Arta Dobroshi

Arta Dobroshi (born 2 October 1980) is a Kosovo-Albanian actress and producer. Dobroshi is the first Kosovan actress to walk the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival, the Berlin International Film Festival and the Sundance Film Festival and be nominated for the European Film Award. Dobroshi is a former refugee and now a UN Champion and Goodwill Ambassador.

Early life Arta Dobroshi was born in Pristina, to Kosovo Albanian parents. She has been studying the performing arts since elementary school and attended the Academy of Arts acting and drama course in Pristina for four years. She starred in many short films and theatre plays whilst a student there. When Arta was fifteen, she went on a student exchange program to North Carolina, where she starred in drama plays. When Serbian President Slobodan Milošević resigned in October 2000, Dobroshi quit her job at the refugee camp and became a translator for NATO.

While performing a play in Sarajevo, Dobroshi met Luc and Jean-Piere Dardenne who offered her an open casting in Kosovo for Lorna's Silence. and at the Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2009.

Dobroshi starred in the short film Baby by BAFTA winning director Daniel Mulloy. Baby won the Best Short Film Award when it premièred at the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2010 and won Best International Short Film at Cork Film Festival. Dobroshi was awarded Best Actress for her role in Baby at the 24fps International Short Film Festival.

Other work Dobroshi was a jury member of the 59th Berlin International Film Festival.

Upon receiving the 2017 Gold Lion in Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity Dobroshi broke protocol to give a powerful message to the world "I am Arta Dobroshi, my nationality is happy and I live in the city called earth".

Personal life Dobroshi can speak Albanian, English, and French, and can understand Macedonian. Women's International Film and Television Showcase LA 2012, Best Actress Award European Film Award 2008, Nomination as Best Actress Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2009, Nomination as Best Actress