Nevena Kokanova
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.
Known for
Home for Our Children
Veronika Aldanova
Galileo
Marina
The Best Person I Know!
Uchitelkata Nikolina Boneva
The Boy Turns Man
Tinka
Tobacco
Irina
Ladies' Choice
Golyamata etarva
The Peach Thief
Lisa
My Father, the Painter
the mother
Salvation
Bakardzhieva
Die Mahnung
Detour
Neda
Forest People
Before and After the Victory
Medicinskata sestra
This Fine Mature Age
Elena
Canary Season
Aunt Addie
Autumn Sun
Tinka
Cyclops
Zoya
Don't Go Away!
Tinka
The Last Bachelor
Fany
The Longest Night
Woman-Doctor
Memories of the Twin Sister
Nevena
Dangerous Charm
Boryana
Evenings in Antim's Inn
Dangerous Flight
Botschafter morden nicht
Maria
The Inspector and the Night
Jana
Years for Love
Ema
Sunstroke
The Weddings of Ioan Assen
Maria
Be Happy, Ani!
Ani
Little Tiger
The Mother
Men on a Business Trip
Dancheto
Constantine The Philosopher
Crystals
Slava
A Strange Duel
Bozhanova
Queen of Turnovo
Smilova
The Steep Path
Elena
Karambol
Ана Мартинова
The Three Deadly Sins
Dona
Taste of Almonds
Gerda
Circles of Love
The woman with almond eyes
Yazovetzat
Love
Irina
On a Quiet Evening
Boyka
Tango
Havadzhieva
A Human Heart
Lena
Rootless Tree
Daughter-in-law