Milena Dravić | |
|---|---|
Милена Дравић | |
 Dravić pictured in 1969 | |
| Born | 5 October 1940 |
| Died | 14 October 2018 (aged 78) Belgrade, Serbia |
| Education | Faculty of Dramatic Arts, University of Arts in Belgrade |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1958–2018 |
| Spouses | Kokan Rakonjac
(m. 1967; died 1969) |
Milena Dravić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милена Дравић, pronounced [mîlena drǎːvitɕ]; 5 October 1940 – 14 October 2018) was a Yugoslavian and Serbian film, television and theatre actress.
Born in Belgrade, Serbia, Dravić became involved with performing arts at the age of four via her parents enrolling her in a dance program. She would later switch to classical ballet.
In 1959, still a high school student, Dravić got spotted by director František Čáp who approached the eighteen-year-old about being in his film Vrata ostaju otvorena after seeing her on the cover of a youth magazine in a ballet dancers' group photo. After appearing in a few more films, she decided to pursue acting full-time and to that end successfully enrolled at the Academy of Theatre Arts (APU) within the Arts Academy in Belgrade.
Her big break came in 1962 in Branko Bauer's Prekobrojna for which she won the Golden Arena for Best Actress (Yugoslav equivalent of an Academy Award). She was a recipient of five Silver arenas (for supporting actress roles) and 2 Golden arenas (for leading actress roles).
She received various awards and accolades over her career, such as the Cannes Best Supporting Actress Award in 1980 for Special Treatment, the Pavle Vujisić Award in August 1994, and the Dobričin prsten lifetime achievement award in Belgrade.
Dravić was married three times. Her third husband was the prominent Serbian actor Dragan Nikolić, with whom she had co-hosted the popular 1970s television program Obraz uz obraz.
She died on 14 October 2018 from an undisclosed illness.
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