Jana Karaivanova

Jana Karaivanova was born on Oct 24, 1961 in Bulgaria. Jana Karaivanova's big-screen debut came with Otrazheniya directed by Rumyana Petkova in 1982.

Jana Ivanova Karaivanova is a Bulgarian actress and producer . She was born in Sofia on October 24, 1961. Jana Karaivanova graduated National Academy for Theatre" and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria in 1984 with a degree in acting in the class of Professor Grisha Ostorvsky. In the 1980th and 1990th she is an actress of the troupe of the National Theatre "Ivan Vazov" , with 17 feature films in his biography. Since 1994, she lives in New York and Sofia. She is a founder of the Foundation for Bulgarian-American cultural exchange. In 2000, she creates Festival of Bulgarian Cinema in New York. In 2010, she creates a Festival of Independent American Cinema in Sofia The So the independent . There are every year two editions of the festival: in New York and Sofia.