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'''Mirjana Joković''' ({{lang-sr-cyr|Мирјана Јоковић}}; born 24 November 1967) is a Serbian film and stage actress, best known for her role as Natalija Zovkov in [[Emir Kusturica]]'s [[Underground (1995 film)|''Underground'']] (1995). She currently is Director of Performance for Acting and an acting teacher in the Theater Faculty of the [[California Institute of the Arts]] near [[Los Angeles]].

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==Early career in Yugoslavia==
[[File:Mirjana Jokovic2.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Mirjana Jokovich as a U.S. cultural envoy with Anatoliy Smelyanskiy, Director of the Moscow Art Theater School, in June 2010]]
[[File:Mirjana Jokovic2.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Mirjana Jokovich as a U.S. cultural envoy with Anatoliy Smelyanskiy, Director of the Moscow Art Theater School, in June 2010]]
Mirjana Jokovic was born in [[Užice]], SFR Yugoslavia.<ref name="institute">{{cite web |title=Mirjana Joković |url=https://calarts.edu/faculty_bios/theater/faculty/mirjanajokovic/mirjanajokovic |website=calarts.edu |publisher=California Institute of the Arts |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411203700/https://calarts.edu/faculty_bios/theater/faculty/mirjanajokovic/mirjanajokovic |archive-date=11 April 2008}}</ref> She spent her early years in [[Zambia]], where her father was an industrial engineer.{{cn|date=May 2021}} She graduated from the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade and began to perform at the National Theater and the Yugoslav Drama Theater in Belgrade and in films and television.<ref name="institute" /> She made her acting debut in the drama series ''Put na jug'' (''Southbound'').<ref name="Philips&Vincenedeau">{{cite book |last1=Phillips |first1=Alastair |last2=Vincendeau |first2=Ginette |title=Journeys of Desire: European Actors in Hollywood - A Critical Companion |date=2019 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-1-83871-657-8 |page=315 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8zn8DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA315}}</ref> She was a regular character in the popular Yugoslav television series ''"Grey Home"'', and in 1988 she was named Best Leading Actress at the [[Rio de Janeiro Film Festival]] and Best International Actress at the [[San Sebastian Film Festival]] in Spain.<ref name="institute" />
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'''Mirjana Joković''' ({{lang-sr-cyr|Мирјана Јоковић}}; born November 24, 1967) is a [[Serbs|Serbian]] film and stage actress, best known for her role as Natalija Zovkov in [[Emir Kusturica]]'s [[Underground (1995 film)|''Underground'']] (1995). She currently is Director of Performance for Acting and an acting teacher in the Theater Faculty of the [[California Institute of the Arts]] near [[Los Angeles]].<ref>Biography on home page of California Institute of the Arts</ref>


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In 1989, she starred with [[Daniel Day-Lewis]] in the Argentine-British film "[[Eversmile, New Jersey]]" directed by [[Carlos Sorin]] and won best actress for the role at the [[San Sebastián International Film Festival]]. in 1991 she played the lead in the German film ''{{Ill|The Serbian Girl|sr|Српкиња (филм)}}'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Iordanova |first1=Dina |title=Cinema of Flames: Balkan Film, Culture and the Media |date=2019 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-1-83871-503-8 |page=388 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ggn8DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT388}}</ref> then she moved to the United States, though she continued to make films in Europe.<ref name="institute2">{{cite web |title=Mirjana Jokovic |url=https://directory.calarts.edu/theater/faculty/mirjana-jokovic |website=directory.calarts.edu |publisher=California Institute of the Arts}}</ref> She starred in ''"[[Vukovar, jedna priča|Vukovar]]"'' (1994) which earned her the Yugoslav Best Actress Award.<ref name="institute" /> In 1995 she played the female lead in the film [[Underground (1995 film)|''"Underground"'']], directed by [[Emir Kusturica]], which won the Palme d'Or for best film at the [[Cannes Film Festival]] in 1995 and the New York Critics Circle Award for best foreign film. She also made ''[[Three Summer Days]]'' (1997), for which she received another Yugoslav Best Actress Award, and ''[[Cabaret Balkan]],'' which won a Special Venice Film Festival Award in 1999.<ref name="institute" />
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==Early Career in Yugoslavia==
Mirjana Jokovic was born in [[Belgrade]], Yugoslavia. She spent her early years in [[Zambia]], where her father was an industrial engineer. She was graduated from the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade and began to perform at the National Theater and the Yugoslav Drama Theater in Belgrade and in films and television. She was a regular character in the popular Yugoslav television series ''"Grey Home"'', and in 1988 she was named Best Leading Actress at the [[Rio de Janeiro Film Festival]] and Best International Actress at the [[San Sebastian Film Festival]] in Spain.<ref>Biography on California Institute of the Arts site.</ref>


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==Career in the American theater and film==
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In 1989, she played the lead in the German film ''"Serbian Girl"'' directed by Peter Sehr, then she starred with [[Daniel Day Lewis]] in the Argentine-British film "[[Eversmile, New Jersey]]" directed by [[Carlos Sorin]] and won best actress for [[San Sebastián International Film Festival]]. In 1993 she moved to the United States, but she continued to make films in Serbia. She starred in ''"[[Vukovar, jedna priča|Vukovar]]"'' (1994) which earned her the Yugoslav Best Actress Award. In 1995 she played the female lead in the film [[Underground (1995 film)|''"Underground"'']], directed by [[Emir Kusturica]], which won the Palme d'Or for best film at the [[Cannes Film Festival]] in 1995 and the New York Critics Circle Award for best foreign film. She also made ''[[Three Summer Days]]'' (1997), for which she received another Yugoslav Best Actress Award, and ''[[Cabaret Balkan]],'' which won a Special Venice Film Festival Award in 1999.<ref>Biography on California Institute of the Arts Site.</ref>
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Her career in the United States began in theater, as she appeared in the [[off-Broadway]] production of ''"Mud, River Stone"'' by [[Lynn Nottage]] at the Playwrights Horizon Theater.<ref name="institute" /> She also appeared in the chorus and as [[Chrysothemis]] in the Broadway production of ''[[Electra (Sophocles play)|Electra]]'' directed by [[David Leveaux]].<ref name="institute" />


From 1999 through 2001 she worked at the [[American Repertory Theater]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]]. Her roles at ART included Dulle Griet in ''"Full Circle"'' by [[Chuck Mee]], Hermione in [[Shakespeare]]'s ''"[[The Winter's Tale]]"'', [[Desdemona]] in ''"[[Othello]]"'', the part of Natasha/Olga Knipper in ''"Three Farces and a Funeral"'' by [[Robert Brustein]], and ''"[[Mother Courage and Her Children]]"'' by [[Bertolt Brecht]].<ref name="institute" />
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==Career in the American Theater and Film==
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She moved to the United States in 1993 and began a new career in American theater, appearing in the [[off-Broadway]] production of ''"Mud, River Stone"'' by [[Lynn Nottage]] at the Playwrights Horizon Theater. She also appeared in the chorus and as Chrsitothemys in the Broadway production of "[[Electra]]" directed by [[David Leveaux]].


From 1997 through 2001 she worked at the [[American Repertory Theater]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]]. Her roles at ART included Dulle Griet in ''"Full Circle"'' by [[Chuck Mee]], Hermione in [[Shakespeare]]'s ''"[[The Winter's Tale]]"'', [[Desdemona]] in ''"[[Othello]]"'', the part of Natasha/Olga Knipper in ''"Three Farces and a Funeral"'' by [[Robert Brustein]], and ''"[[Mother Courage and Her Children]]"'' by [[Bertolt Brecht]].<ref>Web site of the American Repertory Theater</ref>
In 2003 she played in ''"[[Romeo and Juliet]]"'', directed by [[Emily Mann (director)|Emily Mann]], at the [[McCarter Theater]] and made the film ''"A Better Way to Die"'' directed by [[Scott Wiper]] for [[HBO]]. She also starred Off-Broadway in ''"Necessary Targets"'' by [[Eve Ensler]], ''[[Electra (Sophocles play)|Electra]]'' by [[Sophocles]] at the Hartford Stage, and ''[[Three Sisters (play)|Three Sisters]]'' by [[Anton Chekhov]] at the [[American Conservatory Theater]] in San Francisco.<ref name="institute" />


After her starring role in ''"Underground"'', she appeared in several European and American films. She played the part of Elena Iscovescu in ''"[[Side Streets (1998 film)|Side Streets]]"'', in 1998;<ref name="Philips&Vincenedeau" /> the part of Adrijana, in ''"Strsljen"'' (also known as ''The Hornet'', ''Le frelon'', and ''Grenxa'') in 1998;<ref>{{cite web |title=Šta danas radi Mirjana Joković? |url=https://www.alo.rs/vip/popkultura/sta-danas-radi-mirjana-jokovic/74507/vest |website=alo.rs |language=Serbian |date=4 October 2016}}</ref> the part of Ana in ''Bure baruta'' (also known as ''Cabaret Balkan'', ''The Powder Keg'', and ''Baril de poudre'') in 1998;<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tornquist |first1=Cynthia |title=Films during Human Rights Watch fest highlight Balkan region's problems |url=http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Movies/9906/14/serbian.films/ |work=CNN |date=14 June 1999}}</ref> the part of a hotel maid in "[[Maid in Manhattan]]" in 2002; and as Tess in ''"Private Property"'' in 2002.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mirjana Jokovic Biography (1967-) |url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/82/Mirjana-Jokovic.html |website=filmreference.com}}</ref>
In 2003 she played in ''"[[Romeo and Juliet]]"'', directed by [[Emily Mann (director)|Emily Mann]], at the [[McCarter Theater]] and made the film ''"A Better Way to Die"'' directed by [[Scott Wiper]] for [[HBO]]. She also starred Off-Broadway in ''"Necessary Targets"'' by [[Eve Ensler]], "[[Electra]]" by [[Sophocles]] at the Hartford Stage, and ''"[[Three Sisters (play)|Three Sisters]]"'' by [[Anton Chekhov]] at the [[American Conservatory Theater]] in San Francisco.<ref>Site of the California Institute of the Arts</ref>


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In 2005 she began to teach in the Theater Faculty at the [[California Institute of the Arts]] in [[Valencia, California|Valencia]].<ref name="institute2" />
After her starring role in ''"Underground"'', she appeared in several European and American films. She played the part of Elena Iscovescu in ''"[[Side Streets (1998 film)|Side Streets]]"'', (CargoFilms/nuMedien) in 1998; the part of Adrijana, in ''"Strsljen"'' (also known as ''The Hornet'', ''Le frelon'', and ''Grenxa'') (Cinema Design Belgrade) in 1998; the part of Ana in
''"Bure baruta"'' (also known as ''Cabaret Balkan'', ''The Powder Keg'', and ''Baril de poudre'') ([[Paramount Pictures]]) in 1998; the part of a hotel maid in "[[Maid in Manhattan]]" ([[Columbia Pictures]]) in 2002; and as Tess in ''"Private Property"'' (Chiaroscuro Pictures) in 2002.<ref>
http://www.filmreference.com/film/82/Mirjana-Jokovic.html</ref>


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In April 2010 she helped to organize the first theater workshop via Internet between CalArts and the [[Moscow Art Theater]] School in Moscow, under the auspices of the Binational Presidential Commission created by President [[Barack Obama]] and Russian President [[Dmitri Medvedev]]. In June 2010 she was invited to come to Moscow by the U.S. Embassy as the first Binational Presidential Commission cultural envoy to stimulate new exchanges with Moscow theaters and theater schools.<ref>Site of the United States Embassy Moscow</ref>{{cn|date=May 2021}}
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In 2000 she began to teach in the Theater Faculty at the [[California Institute of the Arts]] in [[Valencia, California|Valencia]].


In 2019 she starred in the Canadian film ''[[Easy Land]]''.<ref>Emerald Bensadoun, [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2019/09/03/calling-all-cinephiles-seven-canadian-films-to-look-out-for-at-tiff-this-year.html "Calling all cinephiles: Seven Canadian films to look out for at TIFF this year"]. ''[[Toronto Star]]'', September 3, 2019.</ref>
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In April 2010 she helped to organize the first theater workshop via Internet between CalArts and the [[Moscow Art Theater]] School in Moscow, under the auspices of the Binational Presidential Commission created by President Barack Obama and Russian President [[Dmitri Medvedev]]. In June 2010 she was invited to come to Moscow by the U.S. Embassy as the first Binational Presidential Commission cultural envoy to stimulate new exchanges with Moscow theaters and theater schools.<ref>Site of the United States Embassy Moscow</ref>


==References==
==Sources and Citations==
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==External links==
==External links==
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* [http://calarts.edu/faculty_bios/theater/faculty/mirjanajokovic/mirjanajokovic Home page of the California Institute of the Arts, faculty biographies]
* [https://directory.calarts.edu/theater/faculty/mirjana-jokovic Home page of the California Institute of the Arts, faculty biographies]
* [http://www.americanrepertorytheater.org Home Page of American Repertory Theater]
* [http://www.filmreference.com/film/82/Mirjana-Jokovic.html Complete list of films with Mirjana Joković]
* [http://www.filmreference.com/film/82/Mirjana-Jokovic.html Complete list of films with Mirjana Joković]
* [http://www.combustiblecelluloid.com/intmj.shtml 1999 interview with Mirjana Joković in ''Combustible Celluloid'']
* [http://www.combustiblecelluloid.com/intmj.shtml 1999 interview with Mirjana Joković in ''Combustible Celluloid'']


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Mirjana Joković
Мирјана Јоковић
Mirjana Jokovic as a U.S. cultural envoy in Moscow, June 2010
Born (1967-11-24) 24 November 1967 (age 57)
Užice, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia (now Serbia)
NationalitySerbian
Other namesMira Joković
OccupationActress
Years active1979–present
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
AwardsSan Sebastián International Film Festival – Best Actress
1989 Eversmile, New Jersey – Estela
Cottbus Film Festival of Young East European Cinema
1997 Tri letnja dana – Sonja

Mirjana Joković (Serbian Cyrillic: Мирјана Јоковић; born 24 November 1967) is a Serbian film and stage actress, best known for her role as Natalija Zovkov in Emir Kusturica's Underground (1995). She currently is Director of Performance for Acting and an acting teacher in the Theater Faculty of the California Institute of the Arts near Los Angeles.

Early career in Yugoslavia

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Mirjana Jokovich as a U.S. cultural envoy with Anatoliy Smelyanskiy, Director of the Moscow Art Theater School, in June 2010

Mirjana Jokovic was born in Užice, SFR Yugoslavia.[1] She spent her early years in Zambia, where her father was an industrial engineer.[citation needed] She graduated from the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade and began to perform at the National Theater and the Yugoslav Drama Theater in Belgrade and in films and television.[1] She made her acting debut in the drama series Put na jug (Southbound).[2] She was a regular character in the popular Yugoslav television series "Grey Home", and in 1988 she was named Best Leading Actress at the Rio de Janeiro Film Festival and Best International Actress at the San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain.[1]

In 1989, she starred with Daniel Day-Lewis in the Argentine-British film "Eversmile, New Jersey" directed by Carlos Sorin and won best actress for the role at the San Sebastián International Film Festival. in 1991 she played the lead in the German film The Serbian Girl [sr],[3] then she moved to the United States, though she continued to make films in Europe.[4] She starred in "Vukovar" (1994) which earned her the Yugoslav Best Actress Award.[1] In 1995 she played the female lead in the film "Underground", directed by Emir Kusturica, which won the Palme d'Or for best film at the Cannes Film Festival in 1995 and the New York Critics Circle Award for best foreign film. She also made Three Summer Days (1997), for which she received another Yugoslav Best Actress Award, and Cabaret Balkan, which won a Special Venice Film Festival Award in 1999.[1]

Career in the American theater and film

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Her career in the United States began in theater, as she appeared in the off-Broadway production of "Mud, River Stone" by Lynn Nottage at the Playwrights Horizon Theater.[1] She also appeared in the chorus and as Chrysothemis in the Broadway production of Electra directed by David Leveaux.[1]

From 1999 through 2001 she worked at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her roles at ART included Dulle Griet in "Full Circle" by Chuck Mee, Hermione in Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale", Desdemona in "Othello", the part of Natasha/Olga Knipper in "Three Farces and a Funeral" by Robert Brustein, and "Mother Courage and Her Children" by Bertolt Brecht.[1]

In 2003 she played in "Romeo and Juliet", directed by Emily Mann, at the McCarter Theater and made the film "A Better Way to Die" directed by Scott Wiper for HBO. She also starred Off-Broadway in "Necessary Targets" by Eve Ensler, Electra by Sophocles at the Hartford Stage, and Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.[1]

After her starring role in "Underground", she appeared in several European and American films. She played the part of Elena Iscovescu in "Side Streets", in 1998;[2] the part of Adrijana, in "Strsljen" (also known as The Hornet, Le frelon, and Grenxa) in 1998;[5] the part of Ana in Bure baruta (also known as Cabaret Balkan, The Powder Keg, and Baril de poudre) in 1998;[6] the part of a hotel maid in "Maid in Manhattan" in 2002; and as Tess in "Private Property" in 2002.[7]

In 2005 she began to teach in the Theater Faculty at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia.[4]

In April 2010 she helped to organize the first theater workshop via Internet between CalArts and the Moscow Art Theater School in Moscow, under the auspices of the Binational Presidential Commission created by President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev. In June 2010 she was invited to come to Moscow by the U.S. Embassy as the first Binational Presidential Commission cultural envoy to stimulate new exchanges with Moscow theaters and theater schools.[8][citation needed]

In 2019 she starred in the Canadian film Easy Land.[9]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Mirjana Joković". calarts.edu. California Institute of the Arts. Archived from the original on 11 April 2008.
  2. ^ a b Phillips, Alastair; Vincendeau, Ginette (2019). Journeys of Desire: European Actors in Hollywood - A Critical Companion. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 315. ISBN 978-1-83871-657-8.
  3. ^ Iordanova, Dina (2019). Cinema of Flames: Balkan Film, Culture and the Media. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 388. ISBN 978-1-83871-503-8.
  4. ^ a b "Mirjana Jokovic". directory.calarts.edu. California Institute of the Arts.
  5. ^ "Šta danas radi Mirjana Joković?". alo.rs (in Serbian). 4 October 2016.
  6. ^ Tornquist, Cynthia (14 June 1999). "Films during Human Rights Watch fest highlight Balkan region's problems". CNN.
  7. ^ "Mirjana Jokovic Biography (1967-)". filmreference.com.
  8. ^ Site of the United States Embassy Moscow
  9. ^ Emerald Bensadoun, "Calling all cinephiles: Seven Canadian films to look out for at TIFF this year". Toronto Star, September 3, 2019.
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