
Dupnitsa, Bulgaria
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.

as Aunt Addie

as Boryana Krasteva
1984

as Veronika Aldanova
1986

as Aunt Addie
1993

as Irina
1972

as Irina
1962
1977

as Ani
1961

1968

1982
as Havadzhieva
1969

as Marina
1968

as Medicinskata sestra
1967
as Elena
1985

as Aunt Addie
1993
1988

1985

as Elena
1985

as Bakardzhieva
1984

as Boryana Krasteva
1984

1983

1982
as Slava
1982
as Tinka
1982

as Smilova
1981

as Golyamata etarva
1980

as Dona
1980
1977

1977

as Zoya
1976

as Nevena
1976

as Tinka
1976

as Maria
1975

as Fany
1974

as Daughter-in-law
1974

as the mother
1974

as Uchitelkata Nikolina Boneva
1973

as The Mother
1973