Suzana Mančić ( sr-cyr, Сузана Манчић; born 22 November 1956) is a Serbian actress, singer, media personality and television presenter.

Early life and career

Mančić is the daughter of Aleksandar Mančić, from

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, a journalist with the newspaper ''

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'', and his wife Vera, from

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. She began her career, shortly before her 18th birthday, with the song ''Ogledalce, ogledalce'' (Mirror, Mirror). In 1976, she sang at the Youth Festival in

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, winning second place. She recorded five albums and two singles. As well as ''Mirror, Mirror'', she had a hit in 1987 with the song ''Pukla tikva na dva dela'' (A pumpkin cracked in two), and in the same year was the Yugoslav

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entrant with the song ''Vreme nežnosti'' (A time of tenderness). Later she worked as an entertainment show host, and for many years led the TV show where she pulled out "Dobin LOTO" combinations. Because of that she earned the nickname ''LOTO girl'', and became a pop icon in Yugoslavia. During the 1990s, she participated in a traveling comic-erotic theater play ''Sekplozija''. In August 2004, she appeared on the cover and inner pages of the Serbian edition of

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in an issue which completely sold out. In 2014, she returned to television as the host of the show ''Stotka'' on Pink TV, and in 2017, had a show called ''Suzana's Choice''. She had survived a car accident in 1986 with the singer

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. She was married for eight years to Nebojša Kunić, a drummer with the band Sedmorica Mladih (Seven Youth), with whom she has two daughters, Teodora and Natalia. She has been with her current husband since 2000.

Film and television

Mančić has appeared in several films. *''

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'' (2007-2008) as Svetlana *' (2002) *' (1985) as Lydia Bauer *''

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'' (1987) as herself *''Picnic'' (1985) *' (1985) *' (1985) as herself

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mancic, Suzana 1956 births Living people Actresses from Belgrade 20th-century Serbian women singers Serbian television presenters Serbian women television presenters Television people from Belgrade