Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
49
Gender
Female
Birthday
1938-12-12
Day of Death
2000-06-03 (62 years old)
Place of Birth
Dupnitsa, Bulgaria
Also Known As
Невена Богданова Коканова
Невена Коканова
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.
