Jadranka Đokić (born 14 January 1981) is a Croatian actress. One of the top Croatian actresses, she has won critical approval for her theatre, film and television performances. Her notable film roles include starring in ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Behind the Glass'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

The Priest's Children ''The Priest's Children'' () is a 2013 Croatian comedy film directed by Vinko Brešan. Plot Don Fabijan ( Krešimir Mikić) is a young priest who comes to serve on an unnamed small island in the Adriatic. In order to help increase birth rate on ...

''. For her performance in ''Behind the Glass'', she won the 2008

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. In television, she gained massive mainstream TV fame for her lead roles as nurse Helga in ''

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'', Verica in '' Luda kuća'', herself in '' Moja 3 zida'' and Lili in '' Ko te šiša''. She was also lauded for her award-winning performances in

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, including ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Svaki tvoj rođendan'' and ''

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''. Đokić voiced Terk in the Croatian dub of ''

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''.

Early life

Đokić was born in

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on 14 January 1981. She was born to Croatian parents of Bosnian descent, and raised in the neighbourhood of Šijana, near the

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. In Pula, she finished primary school and gymnasium. She was theatre fan in her teenage years. Đokić graduated from the

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, from which she earned a Master of Fine Arts Degree.Croatian-language article: Jadranka Đokić: 'S godinama sam si sve opuštenija i bolja'
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Career

Theatre

Đokić started her career in drama studio INK

. She was mentored by Robert Raponja and mostly performed

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plays, including ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. After entering the

, she achieved her first professional engagement in ''Spring Awakening'', directed by Ozren Prohić. In 2011, she won the Croatian Theatre Award for Best Actress for her performance in ''Ovo bi mogla biti moja ulica''. She starred alongside

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* ...

and

Nataša Dorčić Nataša Dorčić (born 9 June 1968 in Rijeka) is a Croatian theatre, film and television actress. Dorčić graduated from the Zagreb Academy of Dramatic Art in 1998, but started acting professionally as early as 1994, when she joined the Croa ...

in the production, and it was presented in

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and

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. In 2018, she performed as

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in the

production of ''

'', with

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portraying the title king. The 2019 premier of ''

'' saw Đokić as

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. For the Vasilij Senin-directed performance she received immense admiration among critics winning a

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for excellence in theatre and a Croatian Actor Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.

Television

To television audiences, she known for her role as nurse Helga in comedy series ''

''. From 2004 to 2009, ''Naša mala klinika'' was the most watched television series in Croatia.''

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'' proclaimed her as the best actress in a comedy series, awarding her with two Večernji List Screen Awards for Best Actress in a Comedy Series, in 2007 and 2008. Prominent Balkan film critics, including Milivoj Jukić and Dalibor Rajić praised her character delivery and comedic timing, and her eccentric, emotionally vulnerable and optimistic character is considered to be the show's

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. The same year, she became a member of the ensemble ZKM. Other than nurse Helga, her repertoire on television includes being the main part of the ensemble cast of three other long-running Croatian

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s, being '' Luda kuća'', '' Moja 3 zida'' and '' Ko te šiša''. From 2009 to 2011, he starred alongside actor

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Grabarić, Ozren 1980 births 20th-century Croatian actors 21st-century Croatian ac ...

in the popular

series ''Moja 3 zida'', which was filmed in her own apartment. For ''Ko te šiša'', the most watched Croatian comedy series from 2016 to 2019, she received critical and commercial exaltation for her performance as hairdresser Lili. She appeared in ''Kada zvoni?'' as Gabrijela, and played the supporting role of Ruža in the children's television show '' Žutokljunac''.

Film

Đokić made her acting debut in the 1999 film '' Šverceri hlapić'' directed by fellow Pula native Luka Juričić, who also made his debut in this movie, as supporting Nataša Malek. Her first critically defined role was in ''

'', directed by

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, followed by the role of Zorica in the

Ognjen Sviličić Ognjen Sviličić (born 1971 in Split, Yugoslavia, Split) is a screenwriter and film director, based in Berlin, noted for his critically acclaimed 2007 films Sorry for Kung Fu, ''Sorry For Kung Fu'', ''Armin (film), Armin and These Are the Rules ...

-directed

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''. She played the protagonist, Klara in the 2007

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'' Pusti me da spavam'', directed by Sara Hribar. She amassed greater success in the film '' Behind the Glass'', for which she won a

, the Croatian equivalent of the

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. Her performance in ''Behind the Glass'' is widely regarded as one of the greatest female performances in Croatian film history. In 2009, she played the abused wife of lead character Krpa, played by

Rene Bitorajac Rene Bitorajac (; born 2 March 1972) is a Croatian actor. He has appeared in several Croatian and Bosnian films since the 1980s. Most notably, he starred in the 2001 Academy Award-winning Bosnian film '' No Man's Land''. He is also known for starr ...

in the Golden Arena-winning film ''

''. She also starred in ''

'', and her acting was praised by American critic and poet

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. In 2012, she has done voice-work for the animated film '' Inspector Martin and the Gang of Snails''. She is prominent within Croatian-language dubbings, including dubs in ''

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'', the ''

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'' franchise, the ''

'' films and ''

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''. In 2013, Đokić was cast to play the pregnant island native Ana in the

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film ''

''. The film was a massive success, having the best opening week, in Croatian standards, since the country's independence in 1991.

Other work

She appeared in three HPB commercials and in the "Uvik kontra" music video by hip-hop recording act

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, on behalf of the short-lived Sara Hribar series ''Glasnogovornici''. She is actor and

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Nikša Butijer's assistant at the

Accolades

In 2010, the journal ''

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'' proclaimed her as one of the leaders of Croatian film, taking the title of one of the most talented and engaged actresses together with

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Zrinka Cvitešić Zrinka Cvitešić (born 18 July 1979) is a Croatian film, television and theatre actress. Biography The elder of two daughters, Zrinka Cvitešić was born in Karlovac, in the Karlovac County to Ivan and Višnja Cvitešić. Her mother played ...

Leona Paraminski Leona Paraminski (born 22 August 1979) is a Croatian film, theater and television actress. She grew up in Vrbovec, a town near Zagreb, and spent time traveling around Croatia and Germany as a child. Biography Leona became interested in the art ...

Nataša Janjić Nataša Janjić-Medančić (born 27 November 1981) is a Croatian film, stage and television actress. Personal life Nataša Janjić was born in Split on 27 November 1981. As a child, she studied at the Youth Theatre in Split. After finishing schoo ...

and

Marija Škaričić Marija Škaričić (born 6 August 1977) is a Croats, Croatian actress. Biography Marija Škaričić was born on August 6, 1977, in Split, Croatia, Split. She ended Primary and Secondary school in Split. As a high school student, she attended ...

.PIKANTERIJE IZ ŽIVOTA POPULARNE GLUMICE 'Živim brzo, trudim se ne nervirati i uživati u knjigama i ljubavi' (in Croatian)
/ref> She has won five Croatian Theatre Awards for Best Actress, a

, five Golden Laugh Awards, two Večernji List Screen Awards, three Grand Prix Jury Awards and two Fabijan Šovagović Awards, a Veljko Marčić Award, a

and a Mila Dimitrijević Award during her two decade long career. She was named actress of the year by Teatar.hr two times, winning the award in 2013 and 2015.

Personal life

Đokić is an avid reader, and enjoys the bibliographies of Ivan Vidić,

Marguerite Duras Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu (, 4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996), known as Marguerite Duras (), was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. Her script for the film ''Hiroshima mon amour'' (1959) ea ...

Jean Racine Jean-Baptiste Racine ( , ; ; 22 December 1639 – 21 April 1699) was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille, as well as an important literary figure in the Western tr ...

Sylvia Plath Sylvia Plath (; October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963) was an American poet and author. She is credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry and is best known for '' The Colossus and Other Poems'' (1960), '' Ariel'' (1965), a ...

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and . She resides in

Filmography

Film roles

Television roles

Croatian dubs

Music videos

Commercials

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dokic, Jadranka 1981 births 21st-century Croatian actresses 20th-century Croatian actresses 21st-century Croatian writers 20th-century Croatian writers Living people Croatian stage actresses Croatian television actresses Croatian film actresses Croatian voice actresses Golden Arena winners People from Pula Shakespearean actresses Croatian Theatre Award winners Croatian theatre directors Croatian women theatre directors Croatian dramatists and playwrights Croatian women dramatists and playwrights Vladimir Nazor Award winners Academy of Dramatic Art, University of Zagreb alumni