Milena Dravić
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| Born | Milena Dravić October 5, 1940 Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
| Spouse(s) | Kokan Rakonjac (?-1969) Puriša Đorđević (?-?) Dragan Nikolić (?-present) |
Milena Dravić (Милена Дравић) (born October 5, 1940) is a Serbian actress.
Dravić was born in Belgrade. From the age of four, she was involved with dance and later classical ballet. In 1959, while in high school, director František Čap saw her among a group of ballet dancers on the cover of a youth magazine and decided to cast her in his film Vrata ostaju otvorena. After appearing in few more films she decided to pursue acting full-time and successfully enrolled in Belgrade's Dramatic Arts Academy.
Her big break came in 1962 when she received Zlatna arena award (former Yugoslav equivalent of Academy Award) for her role in Branko Bauer's film Prekobrojna. This was the moment that sent her on the way to becoming Yugoslavia's first and arguably the biggest female movie star.
Milena Dravić continued with long and prolific career during which she showed great talent and versatility. She was equally memorable and believable as the tragic heroine in state-sponsored World War II epics, eccentric protagonist of experimental arthouse films like WR: Mysteries of the Organism and romantic comedies. She especially excelled in the latter during 1970s and 1980s.
For her roles and contributions to domestic cinematography, she received the prestigious "Pavle Vujisić" award in August of 1994, .
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Milena Dravić has been married three times. Her current husband is a popular Serb actor Dragan Nikolić with whom she co-hosted popular 1970s TV show Obraz uz obraz.
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