Marijana Jankovic

Biografie

Marijana Jankovic is a Danish actress born in Montenegro. Jankovic is a highly respected actress in the Danish film industry, known for her work ethic and dedication to her roles. 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 on stage and screen. She also starred in Academy Award winning short Helium (2013), directed by Anders Walter. Recently she appeared i Lars won Trier's Jack staví dům (2018). Marijana's television credits include Livvagterne (2009) (DR), Lulu & Leon (2009) (TV3), Rita (2012) (TV2), Norskov (2015) (TV2), and we have also seen her in Den som dræber (2011) (TV2), where she had the opportunity to play the rare role of a female serial killer. In the acclaimed series, The Legacy (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 Vargur (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.