Nevena Kokanova
Nevena Kokanova was a Bulgarian film actress. She was known as the "first lady of Bulgarian cinema."
Early life
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 age 18 as an apprentice actor with the Yambol Theater in Yambol, Bulgaria.
Career
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, Bulgaria from cancer.