Anica Dobra ( sr-Cyrl, Аница Добра; born 3 June 1963) is a Serbian

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and

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actress.

Early life and education

Dobra was born on 3 June 1963, in

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, where she completed primary education before moving to Frankfurt on Main with her mother. She stayed in

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until she graduated from high school, and then returned to

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. In 1983, Dobra enrolled in the

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at the

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. She studied under Predrag Bajčetić, together with Nebojša Bakočević, Goran Radaković, Arijana Čulina, Milan Pleština and Dragana Mrkić. She graduated in 1987. Dobra is married to Miodrag Sovtić. Their daughter Mina Sovtić is also an actress.

Career

Her acting debut occurred in the second year of studies in a short film called “Pera Panker” (1985). In 1987 she got a breakthrough role in a feature film “Život radnika”. During the same year, she received the best leading actress award at the prestigious

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. Prominent roles in many critically acclaimed Serbian movies followed - „ Već viđeno“ (1987), “ Sabirni centar” (1989), “ Kako je propao rokenrol” (1989), “ Crni bombarder” (1992), “ Točkovi” (1998), “ Klopka” (2007), “

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” (2008), “Neko me ipak čeka” (2009), and “ Enklava” (2015). From the 1990s, Dobra appeared in over 30 international films, predominantly from German cinematography. For her first international role in “Rosamunde” (1990) she received the Bavarian Film Award for the Best Young Actress. Concurrently with her film career, Dobra has also been performing in theatre plays at

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, Zvezdara theatre and the Yugoslav drama theatre. Besides acting, she has also translated from German the folk play ''Der Drang'' by Franz Xaver Kroetz.

Acting credits

Film

Television

Theatre

Awards and nominations

Dobra is a recipient of numerous prizes. She has won ''Sterija's Award'' in 1991, the '' Golden Arena for Best Actress'' at the

1988, ''Carica Teodora'' award (twice) at the Film Festival in Niš, the ''Zoranov brk'' award, the ''Golden Turkey'' at the "Comedy Days" in Jagodina 1992, First Prize of the International Film festival in Vichy, Bavarian film - best young actress, the most prestigious German actor award ''

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'', awards of Belgrade in 2008, the Award for Best Actress of SOFEST, AFUN award and others.