Anica Dobra ( sr-Cyrl, Аница Добра; born June 3, 1963) is a Serbian

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and

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actress.

Early life and education

Dobra was born on June 3, 1963, in

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, where she completed primary education before moving to

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with her mother. She stayed in

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until she graduated from high school, and then returned to

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. In 1983, Dobra enrolled in the

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at the

University of Arts in Belgrade The University of Arts in Belgrade ( sr-cyr, Универзитет уметности у Београду, Univerzitet umetnosti u Beogradu) is a public university in Serbia. It was founded in 1957 as the Academy of Arts to unite four academies. ...

. She studied under Predrag Bajčetić, together with

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, Arijana Čulina,

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and Dragan Mrkić. She graduated in 1987. Dobra is married to Miodrag Sovtić. Their daughter Mina Sovtić is also an actress.

Career

Her acting debut occurred in the second year of studies in a short film called “Pera Panker” (1985). In 1987 she got a breakthrough role in a feature film “Život radnika”. During the same year, she received the best leading actress award at the prestigious

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. Prominent roles in many critically acclaimed Serbian movies followed - „ Već viđeno“ (1987), “

Sabirni centar ''The Meeting Point'' (''Sabirni centar'') is a 1989 Yugoslavian fantasy/comedy-drama film directed by Goran Marković and starring Rade Marković, Bogdan Diklić, Dragan Nikolić, Mirjana Karanović and Anica Dobra. It is based on Dušan Kovač ...

” (1989), “ Kako je propao rokenrol” (1989), “ Crni bombarder” (1992), “ Točkovi” (1998), “

Klopka ''Klopka'' (English: The Trap, sr, Клопка / Klopka) is a 2007 psychological thriller directed by Srdan Golubović, based on the novel of the same name, written by Nenad Teofilović. The film is a neo-noir piece that explores the age old q ...

” (2007), “

Ljubav i drugi zločini ''Ljubav i drugi zločini'', or ''Love and Other Crimes'' in English, is a 2008 Serbian romantic comedy directed by Stefan Arsenijević, and written by Arsenijević and Srđan Koljević, and stars Anica Dobra and Vuk Kostić. The film won Arsenij ...

” (2008), “Neko me ipak čeka” (2009), and “ Enklava” (2015). From the 1990s, Dobra appeared in over 30 international movies, predominantly from German cinematography. For her first international role in “Rosamunde” (1990) she received the

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for the Best Young Actress. Concurrently with her film career, Dobra has also been performing in theatre plays at

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, Zvezdara theatre and the Yugoslav drama theatre. Besides acting, she has also translated from German the folk play ''Der Drang'' by

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Acting credits

Film

Television

Theatre

Awards and nominations

Dobra is a recipient of numerous prizes. She has won ''Sterija's Award'' in 1991, the ''

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'' at the

1988, ''Carica Teodora'' award (twice) at the Film Festival in Niš, the ''Zoranov brk'' award, the ''Golden Turkey'' at the "Comedy Days" in Jagodina 1992, First Prize of the International Film festival in Vichy, Bavarian film - best young actress, the most prestigious German actor award ''

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'', awards of Belgrade in 2008, the Award for Best Actress of SOFEST, AFUN award and others.