Ivana Miličević

Ivana Miličević (; born 26 April 1974) is an American actress and model, best known for her starring roles in the Cinemax action-drama series Banshee (2013–2016) and The CW science fiction drama series The 100 (2018–2020).

Miličević had roles in films such as Vanilla Sky (2001), Down with Love (2003), Love Actually (2003), Just like Heaven (2005), Casino Royale (2006), Running Scared (2006), What's Your Number? (2011), and Catfight (2016).

She guest starred in numerous television series, including The Nanny (1997), Seinfeld (1997), Felicity (1998–1999), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2002), Friends (2003), Charmed (2003), One on One (2004), American Dad! (2006–2008), Ugly Betty (2007), Chuck (2008), Power, and Gotham (2016–2017). She also portrayed Ivana in Psych S6E14 "Autopsy Turvy".

Early life Miličević was born in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia (modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina), to Bosnian Croat parents. She emigrated to the United States at the age of five and was raised in Detroit, Michigan. Miličević's younger brother is Tomo Miličević, who was previously the lead guitarist of the rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars. She also had a younger brother, Filip, who died in August 2016. She became a naturalized citizen of the United States. In 1992, Miličević graduated from high school and moved to Los Angeles in pursuit of an acting career.

Career Miličević first achieved success in modeling, and gained the reputation of being the because of her resemblance to the famous Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen. She worked as a model while attending Athens High School in Troy, Michigan.

Miličević began acting after graduation, appearing in the 1998 thriller film Enemy of the State. She then had guest appearances in numerous television series, including Charmed, Seinfeld, Felicity, Nash Bridges, The Nanny (with former Bond girl Lois Chiles), Buzzkill, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Yes, Dear, Chuck, House, Friends, and Hawaii Five-0. Her acting career included a regular role on the HBO comedy series The Mind of the Married Man.

She was on the cover of Paper in 2002. In the same year, she appeared in the music video of Marc Anthony's I Need You.

In 2006, she starred in the CBS comedy series Love Monkey and played the role of Valenka in the James Bond film Casino Royale. In 2007, she played Lena on Ugly Betty. In 2008, she starred in Witless Protection, and featured in guest appearances in House and Pushing Daisies. Miličević played the Soviet intelligence officer Dasha Fedorovich in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 and in Command & Conquer Red Alert 3: Uprising. From January 8 to 29, 2011, she starred alongside Maggie Lawson, Kurt Fuller, and Peter Mackenzie in the Red Dog Squadron production of Greedy by Karl Gajdusek at the El Centro Theatre in Hollywood.

In 2018, she joined the cast in the fifth season of the CW science fiction drama series The 100, recurring until its conclusion in 2020. Also in 2020, she had starring roles as Striga in the animated fantasy series Castlevania and as Arianna Demachi in the action drama series Strike Back: Vendetta.

Personal life On 14 April 2018, Miličević gave birth to a son, Phoenix Jedi Hogan. Miličević and Paddy Hogan married on December 29, 2018.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1995 Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest Acolyte / Eli's Follower Uncredited 1996 Jerry Maguire Former Girlfriend 1997 The Big Brass Ring Cela Brandini Short film Crazy Six Anna 1998 Postmortem Gwen Turner Kiss the Sky Ilsa October 22 Debra Enemy of the State Ruby's Sales Clerk 1999 Love Stinks Amber House on Haunted Hill Period Film Actress Scenes deleted 2001 Head over Heels Roxana Impostor Gang Girl Vanilla Sky Emma 2002 Four Reasons Model 2003 Down with Love Yvette Mail Order Bride Nina Love Actually Stacey / American Dreamgirl Paycheck Maya-Rachel 2005 The Return of the Muskrats Agent Short film Slipstream Sarah Tanner Her Minor Thing Zsa Zsa In Her Shoes Caroline Just like Heaven Katrina 2006 The Plague Jean Raynor The Elder Son Tanya Casino Royale Valenka Running Scared Mila Yugorsky 2007 Battle in Seattle Carla 2008 Witless Protection Madeleine Demcowski Columbus Day Cheryl Your Name Here The Blonde 2009 Reflections Human 2 Short film 2010 Beneath the Blue Gwen Red Rooster Tiree Short film All American Tooles Ivana Jackovich Short film 2011 Coming & Going Ivana What's Your Number? Jacinda The Howling: Reborn Kathryn Kidman / Kay 2015 AlohaCarson Biographer Guns for Hire Friday Green 2016 Catfight Rachel 2017 The Misogynists Sasha 2022 Broken Soldier Elly

Television

Video games Year Title Voice role Notes 2008 Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 Dasha Fedorovich 2009 Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 – Uprising