Ena Begović

Begović was the older daughter of Terezija and Nikola Begović.{{cite web|url=https://www.vecernji.hr/enciklopedija/ena-begovic-18083 |title=Ena Begović |work=Večernji list |language=hr |access-date=30 January 2019}} She was born in Trpanj{{cite web|url=https://www.biografija.com/ena-begovic/ |title=Ena Begović |website=www.biografija.com |access-date=24 February 2023 |language=hr}}{{Cite web |title=Ena Begović |url=https://www.vecernji.hr/enciklopedija/ena-begovic-18083 |access-date=2023-03-24 |website=www.vecernji.hr |language=hr}}{{Cite web |title=The place of birth of Ena Begović - Simia |url=http://simia.net/wiki/The_place_of_birth_of_Ena_Begovi%C4%87 |access-date=2023-03-24 |website=simia.net}} (although numerous sources list Split as the place of birth{{Cite web |title=Begović, Ena |url=https://www.enciklopedija.hr/clanak/begovic-ena |access-date=2023-03-24 |website=www.enciklopedija.hr}}{{Cite web |date=2020-08-15 |title=Gloria - Ena Begović: Dva desetljeća bez glumačke dive koja se najviše od svega bojala baš vožnje |url=https://www.gloria.hr/gl/scena/price/ena-begovic-dva-desetljeca-bez-glumacke-dive-koja-se-najvise-od-svega-bojala-bas-voznje-10451215 |access-date=2023-03-24 |website=www.gloria.hr |language=hr-hr}}). Three years later, in January 1963, her sister Mia, who is also an actress, was born. Her father was originally from the municipality of Trpanj, on the Pelješac peninsula.

Begović began acting early, making her first screen appearance at the age of 18 through a small part in Occupation in 26 Pictures, a 1978 film directed by Lordan Zafranović. She made her breakthrough role in Zafranović's next film, The Fall of Italy (1981), where she played Veronika, the daughter of a wealthy local from the Dalmatian coast who sided with the occupying Italian Fascists. This debut established Begović as one of the sex symbols of 1980s Yugoslav cinema, a status that she later successfully maintained despite appearing in relatively few films as her acting career shifted toward theater.

In the 1990s, the public focused more of its attention on her personal life than on her acting. In 1996, while driving her car in Zagreb, she was involved in a traffic accident resulting in the death of a motorcyclist.{{cite web|url=https://www.gloria.hr/arhiva/dorde-kukuljica-tri-tjedna-lezao-sam-u-komi/5080454/ |title=Đorđe Kukuljica: Tri tjedna ležao sam u komi |magazine=Gloria |date=5 October 2011 |language=hr |access-date=30 January 2019}}

On 15 August 2000, in the village of Splitska on the island of Brač, a few months after marrying the Croatian businessman Josip Radeljak Dikan, and a month and a half after giving birth to their daughter, Lana, she was involved as a passenger in a traffic accident, a rollover, which claimed her life.{{cite web|url=https://net.hr/danas/poginula-ena-begovic/ |title=Poginula Ena Begović |work=Net.hr |date=15 August 2000 |access-date=28 November 2020 |language=hr}} She was buried at Mirogoj Cemetery in Zagreb, on 19 August.{{cite web|url=https://net.hr/danas/sahranjena-ena-begovic/ |title=Sahranjena Ena Begović |work=Net.hr |date=19 August 2000 |access-date=28 November 2020 |language=hr}}

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