.0
• Crystals 1982 · ★ 9.0
• Autumn Sun 1982 · ★ 10.0
• Cyclops 1976 · ★ 9.0
• Tango 1969 · ★ 7.0
• A Human Heart 1972 · ★ 10.0
• Taste of Almonds 1967 · ★ 9.0
• Little Tiger 1973 · ★ 9.0
• Salvation 1984 · ★ 9.0
• This Fine Mature Age 1985 · ★ 7.0
• Constantine The Philosopher 1983 · ★ 10.0

Movies directed by Nevena Kokanova

• The Three Deadly Sins 1980 · ★ 7.0