Marijana Jankovic

Marijana Jankovic

actress, writer, director

Marijana Jankovic was born on Apr 07, 1982 in Yugoslavia. Marijana Jankovic's big-screen debut came with Lulu & Leon - Season 1 directed by Christina Rosendahl in 2009. Marijana Jankovic is known for The Last Padawan 2 directed by Jesper Tønnes, Lisa Miriam Otto stars as Jax and Jesper Tønnes as Padawan. Marijana Jankovic has got 4 awards and 10 nominations so far. The most recent award Marijana Jankovic achieved is Danish Film Awards (Robert). The upcoming new tvshow Marijana Jankovic plays is Trom - Season 1 which will be released on Feb 13, 2022.

Marijana Jankovic is a Danish actress and director born in Montenegro. Marijana and her family moved from the war on Balkan to Denmark, when Marijana was 6 years old. Jankovic became a highly respected actress and director in the Danish film industry, known for her work ethic and dedication to her roles and her work. She graduated from the Danish National School of Theatre in 2006. Since then she has established herself as one of Denmark's most interesting and promising actresses and filmmakers. She also starred in Academy Award winning short Helium (2013), directed by Anders Walter. Recently she appeared i Lars won Trier's The House That Jack Built (2018). In 2018 she wrote and directed her first short film, "MAJA" based on her own childhood.Marijana's television credits include Livvagterne (2009) (DR), Lulu & Léon (2009) (TV3), Rita (2012) (TV2), Norskov, dans le secret des glaces (2015) (TV2), and we have also seen her in Traque en série (2011) (TV2), where she had the opportunity to play the rare role of a female serial killer. In the acclaimed series, Les héritiers (2014) (DR) she plays Emil's girlfriend, Camilla. in Season 3 of "Follow the Money" she plays a police woman Stine (DR).The Serbian-born Jankovic is strong in accents and languages. To play the leading role in the Icelandic movie La Mule (2018), directed by Borkur Sigthorsson, Jankovic learned Icelandic and Polish for the shoot. Lately she worked in her mother tongue Serbo-Croatian in the Serbian film Pijavice (2019).In addition, she took her first step into writing and directing with the autobiographical short film Maja (2018) in 2018. In February 2019 MAJA won The Danish Academy Award for Best Short Film and at the Tribeca Film Festival 2019 MAJA won for Best Narrative Short. MAJA is nominated as "New Nordic Voice Award" at Nordic Panorama Film Festival 2019 in Sweden.

  • Birthday

    Apr 07, 1982
  • Place of Birth

    Berane, Montenegro, Yugoslavia

Known For

Awards

4 wins & 10 nominations

Danish Film Awards (Robert)
2019
Best Short - Fiction/Animation (Årets korte fiktion/animation)
Winner - Robert
Maja (2018)
Ekko Shortlist Awards
2019
Maja (2018)
Winner - Shortlist Prisen
Maja (2018)
2019
Bedste fiktion (Best Fiction Film)
Winner - Shortlist Prisen
Maja (2018)
2019
Bedste manuskript (Best Screenplay)
Winner - Shortlist Prisen
Maja (2018)
2019
Maja (2018)
Winner - Shortlist Prisen
Maja (2018)
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