Milena Dravić

Biography Born in Belgrade, Serbia, Dravić became involved with performing arts at the age of four via her parents enrolling her in a dance program. She would later switch to classical ballet.

In 1959, still a high school student, Dravić got spotted by director František Čáp who approached the eighteen-year-old about being in his film Vrata ostaju otvorena after seeing her on the cover of a youth magazine in a ballet dancers' group photo. After appearing in a few more films, she decided to pursue acting full-time and to that end successfully enrolled at the Academy of Theatre Arts (APU) within the Arts Academy in Belgrade.

Her big break came in 1962 in Branko Bauer's Prekobrojna for which she won the Golden Arena for Best Actress (Yugoslav equivalent of an Academy Award). She was a recipient of five Silver arenas (for supporting actress roles) and 2 Golden arenas (for leading actress roles).

She received various awards and accolades over her career, such as the Cannes Best Supporting Actress Award in 1980 for Special Treatment, the Pavle Vujisić Award in August 1994, and the Dobričin prsten lifetime achievement award in Belgrade.

Personal life Dravić was married three times. Her third husband was the prominent Serbian actor Dragan Nikolić, with whom she had co-hosted the popular 1970s television program Obraz uz obraz.thumb Death She died on 14 October 2018 from an undisclosed illness.

Selected filmography

Vrata ostaju otvorena (1959) – Marija ... Petrova sestra Dilizansa snova (1960) – Evica Zajednicki stan (1960) – Ljubica Bolje je umeti (1960) – Jola The First Fires (1961) – Hajra Leto je krivo za sve (1961) – Natalija Kozara (1962) – Milja Prekobrojna (1962) – Ranka Pesceni grad (1962) – Milena Radopolje (1963) – Mrvica Destination Death (1964) – Seja Sluzbeni polozaj (1964) – Zora Lito vilovito (1964) – Mare Narodni poslanik (1964) – Danica Man is Not a Bird (1965) – Rajka Devojka (1965) – Devojka Klakson (1965) – Jana Covik od svita (1965) – Visnja The Camp Followers (1965) – Aspasia Anastasiou Rondo (1966) – Neda (1966) – Momata Looking Into the Eyes of the Sun (1966) Sticenik (1966) – Herself Zgodba ki je ni (1967) – Uciteljica Nemirni (1967) – Zorica The Morning (1967) – Aleksandra Dim (1967) – Devojka Hasanaginica (1967) – Hasanaginica Sirota Marija (1968) – Marija Sedmina (1969) – Filomena Zaseda (1969) – Milica Horoskop (1969) – Milka Cross Country (1969) – Jovana The Battle of Neretva (1969) – Nada Biciklisti (1970) – Sara Touha zvaná Anada (1971) – Zuzka W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism (1971) – Milena The Role of My Family in the Revolution (1971) – Devojka (1971) – Velika Ko pride lev (1972) – Mihaela The Battle of Sutjeska (1973) – Vera Pjegava djevojka (1973) – Katy (1973) – Veronika Djakovic Deps (1974) – Depsova djevojka Janja A Performance of Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja (1974) – Andja / Ofelija Strah (1974) – Karolina Pavle Pavlovic (1975) – Adela Povratak otpisanih (1976) – Lula Mitricevic Izvinjavamo se, mnogo se izvinjavamo (1976) - Borka Group Portrait with a Lady (1977) – Schwester Klementine Ljubavni zivot Budimira Trajkovica (1977) – Lepa Trajkovic Tamo i natrag (1978) – Rada Jovanovic Kvar (1978) – Sasina ljubavnica Trener (1978) – Petrova bivsa zena Povratak (1979) – Roza Special Treatment (1980) – Kaca Osam kila srece (1980) Rad na odredjeno vreme (1980) – Svetlana Snovi, zivot, smrt Filipa Filipovica (1980) Sesta brzina (1981) – Gvozdenka Laf u srcu (1981) – Savina zena (1982) – Sofija Arandjelovic Moj tata na odredjeno vreme (1982) – Svetlana Covek sa cetiri noge (1983) – Nada Jovanovic Secerna vodica (1983) – Ana Una (1984) – Miselova zena Horvat’s Choice (1985) – Marijana Margitic Nije lako sa muskarcima (1985) – Gordana Diklic Anticasanova (1985) – Asja Na istarski nacin (1985) Osveta (1986) – Nada Pekar Razvod na odredjeno vreme (1986) – Svetlana Milanovic Lijepe zene prolaze kroz grad (1986) – Rahela Dogodilo se na danasnji dan (1987) – Nastavnica Cavka (1988) – Nastavnica The Dark Side of the Sun (1988) – Mother Spijun na stiklama (1988) – Livadinka Kukuric Najbolji (1989) – Ninkova majka Battle of Kosovo (1989) – Velislava Cudna noc (1990) Sekula se opet zeni (1991) – Sojka Policajac sa Petlovog brda (1992) – Vera Treca sreca (1995) – Prorocica Antilopa Three Summer Days (1997) – Kaja Cabaret Balkan (1998) – The Lady on the Bus with the Hat and Fox Stole Sky Hook (2000) – Danka Normalni ljudi (2001) – Tomina tetka Boomerang (2001) – Gospodja Jeftic Zona Zamfirova (2002) – Tasana Ledina (2003) – Zorica Sjaj u ocima (2003) – Vlasnica agencije Lost and Found (2005) – Vera (segment "Fabulous Vera") Agi i Ema (2007) – Ema Crazy, Confused, Normal (2007–2015, TV Series) – Spomenka Vihorec Love and Other Crimes (2008) – Majka St. George Shoots the Dragon (2009) – Tetka Slavka The village is burning, and the grandmother is combing her hair (2009, TV Series) – Direktorka banke