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Ivana Miličević
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| Born | April 26, 1974 |
| Nationality | Croatian, American |
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| Years active | 1995–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Paddy Hogan
(m. 2018) |
| Children | 1 |
| Relatives | Tomo Miličević (brother) |
Ivana Miličević (born April 26, 1974) is an actress and model from both Croatia and the United States. She is well-known for her main roles in TV shows like Banshee (from 2013 to 2016) and The 100 (from 2018 to 2020).
Ivana has also appeared in many movies. Some of these include Vanilla Sky (2001), Love Actually (2003), Just like Heaven (2005), and the James Bond film Casino Royale (2006). She has also been a guest star in popular TV series such as Seinfeld, Friends, and Charmed.
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Early Life and Family
Ivana Miličević was born in Sarajevo, which is now part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Her parents were Bosnian Croats. When she was five years old, her family moved to the United States. She grew up in Detroit, Michigan.
Ivana has a younger brother named Tomo Miličević. He used to be the lead guitarist for the rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars. Ivana became a citizen of the United States. After finishing high school in 1992, she moved to Los Angeles to start her acting career.
Acting and Modeling Career
Ivana Miličević first found success as a model. People sometimes called her "Bosnian Gisele" because she looked like the famous model Gisele Bundchen. She modeled while she was still in high school.
After graduating, Ivana started acting. One of her early movie roles was in the 1998 thriller Enemy of the State. She also appeared in many TV shows. These included Charmed, Seinfeld, Friends, and Hawaii Five-0. She also had a regular role in the HBO comedy series The Mind of the Married Man.
In 2006, Ivana played Valenka in the James Bond movie Casino Royale. She also starred in the CBS comedy series Love Monkey. Later, in 2008, she appeared in the movie Witless Protection. She also played a Soviet intelligence officer named Dasha Fedorovich in the video games Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 and Command & Conquer Red Alert 3: Uprising.
From 2013 to 2016, Ivana had a main role in the action-drama series Banshee. She played the character Anastasia, also known as Carrie Hopewell. From 2018 to 2020, she joined the cast of The 100, a science fiction drama series on The CW. In this show, she played Charmaine Diyoza. In 2020, she also voiced the character Striga in the animated fantasy series Castlevania.
Personal Life
Ivana Miličević became a mother on April 14, 2018, when her son, Phoenix Jedi Hogan, was born. She married Paddy Hogan on December 29, 2018.
Filmography
Movies
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest | Acolyte / Eli's Follower | Uncredited |
| 1996 | Jerry Maguire | Former Girlfriend | |
| 1997 | The Big Brass Ring | Cela Brandini | Short film |
| Crazy Six | Anna | ||
| 1998 | Postmortem | Gwen Turner | |
| Kiss the Sky | Ilsa | ||
| October 22 | Debra | ||
| Enemy of the State | Ruby's Sales Clerk | ||
| 1999 | Love Stinks | Amber | |
| House on Haunted Hill | Period Film Actress | Scenes deleted | |
| 2001 | Head over Heels | Roxana | |
| Impostor | Gang Girl | ||
| Vanilla Sky | Emma | ||
| 2002 | Four Reasons | Model | |
| 2003 | Down with Love | Yvette | |
| Mail Order Bride | Nina | ||
| Love Actually | Stacey / American Dreamgirl | ||
| Paycheck | Maya-Rachel | ||
| 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 | ||
| 2006 | The Plague | Jean Raynor | |
| The Elder Son | Tanya | ||
| Casino Royale | Valenka | ||
| Running Scared | Mila Yugorsky | ||
| 2007 | Battle in Seattle | Carla | |
| 2008 | Witless Protection | Madeleine Demcowski | |
| Columbus Day | Cheryl | ||
| Your Name Here | The Blonde | ||
| 2009 | Reflections | Human 2 | Short film |
| 2010 | Beneath the Blue | Gwen | |
| Red Rooster | Tiree | Short film | |
| All American Tooles | Ivana Jackovich | Short film | |
| 2011 | Coming & Going | Ivana | |
| What's Your Number? | Jacinda | ||
| The Howling: Reborn | Kathryn Kidman / Kay | ||
| 2015 | Aloha | Carson Biographer | |
| Guns for Hire | Friday Green | ||
| 2016 | Catfight | Rachel | |
| 2017 | The Misogynists | Sasha | |
| 2022 | Broken Soldier | Elly |
Television Shows
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 1998 | House Rules | Cinnamon | Episode: "Dude Act Like a Lady" |
| The Army Show | Private Lana Povac | 4 episodes | |
| 1998–1999 | Felicity | Sensa | 2 episodes |
| 2000 | Nash Bridges | Chase | 2 episodes |
| Secret Agent Man | Lara | Episode: "Sleepers" | |
| 2001–2002 | The Mind of the Married Man | Missy | Main role; 20 episodes |
| 2002 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Samantha Finn | Episode: "As You Were" |
| Just Shoot Me! | Katinka | Episode: "Mr. Jealousy" | |
| 2003 | Yes, Dear | Kirsten | Episode: "Flirtin' with Disaster" |
| Friends | Kori Weston | Episode: "The One with the Memorial Service" | |
| Charmed | Mist | 2 episodes | |
| Chasing Alice | Unknown | Television film | |
| 2004 | Cirque du Soleil: Solstrom | 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 | Angelique Bouchard | Unaired TV pilot | |
| 2004–2005 | One on One | Ranya Rochenko | 4 episodes |
| 2006 | The Unit | Ilona | Episode: "Natural Selection" |
| Love Monkey | Julia | Main role; 8 episodes | |
| 2006–2008 | American Dad! | Svetlana / Russian Spy | 3 episodes |
| 2007 | Ugly Betty | Lena | 2 episodes |
| Fallen | Ariel | Main role; 4 episodes | |
| 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" | |
| 2009 | Eleventh Hour | Isabelle Van Dyke | Episode: "Eternal" |
| Without a Trace | Lana | Episode: "Heartbeats" | |
| Royal Pains | Kylie | Episode: "Nobody's Perfect" | |
| Eastwick | Ivanka | 2 episodes | |
| 2010 | Hawaii Five-0 | Nadia Lukovic / Natalie Reed | Episode: "ʻOhana" |
| 2011 | Charlie's Angels | Nadia Ivanov | Episode: "Angel with a Broken Wing" |
| 2012 | Psych | Miss Ivana | Episode: "Autopsy Turvy" |
| Vegas | Diane Desmond | 2 episodes | |
| 2013–2016 | Banshee | Anastasia / Carrie Hopewell | Main role; 36 episodes |
| 2016 | Roadies | Maureen | Episode: "The Corporate Gig" |
| Power | Karen Bassett | 4 episodes | |
| 2016–2017 | Gotham | Maria Kyle | 3 episodes |
| 2018–2020 | The 100 | Charmaine Diyoza | 24 episodes |
| 2020–2021 | Castlevania | Striga (voice) | Main role; 20 episodes |
| 2020 | Strike Back: Vendetta | Arianna Demachi | 8 episodes |
| 2023 | Captain Fall | Additional Voices | 1 episode |
| 2025 | Sherlock & Daughter | Marjorie Anderson | 6 episodes |
Video Games
| Year | Title | Voice role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 | Dasha Fedorovich | |
| 2009 | Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 – Uprising |
See also
In Spanish: Ivana Miličević para niños
