Ana Kokić ( sr-cyr, Ана Кокић; born 11 March 1983), is a Serbian singer-songwriter, television personality and actress.
Career
Kokić began her singing career in the late '90s as a member of the less-known
dance-pop
Dance-pop is a Music genre, genre of electronic dance music that originated in the late 1970s to early 1980s. It is generally uptempo music intended for nightclubs with the intention of being danceable but also suitable for contemporary hit ra ...
group, called Energie, with whom she released three albums.
She eventually pursued a solo career with her debut album ''Mojna mala'' (''Baby Girl, Don't''), released in 2006 under
Grand Production
Grand Production ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Гранд продукција, separator=" / ", Grand produkcija) is a Serbian record label and production company predominantly focused on folk performers. The label produces the weekly television show ''Grand ...
. It spawned hit songs like the title track and "Čujem da" ("I Hear That"). Her second album ''Šta će meni ime...'' (''What Do I Need a Name For...'') was released in the following year, selling 200,000 copies. In 2011, she made a comeback to recording music after several years of hiatus with the release of her album ''Psiho'' (''Psycho'') which featured a collaboration with the Romanian producer
Costi Ioniță
Constantin "Costi" Ioniță (; born 14 January 1978) is a Romanian singer regarded as one of the most celebrated ethnic Romanian vocalists of muzică orientală ( manele), and a musician from Constanța.Margaret H. Beissinger, ''"Muzică Oriental ...
, titled "Idemo na sve" ("Let's Go All In"). It was sold in 100,000 copies.
In December 2013, Kokić received wide attention for winning the
first season of the Serbian television show ''
Tvoje lice zvuči poznato''.
Additionally, she also starred as singer
Silvana Armenulić in the movie ''
We Will Be the World Champions'' (2015) and made her theatre debut in the
comedy
Comedy is a genre of dramatic works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium.
Origins
Comedy originated in ancient Greec ...
play ''Čekajući ministra'' in 2017.
Personal life
Kokić graduated from the Milutin Milanković Geological and Hydrometeorological High School in Belgrade.
Between 2008 and 2019, she was married to Serbian
water polo
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player
Nikola Rađen, with whom she has two daughters.
Discography
;Studio albums
*''Mojne mala'' (2006)
*''Šta će meni ime...'' (2007)
*''Psiho'' (2011)
Filmography
References
External links
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1983 births
Living people
21st-century Serbian women singers
Serbian folk-pop singers
Serbian pop singers
Serbian women pop singers
Grand Production artists
Serbian television personalities
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