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Bulgaria
Capital: Sofia
Population: 7.050.034 (104th)
Continent: Europe
Capital: Sofia
Population: 7.050.034 (104th)
Continent: Europe
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- Milena Ilieva is known for The Lesson (2014).
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Stefi was born and raised in Bulgaria by her parents, Bulgarian Figure-skating Champion Maria Vulkova, and Mathematics Professor Veselin Georchev. Stefi changed her name to Stephanie Cheeva when she came to LA in 1996. She had to learn how to speak English, before she could join and graduate from the Joanne Baron & D.W. Brown school of acting.
Stephanie Cheeva/McNeal produced and acted in the action thriller Black Cobra - a Lionsgate/Shoreline release in 2012. She is also producing the feature films Angel City, Major, Mr. Sinclair, and Quickfire 3D, as well as the film Pure. She is a Co-Founder and Vise President of Love Never Fails World Charity - a non-profit organization committed to the abolishment of Child-Sex Trafficking.
In 2003, Stephanie was inducted into the International Martial Arts Hall Of Fame. She was also presented with the Chinese Martial Arts Academy Award from the Hawaiian International Martial Arts Society, and was awarded Female Action Star of the Year. Currently holder of a Fifth Degree Black Belt, by her late teens Stephanie had won 21 gold medals and competed all over the world.
In 1996, Stephanie came to Los Angeles and two years later, graduated from the "Joanne Baron & D.W. Brown" school of acting. Her acting and action skills provided her with the opportunities to be a part of film and TV shows such as: The Ultimate Game, Martial Law, Nash Bridges, VIP, Crossing Jordan, Exorcism, Longshot, Last Call, Miss Congeniality 2, Shallow Ground, The Last Eve, Tequila Express, as well as several national commercials and numerous video-games: Pirates: The Legend of Black Kat, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Rise to Honor, Spawn: Armageddon, Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening, Resident Evil to name a few.- Doroteya Toleva is known for Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023), Bullets of Justice (2019) and Subservience (2024).
- Tsvetana Pironkova was born on 13 September 1987 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. She has been married to Mikhail Mirchev since July 2016.
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Hailing from Bulgaria, where Evgeniya Radilova is one of the most well known faces on screen and the stage has come to the United States to share her talents with us. She is the descendant of four generations of artists. This led her down the path of becoming an actress herself. Shortly after graduating from the National School for Music where she learned piano, she was the youngest actress to play on professional stage. Only 18 years old she was cast in one of the biggest TV show productions called "Masters of the TV", where she co-hosted for three years every night on Bulgarian National TV.
She moved to the United States to explore and continue her career as an actress among the best in the business. Here she graduated from The American Academy of Dramatic Arts with Charles Jehlinger Award for Best Actress, and was invited back to be a part of the 2009-10 AADA Company. With her first show after the academy she booked a leading role in an Off- Broadway production of Blood Wedding, which gave her her Equity Card. She garnered rave reviews from the New York press, as well as from the audiences. Since then she has appeared Off Broadway, become a SAG and AFTRA member, and a lifetime member of The Actors Studio. The incredibly talented and marvelous Ellen Burstyn accepted her into the studio as one of the only 3 people who got accepted that year. Evgeniya played opposite Ellen Burstyn as her daughter in a production of the Cherry Orchard at The Studio. The production was directed by John Gould Rubin.
Also, she appeared on TV shows like "Limitless," "Law and Order SVU", "Elementary", "Spartacus", "Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll", and completed several short and feature films. She worked on a film called "Price for Freedom" with Sally Kirkland (Academy Award nominee), Paul Sorvino, Ken Davitian, who played her dad. The film was also profiled on the "Larry King Show". Evgeniya is also featured in the independent film "Dreams Of The Last Butterflies", which has now screened at 50 Film Festivals in 13 countries, on 5 continents! The film also has 7 awards. She was nominated for a Best Actress Award at the "Blow-Up Chicago International Arthouse Film Festival" for her performance in the film "Let Them Have Their Way!"
Recently, Evgeniya co-founded "I DareProductions", where she has been producing, writing and directing for the past two years! Her first music video, "True Paradise" won three festivals: "Winter Film Awards", "LA Cinema Festival of Hollywood" and "Miami Film Festival". A film she directed called "My Relationship With The Moon" won the "Special Recognition Award" at the "Cayanne Film Festival". She also became a proud lifetime member of the Playwrights Directors Unit at The Actors Studio.
She wrote, produced and directed two short films: "Patrik" and "El Cavil". She directed and produced a new music video called "Nothing Changed for Me". And she also is co-producing and co-directing a film called "Then and Now", for which her actor gained 40 pounds for the role.
She was invited for a second year to teach and direct Film and Theatre workshops with the students of Chongqing and Kunming in China. She created two films with them: "Fortune Sticks "& "Marga". She also directed a production of W. Shakespeare's "Midnight Summer's Dream", last summer in Chongqing, China. She gave a very successful talk for film industry and film professors in China, Kuming! And she will be invited back to teach more.
Evgeniya has a great passion for fire dancing and has opened her own entertainment company, Evgeniya Entertainment, which includes performers from Circus Du Soleil to NYC's top performers, underground and street performers. She has performed in the most high-end cabarets stages in NYC as well as festivals and directed shows all over the county.- Actress
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Lorina Kamburova worked in the US under commerce and granite, Lorina started her career in Sofia then went to new starts. She remained in that country until she starred in Death Race (2018).
Lorina transformed multi languages including, English language, French, Sign and Dutch
Death Race (2018) is what is Lorina most known for.- Actress
- Producer
Luiza Grigorova was born on 7 June 1990 in Bulgaria. She is an actress and producer, known for Stuklen dom (2010), Away from the shore (2018) and Darvoto na jivota (2013).- Actress
- Producer
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Galina was born in Sofia, Bulgaria. Galina found early success in life as a world-class athlete in the sport of Judo, where she was one of the youngest children on record in the Former Soviet Union to receive her black belt at the age of 13. As a competitor, between 1987 and 1997, she was a 4-time Bulgarian National Champion and 4-time silver medalist in international competitions. Aside from judo, Galina was a National Bronze Medalist in Karate, a champion for the City of Sofia in the 400-meter dash and a successful competitive team handball player. Galina transitioned from athletics to modeling after moving to Puerto Rico in 2004. To further her modeling career, she moved to Miami, FL in 2007. While there, she built a career as a successful print model. Galina's fluency in Spanish and exotic looks, made her transition into the Miami acting scene a natural one. While there, she made multiple appearances in Telenovelas and other Latin American TV programs. After catching the acting bug in Miami, she relocated to Los Angeles in 2013. Since moving, she has acted on both on stage and screen, has done voice over work and shot multiple TV commercials. She has also established herself as a successful print and fitness model. Galina is multilingual. She speaks English, Bulgarian, Russian, Spanish, Croatian, Macedonian and Serbian. As well as being a former world-class athlete, Galina naturally has a very strong fitness background, specializing in personal training and mixed martial arts. She is also a regular volunteer a several Los Angeles area women's domestic violence shelters, where she teaches self-defense.- Ralitsa Paskaleva is known for In the Name of the King: The Last Mission (2014), The Angel (2018) and Apocalypse Pompeii (2014).
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Nina Dobrev is a Bulgarian-born Canadian actress. Her best-known television roles are Mia Jones in Degrassi: The Next Generation (2001) and Elena Gilbert and Katherine Pierce on The Vampire Diaries (2009). Her film work includes The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012), Let's Be Cops (2014), The Final Girls (2015), xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017), and Dog Days (2018).
From a very young age, she showed great enthusiasm and talent for the arts: dance, gymnastics, theater, music, visual arts, and acting. Modeling jobs led to commercials, which turned into film auditions; she booked roles in the feature films Fugitive Pieces (2007), Away from Her (2006), and the popular CTV television series Degrassi: The Next Generation (2001), which led to The Vampire Diaries (2009), where she played the lead role for 6 seasons.
Nina loves to travel and has often visited Europe for pleasure, as well as to compete internationally, representing Canada in Aesthetic gymnastics. She enjoys playing volleyball and soccer, swimming, rock climbing, wakeboarding, snowboarding, and horseback riding.
Above all, acting is her passion, and she sees it as an adventure that has just begun; she believes that the journey and the characters we create along the way will help us understand ourselves.- Actress
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Mimi Davila was born in Sofia, Bulgaria. She is an actress and producer, known for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), Piel Canela (2019) and Love, Simon (2018).- Director
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Kristina Grozeva graduated Sofia State University and worked as journalist for Bulgarian TV. After that she graduated from National Academy for Theater and Film Art (Sofia, Bulgaria) in Film Directing in classes of professor Georgi Djulgerov and associate professor Svetoslav Ovtcharov. Her student short films won several awards at International Student Film Festivals. Together, Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov have directed the documentary Parable of Life (2009), the TV movie Forced Landing (2010). Recently they wrote and directed the short film Jump, which was nominated for the European Film Awards 2013 at Clermont-Ferrand ISFF 2013, making it the first Bulgarian short film ever nominated for EFA. Jump was also awarded with Grand Prix at Brussels SFF 2013, Excellence Award for Best Picture at Busan ISFF 2013, and Best Short Film by the Bulgarian Film Academy 2013, among others. The Lesson is their full-length debut film, having been selected at Toronto IFF(Contemporary World Cinema) and San Sebastian IFF (New Directors).- Maria Kavardjikova was born on 2 November 1956 in Krumovgrad, Bulgaria. She is an actress, known for Darvoto na jivota (2013), A Nameless Band (1981) and Myasto pod slantzeto (1986).
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Born in Bulgaria, Ralitza lives and works between Bulgaria, England, and France. In early life she studied Fine Art, and later Fiction Directing at the UK's National Film and Television School. Her films have won acclaim at Cannes, Berlin, and Locarno film festivals. In 2007 she was awarded the Prix UIP Best European Short Film at Berlinale for her film 'Rotten Apple'. Her next film 'By the Grace of God' (2009) premiered in Cannes, and was distributed by the British Film Institute. In 2016 her feature debut 'Godless' premiered at Locarno, where it won the Golden Leopard for Best Film.- Actress
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Michelle Bonev was born on 1 October 1971 in Burgas, Bulgaria. She is an actress and director, known for The Passion of the Christ (2004), Goodbye Mama (2010) and Donne in gioco (2013).- Alexandra Jekova was born on 5 October 1987 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
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Yana Marinova was born on 17 August 1978 in Sofia, Bulgaria. She is an actress and producer, known for Attraction (2018), Conan the Barbarian (2011) and The Way Back (2010). She has been married to Tihomir Vinchev since 2010.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Petia Pavlova was born in Bulgaria. Petia is known for Ali G Indahouse (2002), Taken: The Search for Sophie Parker (2013) and MI-5 (2002).- Actress
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Desi Bakardzhieva is one of the best Bulgarian actress. She is born on December 4, Sofia Bulgaria. The daughter of Ivan Bakardzhiev and Ivanka Bakardzhieva. Her sister Borislava works at Ministry of Education. Desislava showed an interest early on in entertainment. She starred on stage when she was 4 years old. The most famous and theater roles include: Nurse ("Romeo and Juliet" - William Shakespeare) Bosiljka ("Vrazhalets" - St. Kostov), Katherine ("Prespa Bells" - D. Talev), Anna Petrovna ("Ivanov" - A. Chekhov), Klarice ("The King Stag"- C. Gozzi) and others. Participate in TV shows and series, including
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Anna Kulinova was born in Ruse, Bulgaria. She is known for Valentine's Day (2010), New Year's Eve (2011) and Searching for Bobby D (2005).- Producer
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Desislava Ivanova Tenekedjieva , better known as Dessy Tenekedjieva is a Bulgarian actress, singer and producer. She was a wife of director Stoyan Kambarev. After his death she founded in 2009 on whose name a foundation and the prize for art. To 2010 she is the only Bulgarian actress with a starring role in a film of official selection at the Cannes Film Festival. Dessy Tenekedjieva was born on April 12, in Varna, in the family of Bulgarian and Ukrainian Jew. Her father is an engineer, her mother is a teacher of French. As a child Dessy was practicing gymnastics and tennis. She completed his secondary education in Varna. He continued his education at the National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria , where she graduated "Puppet mastery " in the class of Professor Nikolina Georgieva. In 1987, she debuted as a child in cinema with the film " Forbidden for Adults ," directed by Plamen Maslarov. In the coming years she participated in over 30 Bulgarian and international films. She played in the cult of Bulgarian theater shows as " Master and Margarita " by Bulgakov , directed by Teddy Moskov and "Three Sisters " by Chekhov , directed by Stoyan Kambarev. She was married six years to Kambarev, with whom she has a son - Joseph. In 1998, her husband suddenly died. In 2009, the actress became co-founder and president of the Art Foundation "Stoyan Kambarev" that served on behalf of an annual award for art. In 2001 she was invited to play in the movie " Craft Weapons " ( , Il mestiere delle Armi , director Ermanno Olmi ) in the title role of Marie de Medici. The film has won 9 awards David di Donatello, 3 awards Nastro d'Argento and was nominated for the "Palme d'Or" at Cannes Film Festival and the European Film Award in 2001. From 2000 to 2006 Tenekedjieva is an advertising face for Bulgaria of Jean Paul Gaultier and in 2007-2008 - on the Suzuki.- Actress
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Delka Nenkova is an Award Winning Producer and Actress of International Capacity, who was pronounced as "TOP 10" Business Professionals in the Prominent Strathmore's "Who's Who" for 2017, and was Invited to the 75th "Golden Globes" (2018) as part of "Time's Up" Movement of Women of Power.
For her Woman Empowering Movie "DELKA: Stand-Up Tall or Fall," Delka has won Best Feature Film Award from the Los Angeles New Wave International Film Festival & also the Accolade Global Film Competition Award of Recognition.
Growing up in Bulgaria, Delka became National Champion in Artistic Gymnastics and later toured Europe and Israel as a Model and Professional Dancer. At her arrival to Hollywood, Not being able to speak any English, she studied English 9 hours a day for 6 months and went on to train in America. Her excellent physical abilities in combination with acquired, extensive Theatrical Training in America's Best Institutions, she has trained at The Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, UCB, Stella Adler Conservatory, Margie Haber and Lesly Kahn Studios has helped her to develop her unique Acting style. Delka Nenkova is now in the Listing of "Unique Celebrity" and "Celebrities with Xtraordinary Eyes". Being fluent in Russian helped her appear in "Iron Man 2". Delka Loves the Camera and, and, as some Critics say, the Camera Loves Delka.
Her latest movie "DELKA: Stand-Up Tall Or Fall", Produced by her Company "Mermaid Entertainment", is Inspired by her True Story and is her latest Pride. Here she is a Producer, Lead Actress, Assistant Director, Writer/Story, and she has also enjoyed performing an Outstanding Ariel Circus Act herself, refusing to have a stunt-double.
The Film has an extremely International Cast and Crew reflecting Internationality and Diversity among All Races, Cultures, and Nationalities.
Mermaid Entertainment's agenda of edgy, progressive artistic films are aimed at supporting good cause with fantastical concepts that hope to change people's perspectives on "the life" with understanding and compassion for the better.
Delka is currently working on her company, "Mermaid Entertainment"s upcoming feature film "Fruit for the Butterfly".
Delka Nenkova resides as CEO & principal executive of Mermaid Entertainment in West Hollywood.
P.S. Additional Biographical Inforation. Delka Nenkova was born in Bulgaria. Growing up, Delka became a National Champion in artistic gymnastics while modeling Nationwide. While in the NSA (National Sports Academy of Bulgaria) she toured Norway with group "Veda" as a Dancer. Then she spent a year with Circus "Europe" touring Israel and other countries as a Circus Actress, doing all kind of dangerous, but exciting and beautiful acts.She kept on working toward her biggest passion, acting, and after having had some acting training in Stanislavsky's Method, Delka came to Hollywood. Not being able to speak any English, she studied English 9 hours a day for 6 months and went on to train in America. She has trained at The Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, UCB, Stella Adler Conservatory, Margie Haber and Lesly Kahn Studios. In Los Angeles she was seen in several stage productions, and being fluent in Russian helped her to appear in "Iron Man-2". Her latest movie "Delka: Stand-Up Tall Or Fall" is her latest pride, where she also enjoyed performing an Outstanding Arial Circus Act herself, refusing to have a stunt-double. Delka loves the camera, and as some Critics say, the camera loves Delka.- Actress
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Teodora Duhovnikova was born on 14 December 1977 in Sofia, Bulgaria. She is an actress and editor, known for Conan the Barbarian (2011), Omnipresent (2017) and Forecast (2008). She has been married to Stefan Duhovnikov since 2009. They have two children.- Make-Up Department
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Greta Velikova is known for Stonehearst Asylum (2014), Hellboy (2019) and Conan the Barbarian (2011).- Margita Gosheva graduated National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria in "Acting for Theatre" in the class of Professor Nadezhda Seykova and assistant professor Veselin Rankov. She debuted in cinema in 1997 in the film "BG", directed by Georgi Djulgerov and Svetoslav Ovtcharov. She has played roles in several short films as well as in films and theater productions: "My mother," directed by Svetla Tsotsorkova, "34" and "Kart" ,directed by Lyubomir Mladenov, "History of the cake", directed by Milko Jovchev, "Question or desire", directed by Lyubomir Mladenov. She participated also in the movies "Emigrants", directed by Ivaylo Hristov and Lyudmil Todorov, "Investigation", directed by Iglika Trifonova. Huge success brought to her the role in "The Lesson", directed by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov. Her biography includes more than 10 theater productions, including: Raina in "Russenhuhn" by D. Dinev, Juliet Angelica in "Juliet, Juliet" by Shakespeare, directed by Plamen Markov; Nina Zarechnaya in "Seagull" by Anton Chekhov, directed by Galin Stoev; Lisa in "Alyosha" on "The Brothers Karamazov" by Dostoevski, directed by Margarita Mladenova; Una in "Blackbird" by David Harouar, directed by Borislav Chakrinov; Paulina in "Winter's Tale" by Shakespeare, directed by Margarita Mladenova. She is married to actor Ivan Barnev, They have a son - Mathieu.