Ana Karić (; 13 May 1941 – 9 October 2014) was a Croatian actress. She started acting in the early 1960s even before graduating from the Zagreb Academy of Dramatic Art in 1963. Although primarily a television actress, she also appeared in numerous film and theatre productions. Karić starred in a number of notable films produced in Croatia and directed by Croatian directors such as

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and

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. She won a

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in 2012 for a starring role in ''

Night Boats ''Night Boats'' ( hr, Noćni brodovi) is a 2012 Croatian drama film directed by Igor Mirković. Cast * Ana Karić as Helena * Radko Polič as Jakov * Renata Ulmanski as Olgica * Lana Barić as Anja * Bogdan Diklić as Marko * as Tonka * Mir ...

'', a romantic drama film directed by

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. Karić died on 9 October 2014 in Zagreb, aged 73.

Selected filmography

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Accidental Life ''Accidental Life'' (''Slučajni život'') is a 1969 Yugoslav drama film directed by Ante Peterlić, starring Dragutin Klobučar, Ivo Serdar, Ana Karić and Zvonimir Rogoz. An existential study of ordinary lives led by two alienated urban whit ...

'' (''Slučajni život'', 1969) *''

The Scene of the Crash ''The Scene of the Crash'' ( hr, Putovanje na mjesto nesreće) is a 1971 Yugoslav drama film directed by Zvonimir Berković Zvonimir Berković (1 August 1928 – 9 June 2009) was a Croatian film director and screenwriter. Berković had studi ...

'' (''Putovanje na mjesto nesreće'', 1971) *'' The House'' (''Kuća'', 1975) *''

That's the Way the Cookie Crumbles ''That's the Way the Cookie Crumbles'' (''Živi bili pa vidjeli'') is a Croatian language, Croatian film released in 1979, directed by Bruno Gamulin and Milivoj Puhlovski. Critical of the society of its time, it describes a young architecture ...

'' (''Živi bili pa vidjeli'', 1979) *''

The Secret of Nikola Tesla ''The Secret of Nikola Tesla'' ( sh, Tajna Nikole Tesle), is a 1980 Yugoslav biographical film which dramatizes events in the life of the Serbian-American engineer and inventor Nikola Tesla. This somewhat fictionalized portrayal of Tesla's life h ...

'' (''Tajna Nikole Tesle'', 1980) *''

Donator ''Donator'' is a Croatian film directed by Veljko Bulajić Veljko Bulajić (born 22 March 1928) is a Montenegrins of Croatia, Montenegrin film director and UNESCO Kalinga Prize recipient. He has spent the majority of his life working in Croati ...

'' (1989) *''

Charuga ''Charuga'' (''Čaruga'') is a 1991 Yugoslav film directed by Rajko Grlić. Based on the novel by Ivan Kušan, it tells a true story about legendary Slavonian bandit Jovo Stanisavljević Čaruga. During its premiere, ''Charuga'' was described ...

'' (''Čaruga'', 1991) *'' Fragments: Chronicle of a Vanishing'' (''Krhotine - Kronika jednog nestajanja'', 1991) *''

Russian Meat ''Russian Meat'' ( hr, Rusko meso) is a 1997 Croatian film directed by Lukas Nola Lukas Nola (31 March 1964 – 29 October 2022) was a Croatian film director and screenwriter. sq:Lukas Nola Filmography * '' Dok nitko ne gleda'' (TV film, ...

'' (''Rusko meso'', 1997) *'' Pont Neuf'' (1997) *''

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'' (''Infekcija'', 2003) *''

'' (''Noćni brodovi'', 2012)

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* 1941 births 2014 deaths Academy of Dramatic Art, University of Zagreb alumni 20th-century Croatian actresses Golden Arena winners Yugoslav film actresses People from Perušić 21st-century Croatian actresses Croatian film actresses Croatian stage actresses Croatian television actresses Burials at Mirogoj Cemetery {{Croatia-actor-stub