Danina Jeftić

Danina Jeftić
Born	Danina Jeftić 9 November 1986 (1986-11-09) (age 24) Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia
Residence	Belgrade, Serbia
Occupation	Actress, former handball player
Years active	2008–present

Danina Jeftić (Serbian: Данина Јефтић; born 9 November 1986) is a Serbian actress and former handball player. She came to national media attention with 2010 film Montevideo, God Bless You! by actor and film director Dragan Bjelogrlić.

Early and personal life

Danina Jeftić was born on 9 November 1986 in Sarajevo (SFR Yugoslavia then, Bosnia and Herzegovina now). She has a younger sister, Kristina. When the war broke out in Bosnia in 1991, her family moved to Moscow (USSR then, Russia now, and then to Sydney, Australia.^[1] There, she began playing handball, basketball and tennis.^[2] Jeftić is fluent in Serbian, English and Russian.^[3]

Jeftić and her family moved to Belgrade in 2005, and they reside in Belgrade suburb Jajinci. Jeftić stated she had a boyfriend.^[4]

Career

Jeftić played handball for Australian junior female team,^[5][6] but gave her handball career up for acting. Upon moving to Belgrade, she enrolled the University of Dramatic Arts. In 2008, Jeftić landed one of few leading roles in the RTV Pink series Money or Life (Pare ili život). In 2010, actor and director Dragan Bjelogrlić cast her for his film Montevideo, God Bless You! (Montevideo, Bog te video!). The film made Jeftić a household name.^[7] She was nominated for FIPRESCI Serbia Award and MTV Adria Movie Award for Best Actress for her performance.^[8]

Filmography

Title	Year	Role	Notes
Money or Life	2008	Maja	(TV; 2008–10) Pare ili život
Montevideo, God Bless You! Part 1	2010	Rosa	Montevideo, Bog te video! Priča prva Nominated—FIPRESCI Serbia Award for Best Actress Nominated—MTV Adria Movie Award for Best Actress

References

1. ^ Mirjana Jurčić (14 March 2011). "Ja sam mamina i tatina maza, neću da živim sa dečkom" (in Serbian). Puls. http://www.pulsonline.rs/lifestyle/na-kafi-kod/1133/danina-jeftic-ja-sam-mamina-i-tatina-maza-necu-da-zivim-s-deckom. Retrieved 15 July 2011. 
2. ^ Biljana Lazarević (20 March 2011). "Danina Jeftić: Odmalena sam naučila da se borim i snalazim" (in Serbian). Žena. http://zena.blic.rs/PULS_poznatih/6007/Danina_Jeftic_Odmalena_sam_naucila_da_se_borim_i_snalazim. Retrieved 15 July 2011. 
3. ^ O. Ikodinović (28 June 2011). ""Montevideo" osvojio Ruse" (in Serbian). Vesti. http://www.vesti-online.com/Scena/Film/147053/Montevideo-osvojio-Ruse. Retrieved 15 July 2011. 
4. ^ "Danina Jeftić: Srećno sam zaljubljena" (in Serbian). Story. 16 February 2011. http://www.story.rs/video/13473-danina-jeftic-srecno-sam-zaljubljena.html. Retrieved 15 July 2011. 
5. ^ Tatjana Loš (18 June 2010). "Gluma pobedila rukomet" (in Serbian). Novosti. http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/spektakl.147.html:289056-Gluma-pobedila-rukomet. Retrieved 15 July 2011. 
6. ^ "Biography for Danina Jeftić". Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3217559/bio#trivia. Retrieved 15 July 2011. 
7. ^ "Film "Montevideo" videlo 400.000 ljudi" (in Serbian). Blic. 18 February 2011. http://www.blic.rs/Zabava/Vesti/236307/Film-Montevideo-videlo-400000-ljudi. Retrieved 15 July 2011. 
8. ^ "Dodeljene regionalne Gorki list MTV Movie Awards" (in Serbian). MTV Adria. 5 June 2011. http://www.mtv.rs/vesti/ma/dodeljene-regionalne-gorki-list-mtv-movie-awards. Retrieved 15 July 2011. 

External links

• Danina Jeftić at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
Name	Jeftic, Danina
Alternative names
Short description	Haddball player and actor
Date of birth	9 November 1986
Place of birth	Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia
Date of death
Place of death