Jelena Veljača (born 23 April 1981) is a

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n actress and screenwriter, currently writing a weekly column for ''

Nedjeljni Jutarnji ''Nedjeljni Jutarnji'' is the weekly Sunday edition of ''Jutarnji list'', one of the two prominent dailies in Croatia. ''Nedjeljni'' is principally concerned with life, culture, politics and style. Founded by Tomislav Wruss in 2003 in the long tra ...

''. Veljača was born in

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. She is best known for her role as Maja Župan in the Croatian

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''Ljubav u zaleđu'' (''Love in an Offside Position''). She also appeared in the first Croatian telenovela ever, ''Villa Maria''. Additionally, she co-wrote the script for the telenovelas ''Obični ljudi'' (''Ordinary People'') and ''Ponos Ratkajevih'' (''Pride of the Ratkaj Family''). She also appeared in the Croatian political thriller series ''Urota'' (''Conspiracy''). In 2006, it was announced that she would be one of the writers on the upcoming Croatian edition of ''

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.'' Her 2009 book, ''Mama vam je cijelo vrijeme lagala'' (''Mum Lied to You Entire Time''), is a collection of weekly newspaper columns written for ''

Jutarnji list () is a Croatian daily newspaper based in Zagreb. It was published on 6 April 1998 by EPH (Europapress holding, owned by Ninoslav Pavić), which eventually changed its name in Hanza Media after being bought by Marijan Hanžeković. The newspap ...

''. Veljača is a co-founder of #spasime, a social movement against domestic violence, started in 2019.

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Jelena Veljača - Interview
1981 births Living people Television people from Zagreb Croatian television actresses Croatian screenwriters Croatian columnists Actresses from Zagreb Croatian women columnists {{Croatia-actor-stub