Ivana Miličević
{{Short description|Bosnian-American actress and model}}
{{family name hatnote|Miličević|Milicevic|lang=Slavic}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|04|26}}
| birth_place = Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
| nationality = Croatian, American
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- Actress
- model
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| yearsactive = 1995–present
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| spouse = {{married|Paddy Hogan|2018}}
| relatives = Tomo Miličević (brother)
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Ivana Miličević ({{IPA|bs|ǐʋana milǐːt͡ʃevit͡ɕ}}; born April 26, 1974) is a Bosnian-American actress and model based in the United States, best known for her starring roles in the Cinemax action-drama series Banshee (2013–2016) and The CW science fiction drama series The 100 (2018–2020).
Miličević had roles in films such as Vanilla Sky (2001), Down with Love (2003), Love Actually (2003), Just like Heaven (2005), Casino Royale (2006), Running Scared (2006), What's Your Number? (2011), and Catfight (2016).
She guest starred in numerous television series, including Seinfeld (1997), Felicity (1998–1999), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2002), Friends (2003), Charmed (2003), One on One (2004), American Dad! (2006–2008), Ugly Betty (2007), Chuck (2008), Power, and Gotham (2016–2017).
Early life
Miličević was born in Sarajevo, SR BiH, SFR Yugoslavia (modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina), to Bosnian Croat parents. She immigrated to the United States at the age of five and was raised in Detroit, Michigan.{{cite web|url=http://www.tribute.ca/people/ivana-milicevic/7093/|title=Ivana Milicevic biography and filmography - Ivana Milicevic movies|website=Tribute.ca|access-date=December 28, 2017}} Miličević's younger brother is Tomo Miličević, who was previously the lead guitarist of the rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars.{{cite web|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1804383618/bio|title=Ivana Miličević Biography - Yahoo! Movies|access-date=December 28, 2017}} She also had a younger brother, Filip, who died in August 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.facebook.com/ivana.milicevic/posts/10153835902318786?pnref=story|title=Ivana Milicevic|website=www.facebook.com|access-date=December 28, 2017}} She became a naturalized citizen of the United States.{{cn|date=December 2020}}{{when|date=December 2020}} In 1992, Miličević graduated from high school and moved to Los Angeles in pursuit of an acting career.
Career
Miličević first achieved success in modeling, and gained the reputation of being the "Bosanska Žizel" ({{Trans|Bosnian Gisele|i=yes}}) because of her resemblance to the famous Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen.{{cite web |last1=Dzaferovic |first1=Amina |title=Bosnian Gisele shared some great News with her Fans |url=https://sarajevotimes.com/bosnian-gisele-shared-great-news-fans/ |website=Sarajevo Times |access-date=June 24, 2023 |date=February 2, 2018}}{{cite web |title=Kažu da je ona bosanska Žizel Bundšen: Kad je vidite, biće vam jasno zašto |url=https://www.blic.rs/zabava/vesti/kazu-da-je-ona-bosanska-zizel-bundsen-kad-je-vidite-bice-vam-jasno-zasto/740xs6x |website=Blic.rs |access-date=June 24, 2023 |language=sr |date=September 3, 2016}}{{cite web |title=Uzburkala je američku javnost scenama žestokog seksa: Bosanska Žizel Budšen sada ima najlepše vesti |url=https://zena.blic.rs/puls-poznatih/uzburkala-je-americku-javnost-scenama-zestokog-seksa-bosanska-zizel-budsen-sada-ima/l6qy1gp |website=žena - magazin za žene |publisher=Ringier Serbia d.o.o |access-date=June 24, 2023 |language=sr |date=February 1, 2018}} She worked as a model while attending Athens High School in Troy, Michigan.
Miličević began acting after graduation, appearing in the 1998 thriller film Enemy of the State. She then had guest appearances in numerous television series, including Charmed, Seinfeld, Felicity, Nash Bridges, The Nanny (with former Bond girl Lois Chiles), Buzzkill, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Yes, Dear, Chuck, House, Friends, and Hawaii Five-0. Her acting career included a regular role on the HBO comedy series The Mind of the Married Man. She was on the cover of Paper in 2002.{{cite web|title=Ivana Miličević Paper Magazine Cover|url=http://www.lazygirls.info/Ivana_Milicevic/Ivana_Milicevic_Paper_Magazine_Cover_OvXwZzE|access-date=July 28, 2016|archive-date=August 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812115215/http://www.lazygirls.info/Ivana_Milicevic/Ivana_Milicevic_Paper_Magazine_Cover_OvXwZzE|url-status=dead}}
In 2006, she starred in the CBS comedy series Love Monkey and played the role of Valenka in the James Bond film Casino Royale. In 2007, she played Lena on Ugly Betty. In 2008, she starred in Witless Protection, and featured in guest appearances in House and Pushing Daisies. Miličević played the Soviet intelligence officer Dasha Fedorovich in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 and in Command & Conquer Red Alert 3: Uprising. From January 8 to 29, 2011, she starred alongside Maggie Lawson, Kurt Fuller, and Peter Mackenzie in the Red Dog Squadron production of Greedy by Karl Gajdusek at the El Centro Theatre in Hollywood.
In 2018, she joined the cast in the fifth season of the CW science fiction drama series The 100, recurring until its conclusion in 2020. Also in 2020, she had starring roles as Striga in the animated fantasy series Castlevania and as Arianna Demachi in the action drama series Strike Back: Vendetta.
Personal life
On April 14, 2018, Miličević gave birth to a son, Phoenix Jedi Hogan.{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BicgTFrAuXJ/?hl=en |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/BicgTFrAuXJ |archive-date=December 24, 2021 |url-access=limited|title=Paddy Hogan on Instagram|website=www.instagram.com|access-date=June 22, 2020}}{{cbignore}} Miličević and Paddy Hogan married on December 29, 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BsDyXIAl6Nn/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/BsDyXIAl6Nn |archive-date=December 24, 2021 |url-access=limited|title=Ivana Miličević on Instagram|website=www.instagram.com|access-date=June 22, 2020}}{{cbignore}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1995
| Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest | Acolyte / Eli's Follower | Uncredited |
| 1996
| Former Girlfriend | |
| rowspan=2| 1997
| The Big Brass Ring | Cela Brandini | Short film |
| Crazy Six
| Anna | |
| rowspan=4 | 1998
| Gwen Turner | |
| Kiss the Sky
| Ilsa | |
| October 22
| Debra | |
| Enemy of the State
| Ruby's Sales Clerk | |
| rowspan=2 | 1999
| Amber | |
| House on Haunted Hill
| Period Film Actress | Scenes deleted |
| rowspan=3 | 2001
| Roxana | |
| Impostor
| Gang Girl | |
| Vanilla Sky
| Emma | |
| 2002
| Four Reasons | Model | |
| rowspan=4| 2003
| Yvette | |
| Mail Order Bride
| Nina | |
| Love Actually
| Stacey / American Dreamgirl | |
| Paycheck
| Maya-Rachel | |
| rowspan=5 | 2005
| The Return of the Muskrats | Agent | Short film |
| Slipstream
| Sarah Tanner | |
| Her Minor Thing
| Zsa Zsa | |
| In Her Shoes
| Caroline | |
| Just like Heaven
| Katrina | |
| rowspan=4 | 2006
| Jean Raynor | |
| The Elder Son
| Tanya | |
| Casino Royale
| Valenka | |
| Running Scared
| Mila Yugorsky | |
| 2007
| Carla | |
| rowspan=3 | 2008
| Madeleine Demcowski | |
| Columbus Day
| Cheryl | |
| Your Name Here
| The Blonde | |
| 2009
| Reflections | Human 2 | Short film |
| rowspan=3 | 2010
| Gwen | |
| Red Rooster
| Tiree | Short film |
| All American Tooles
| Ivana Jackovich | Short film |
| rowspan=3 | 2011
| Coming & Going | Ivana | |
| What's Your Number?
| Jacinda | |
| The Howling: Reborn
| Kathryn Kidman / Kay | |
| rowspan=2|2015
| Aloha |Carson Biographer | |
| Guns for Hire
| Friday Green | |
| 2016
| Catfight | Rachel | |
| 2017
| Sasha | |
| 2022
| Broken Soldier | Elly | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| rowspan=5 | 1997
| Seinfeld | Patty | Episode: "The Comeback" |
| Hollywood Confidential
| Waitress | Television film |
| Unhappily Ever After
| Oksana | Episode: "From Russia with Love" |
| The Nanny
| Tasha | Episode: "No Muse Is Good Muse" |
| The Devil's Child
| Unknown role | Television film |
| rowspan=2 | 1998
| Cinnamon | Episode: "Dude Act Like a Lady" |
| The Army Show
| Private Lana Povac | 4 episodes |
| 1998–1999
| Felicity | Sensa | 2 episodes |
| rowspan=2 | 2000
| Chase | 2 episodes |
| Secret Agent Man
| Lara | Episode: "Sleepers" |
| 2001–2002
| Missy | Main role; 20 episodes{{cite web |last=Salamon |first=Julie |date=September 11, 2001 |title=TELEVISION REVIEW; Three Guys With One Thought |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/11/arts/television-review-three-guys-with-one-thought.html |work=The New York Times}} |
| rowspan=2 | 2002
| Episode: "As You Were" |
| Just Shoot Me!
| Katinka | Episode: "Mr. Jealousy" |
| rowspan=4 | 2003
| Kirsten | Episode: "Flirtin' with Disaster" |
| Friends
| Kori Weston | Episode: "The One with the Memorial Service" |
| Charmed
| Mist | 2 episodes |
| Chasing Alice
| Unknown | Television film |
| rowspan=5| 2004
| Newlyweds Duo | Episode: "Twin Winds" |
| CSI: Miami
| Jen Kemp | Episode: "Wannabe" |
| Frankenstein
| Erika Helios | Television film |
| Las Vegas
| Angie Logan | Episode: "My Beautiful Launderette" |
| Dark Shadows
| Unaired TV pilot |
| 2004–2005
| Ranya Rochenko | 4 episodes |
| rowspan=2 | 2006
| The Unit | Ilona | Episode: "Natural Selection" |
| Love Monkey
| Julia | Main role; 8 episodes |
| 2006–2008
| Svetlana / Russian Spy | 3 episodes |
| rowspan=2 | 2007
| Lena | 2 episodes |
| Fallen
| Ariel | Main role; 4 episodes |
| rowspan=4 | 2008
| Chuck | Ilsa Trinchina | Episode: "Chuck Versus the Undercover Lover" |
| House
| Woman in Black | Episode: "House's Head" |
| 12 Miles of Bad Road
| Montserrat | Main role; 6 episodes |
| Pushing Daisies
| Hedda Lillihammer | Episode: "The Norwegians" |
| rowspan=4 | 2009
| Isabelle Van Dyke | Episode: "Eternal" |
| Without a Trace
| Lana | Episode: "Heartbeats" |
| Royal Pains
| Kylie | Episode: "Nobody's Perfect" |
| Eastwick
| Ivanka | 2 episodes |
| 2010
| Nadia Lukovic / Natalie Reed | Episode: "ʻOhana" |
| 2011
| Nadia Ivanov | Episode: "Angel with a Broken Wing" |
| rowspan=2 | 2012
| Psych | Miss Ivana | Episode: "Autopsy Turvy" |
| Vegas
| Diane Desmond | 2 episodes |
| 2013–2016
| Banshee | Main role; 36 episodes |
| rowspan=2|2016
| Maureen | Episode: "The Corporate Gig" |
| Power
| Karen Bassett | 4 episodes |
| 2016–2017
| Maria Kyle |3 episodes |
| 2018–2020
|Charmaine Diyoza |24 episodes |
| 2020–2021
| Striga (voice) | Main role; 20 episodes |
| 2020
| Arianna Demachi | 8 episodes |
| 2023
|Additional Voices | 1 episode |
=Video games=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Voice role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2008
| Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 | rowspan=2 | Dasha Fedorovich | |
| 2009
| Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 – Uprising | |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0587431}}
- [https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/ivana_milavich Ivana Miličević] at Rotten Tomatoes
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Category:Actresses from Michigan
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Category:American film actresses
Category:American television actresses
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Category:American people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent
Category:Yugoslav emigrants to the United States
Category:20th-century American actresses