Danina Jeftić

Danina Jeftić
Danina Jeftić
Born	9 November 1986 (age 38); Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Occupation(s)	Actress, former handball player
Years active	2008–present

Danina Jeftić (Serbian Cyrillic: Данина Јефтић; born 9 November 1986) is a Bosnian-born Serbian actress and former handball player. She came to national media attention with 2010 film Montevideo, God Bless You! by actor and film director Dragan Bjelogrlić.

Early and personal life

Danina Jeftić was born on 9 November 1986 in Sarajevo (SFR Yugoslavia then, Bosnia and Herzegovina now). She has a younger sister, Kristina. When the war broke out in Bosnia in 1991, her family moved to Moscow (USSR then, Russia now), and then to Sydney, Australia.^[1] There, she began playing handball, basketball, and tennis.^[2] Jeftić is fluent in Serbian, English and Russian.^[3]

Jeftić and her family moved to Belgrade in 2005, and they reside in Jajinci, a suburb of Belgrade. Jeftić stated that she had a boyfriend.^[4]

Jeftić played handball for Australian junior female team,^[5]^[6] but gave up her handball career for acting. Upon moving to Belgrade, she enrolled in the University of Dramatic Arts. In 2008, Jeftić landed one of the few leading roles in the RTV Pink series Money or Life (Pare ili život). In 2010, actor and director Dragan Bjelogrlić cast her in his film Montevideo, God Bless You! (Montevideo, Bog te video!). The film made Jeftić a household name.^[7] She was nominated for FIPRESCI Serbia Award and MTV Adria Movie Award for Best Actress for her performance.^[8]

Title	Year	Role	Notes
Money or Life	2008	Maja	(TV; 2008–10) Pare ili život
Montevideo, God Bless You! Part 1	2010	Rosa	Montevideo, Bog te video! Priča prva Nominated—FIPRESCI Serbia Award for Best Actress Nominated—MTV Adria Movie Award for Best Actress
Budva na pjeni od mora	2012-2013	Hana
On the Way to Montevideo	2011	Rosa
Pobednik	2016
Igra Sudbine	2020-present	Klaudija
Dodji juče	2021	Kata
Kamijondžije	2021	Đerasima
Klan	2021	Udovica

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^ Biljana Lazarević (20 March 2011). "Danina Jeftić: Odmalena sam naučila da se borim i snalazim". Žena (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 24 September 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
^ O. Ikodinović (28 June 2011). ""Montevideo" osvojio Ruse". Vesti (in Serbian). Retrieved 15 July 2011.
^ "Danina Jeftić: Srećno sam zaljubljena". Story (in Serbian). 16 February 2011. Archived from the original on 10 August 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
^ Tatjana Loš (18 June 2010). "Gluma pobedila rukomet". Novosti (in Serbian). Retrieved 15 July 2011.
^ "Biography for Danina Jeftić". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
^ "Film "Montevideo" videlo 400.000 ljudi". Blic (in Serbian). 18 February 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
^ "Dodeljene regionalne Gorki list MTV Movie Awards". MTV Adria (in Serbian). 5 June 2011. Archived from the original on 12 July 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2011.