Danina Jeftić ( sr-Cyrl, Данина Јефтић; born 9 November 1986) is a Bosnian-born

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n actress and former handball player. She came to national media attention with 2010 film ''

Montevideo, God Bless You! ''Montevideo, God Bless You!'' (; internationally titled ''Montevideo, Taste of a Dream'') is a 2010 Serbian sports comedy film directed by Dragan Bjelogrlić about the events leading to the participation of the Yugoslavia national football team at ...

'' by actor and film director

Dragan Bjelogrlić Dragan "Bjela" Bjelogrlić ( sr-Cyrl, Драган "Бјела" Бјелогрлић, ; born 10 October 1963) is a Serbian actor, director and producer. Career Bjelogrlić made his acting debut as a 15-year old, playing Sava Jovanović Sirogojn ...

Early and personal life

Danina Jeftić was born on 9 November 1986 in

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(

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then,

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now). She has a younger sister, Kristina. When the war broke out in Bosnia in 1991, her family moved to

Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...

(

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then, Russia now), and then to

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, Australia. There, she began playing

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...

, and

tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...

. Jeftić is fluent in

Serbian Serbian may refer to: * Pertaining to Serbia in Southeast Europe; in particular **Serbs, a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans ** Serbian language ** Serbian culture **Demographics of Serbia, includes other ethnic groups within the co ...

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and

Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

. Jeftić and her family moved to

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in 2005, and they reside in

Jajinci Jajinci ( sr-Cyrl, Јајинци, ) is an urban neighborhood located in the municipality of Voždovac, in Belgrade, Serbia. It was the site of the worst carnage in Serbia during World War II when German occupational forces executed nearly 80,000 ...

, a suburb of Belgrade. Jeftić stated that she had a boyfriend.

Career

Jeftić played handball for Australian junior female team, but gave up her handball career for acting. Upon moving to

, she enrolled in the University of Dramatic Arts. In 2008, Jeftić landed one of the few leading roles in the

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series ''Money or Life'' (''Pare ili život''). In 2010, actor and director

cast her in his film ''

'' (''Montevideo, Bog te video!''). The film made Jeftić a household name. She was nominated for FIPRESCI Serbia Award and MTV Adria Movie Award for Best Actress for her performance.

Filmography

References

External links

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Photo of Jeftić
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