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Nationality
  
Australian-Serbian

Role
  
Actress

Occupation
  
Actress

Height
  
1.61 m

Years active
  
1994–present

Siblings
  
Valentina Novakovic

Name
  
Bojana Novakovic


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Born
  
12 July 1981 (age 42) (
1981-07-12
)

Books
  
The Story of Mary Maclane by Herself

Parents
  
Radovan Novakovic, Biljana Novakovic

Movies
  
Generation Um, The Little Death, Edge of Darkness, The Woods, Devil

Similar People
  
Adelaide Clemens, Josh Lawson, Joseph Mawle, Valentina Novakovic, Martin Campbell

Profiles

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Bojana Novakovic (Serbian: Бојана Новаковић, Bojana Novaković; born 12 July 1981) is a Serbian-Australian actress.

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She is known for her roles in films such as Devil (2010) and The Little Death (2014). She has also starred alongside Keanu Reeves and Adelaide Clemens in the drama Generation Um... and with Mel Gibson in the thriller Edge of Darkness. She has appeared in the television series Shameless as Bianca. She will star in the upcoming science fiction film Beyond Skyline, a sequel of Skyline.

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Early life

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Novakovic was born on 12 July 1981 in Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia to Serbian parents. She moved to Australia in 1988, at the age of seven. Novakovic was initially interested in becoming a social worker or doctor, but after a significant set of events, she changed her mind and decided to pursue performing arts. Novakovic studied at The McDonald College in Sydney, (where she was dux of 1999) and graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) with a bachelor's degree in dramatic arts in 2002. Her younger sister Valentina is also an actress, known for playing Natasha Williams in the Australian soap opera, Neighbours.

Career

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In 2003, Novakovic played Randa in the ABC mini-series Marking Time, a role which won her an AFI Award for "Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Television Drama or Comedy". As an actress, Novakovic's film credits in Australia include Blackrock (1996), Strange Fits of Passion (1998), The Monkey's Mask (1999), Thunderstruck (2004), Solo (2005) and the Serbian films Optimisti (2005) and Skinning (2010). From 2007 to 2009, she played Tippi in TV series Satisfaction for Showtime Australia. Other roles include Drag Me to Hell (2009), Edge of Darkness (2009), Devil (2010), and Burning Man (2011). Generation Um is scheduled for release in 2012.

Theatre credits in Australia include These People, Away and Strange Fruit at the Sydney Theatre Company; The Female of the Species at the Melbourne Theatre Company; Woyzeck (Helpmann award nomination for best supporting actress in 2009), Criminology (Green Room award nomination for best actress 2007), Eldorado (Helpmann nomination for best supporting actress, 2006) and Necessary Targets at the Malthouse Theatre in Melbourne, Death Variations and Loveplay (Ride On) for B Sharp, Romeo and Juliet with Bell Shakespeare Company and Debris for Ride on Theatre (which received a Green Room nomination for best Independent production and best actress in 2006).

Novakovic runs her own independent theatre company, Ride on Theatre (Sydney and Melbourne) with co-director Tanya Goldberg. She was a producer and performer for the 2004 Ride on Theatre sell out season of LOVEPLAY at the Downstairs Belvoir Street Theatre, and the 2006 Green Room nominated production of Debris (in which she was also nominated for best actress).

In 2008, she translated, adapted and directed Fake Porno in Melbourne, which was invited to be part of the Powerhouse season in Brisbane in 2009, and also received three Green Room nominations including best production. Outside of Ride On, she wrote and directed with Melbourne's Black Lung Theatre for the critically acclaimed production of Sugar at the 2007 Adelaide Fringe Festival. In 2010, Novakovic received an AFI nomination for International Award for Best Actress for her role in Edge of Darkness. She is currently starring in an improvised theatrical production called The Blind Date project for the Sydney Festival.

Novakovic landed the part of a beautiful prostitute-turned-law-student in Fox's series, Rake, starring Greg Kinnear. The show was cancelled in May 2014. She portrayed Clare Hitchens in The Hallow (Working title: The Woods), a horror film set in Ireland and directed by Corin Hardy.

Works on Mary MacLane

Ride On's late 2011 production was The Story of Mary MacLane by Herself, based on the writings of Mary MacLane, a self-proclaimed genius and recluse from the very early 20th century in Butte, Montana. Novakovic wrote the piece with musician Tim Rogers and Tanya Goldberg as director. They received funding from the Australia Council for the Arts for development of the show with support from Malthouse Theatre, Merrigong Theatre Co. and Griffin Theatre Company, as well as production funding from Art NSW. A comprehensive MacLane anthology – Human Days: A Mary MacLane Reader – debuted in Australia with a Foreword by Novakovic in late November 2011. The second volume, A Quite Unusual Intensity of Life: A Mary MacLane Companion, also issued under the Petrarca Press logo, is to be published in 2015. The two volumes will total more than 1200 pages.

Filmography

Actress
-
Friday Afternoon in the Universe (pre-production) as
Charlotte
-
Bloat (post-production) as
Hannah
2021
Love Me (TV Mini Series) as
Clara
2021
Endangered: Short Tales for the Nearly Forgotten (Podcast Series) as
Fairy Possum
2021
MacGyver (TV Series) as
Anya Vitez
- Jack + Kinematics + Safe Cracker + MgKNO3 + GTO (2021) - Anya Vitez
2020
Operation Buffalo (TV Mini Series) as
Molly
- Episode #1.6 (2020) - Molly
- Episode #1.5 (2020) - Molly
- Episode #1.3 (2020) - Molly
- Episode #1.2 (2020) - Molly
- Episode #1.1 (2020) - Molly
2020
Birds of Prey as
Erika
2018
Instinct (TV Series) as
Det. Lizzie Needham
- Grey Matter (2019) - Det. Lizzie Needham
- Trust Issues (2019) - Det. Lizzie Needham
- Manhunt (2019) - Det. Lizzie Needham
- Go Figure (2019) - Det. Lizzie Needham
- After Hours (2019) - Det. Lizzie Needham
- One-of-a-Kind (2019) - Det. Lizzie Needham
- Ancient History (2019) - Det. Lizzie Needham
- Big Splash (2019) - Det. Lizzie Needham
- Finders Keepers (2019) - Det. Lizzie Needham
- Broken Record (2019) - Det. Lizzie Needham
- Stay Gold (2019) - Det. Lizzie Needham
- Tribal (2018) - Det. Lizzie Needham
- Live (2018) - Det. Lizzie Needham
- Blast from the Past (2018) - Det. Lizzie Needham
- Bye Bye Birdie (2018) - Det. Lizzie Needham
- Bad Actors (2018) - Det. Lizzie Needham
- Long Shot (2018) - Det. Lizzie Needham
- Owned (2018) - Det. Lizzie Needham
- Flat Line (2018) - Det. Lizzie Needham
- Heartless (2018) - Det. Lizzie Needham
- I Heart New York (2018) - Det. Lizzie Needham
- Secrets and Lies (2018) - Det. Lizzie Needham
- Wild Game (2018) - Det. Lizzie Needham
- Pilot (2018) - Det. Lizzie Needham
2018
Malicious as
Lisa - Wife
2017
Beyond Skyline as
Audrey
2017
I, Tonya as
Dody Teachman
2016
Westworld (TV Series) as
Marti
- The Stray (2016) - Marti
2015
Shameless (TV Series) as
Bianca Samson
- I Only Miss Her When I'm Breathing (2016) - Bianca Samson (uncredited)
- Love Songs (In the Key of Gallagher) (2015) - Bianca Samson
- Drugs Actually (2015) - Bianca Samson
- South Side Rules (2015) - Bianca Samson
- Carl's First Sentencing (2015) - Bianca Samson
- Uncle Carl (2015) - Bianca Samson
2015
Agatha (TV Movie) as
Agatha
2015
Casanova (TV Movie) as
Madame Pompadour
2015
The Hallow as
Clare
2014
Rake (TV Series) as
Melissa 'Mikki' Partridge
- Mammophile (2014) - Melissa 'Mikki' Partridge
- Man's Best Friend (2014) - Melissa 'Mikki' Partridge
- Remembrance of Taxis Past (2014) - Melissa 'Mikki' Partridge
- 50 Shades of Gay (2014) - Melissa 'Mikki' Partridge
- Hey, Good Looking (2014) - Melissa 'Mikki' Partridge
- Staple Holes (2014) - Melissa 'Mikki' Partridge
- Three Strikes (2014) - Melissa 'Mikki' Partridge
- Jury Tamperer (2014) - Melissa 'Mikki' Partridge
- Bigamist (2014) - Melissa 'Mikki' Partridge
- Cannibal (2014) - Melissa 'Mikki' Partridge
- Cancer (2014) - Melissa 'Mikki' Partridge
- A Close Shave (2014) - Melissa 'Mikki' Partridge
- Serial Killer (2014) - Melissa 'Mikki' Partridge
2014
The Little Death as
Maeve
2013
Charlie's Country as
Parole Officer
2012
Generation Um... as
Violet
2012
The King Is Dead! as
Therese
2012
Not Suitable for Children as
Ava
2011
Burning Man as
Sarah
2010
Skinning as
Mina
2010
Devil as
Young Woman
2010
Edge of Darkness as
Emma Craven
2009
Drag Me to Hell as
Ilenka Ganush
2007
Satisfaction (TV Series) as
Tippi
- Spilt Kisses (2009) - Tippi (credit only)
- Apples (2009) - Tippi (credit only)
- Cyclone Chloe (2009) - Tippi (credit only)
- All Those Monkeys (2009) - Tippi (credit only)
- Gene Therapy (2009) - Tippi (credit only)
- A Good Eye for Shoes (2008) - Tippi (credit only)
- Playground (2008) - Tippi
- What Do You Love (2008) - Tippi
- Pony Girl (2008) - Tippi
- Last Look (2008) - Tippi
- Slaying the Goat (2008) - Tippi
- Paying for It (2008) - Tippi
- Zipless (2008) - Tippi
- Rubber Dubber (2008) - Tippi
- Family (2008) - Tippi
- Truth (2007) - Tippi
- Lauren Rising (2007) - Tippi
- Jizz (2007) - Tippi
- Running Girl (2007) - Tippi
- Mrs. Hyde (2007) - Tippi
2008
Seven Pounds as
Julie (uncredited)
2006
BlackJack: At the Gates (TV Movie) as
Nikki (as Bonjana Novakovic)
2006
The Optimists as
Marina
2006
Solo as
Billie
2005
The Eye Inside (Short) as
Mademoiselle 'X'
2004
The Cooks (TV Series) as
Raffa
- Sticky (2005) - Raffa
- Honey and Wounds (2005) - Raffa
- Heart of Marshmallow (2004) - Raffa
- Hole Lotta Love (2004) - Raffa
- Blood and Chocolate (2004) - Raffa
- Beer and Skittles (2004) - Raffa
- Beef with You (2004) - Raffa
- The Gingerbread Man (2004) - Raffa
- Waltzing Sakamoto (2004) - Raffa
- Swimming Upstream (2004) - Raffa
- The Olive Garden (2004) - Raffa
- Desiree (2004) - Raffa
- Nights of Living Dangerously (2004) - Raffa
2004
Everything Goes (Short) as
Brianie's Friend
2004
Thunderstruck as
Anna
2003
Marking Time (TV Movie) as
Randa
2000
The Monkey's Mask as
Tianna
2000
Water Rats (TV Series) as
Sarah Schreiber
- A Day to Remember (Break Your Heart) (2000) - Sarah Schreiber
1999
All Saints (TV Series) as
Rachel Carpenter
- Ghosts of Christmas Past (1999) - Rachel Carpenter
1999
Murder Call (TV Series) as
Sophie Misfud
- Bad Business (1999) - Sophie Misfud
1998
Wildside (TV Series) as
Vildana Asimovic
- Episode #2.19 (1999) - Vildana Asimovic
- Episode #1.29 (1998) - Vildana Asimovic
1999
Trust Me (Short) as
Runaway (as Bojana Novacovic)
1999
Strange Fits of Passion as
Jaya
1999
Big Sky (TV Series) as
Leisa
- Desperate Measures (1999) - Leisa
1997
Heartbreak High (TV Series) as
Tasha
- Episode #6.29 (1997) - Tasha
1997
Blackrock as
Tracy (as Boyana Novakovich)
1994
House of Fun (TV Series) as
Gymnast (1994)
Director
-
The Forbidden Aunt (Documentary) (post-production)
Writer
-
The Forbidden Aunt (Documentary) (post-production)
Thanks
2020
Skylines (the director wishes to thank)
Self
2022
The 62nd Annual TV Week Logie Awards (TV Special) as
Self
2014
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV Series) as
Self / Self - Guest
- Ben Kingsley/Bojana Novakovic (2014) - Self
- Alice Eve/Bojana Novakovic/Roddy Hart & the Lonesome Fire (2014) - Self - Guest
2014
How to Lose Jobs & Alienate Girlfriends (Documentary) as
Self
2012
Is Garlic a True Test of Character? Creating the King Is Dead! (Video documentary short) as
Self
2010
Sunrise (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 20 January 2010 (2010) - Self
2004
The 2004 Australian Film Institute Awards (TV Special) as
Self

References

Bojana Novakovic Wikipedia