Milena Dravić
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Milena Dravić (Милена Дравић) (born October 5, 1940) is a Serbian actress.
Dravić was born in Belgrade. In 1959, while in high school, she was discovered by director František Čap who cast her in the film Vrata ostaju otvorena. After appearing in few more films she decided to pursue acting full-time and succesfully enrolled in Belgrade's Dramatic Arts Academy.
Her big break came in 1962 when she received Golden Arena (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 was 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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