Ivana Miličević facts for kids

Ivana Miličević (born April 26, 1974) is an actress and model from Croatia and America. 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 popular movies. 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 many TV series, such as Seinfeld (1997), Friends (2003), and Gotham (2016–2017).

Early life

Ivana Miličević was born in Sarajevo, which was then part of Yugoslavia. 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 naturalized citizen of the United States, which means she went through a process to become a citizen of the country. After graduating from high school in 1992, she moved to Los Angeles to start her acting career.

Career

Ivana Miličević first found success as a model. People sometimes called her "Bosnian Gisele" because she looked a bit like the famous supermodel Gisele Bündchen. She worked as a model while she was still in high school.

After finishing school, Ivana started acting. One of her first movie roles was in the thriller film Enemy of the State in 1998. She then appeared in many TV shows as a guest star. Some of these shows include 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 a character named Valenka in the James Bond movie Casino Royale. She also starred in the CBS comedy series Love Monkey. In 2007, she was in two episodes of Ugly Betty.

Ivana also lent her voice and acting skills to video games. She played the Soviet intelligence officer Dasha Fedorovich in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 (2008) and its expansion Command & Conquer Red Alert 3: Uprising (2009).

From 2013 to 2016, Ivana had a main role in the action-drama series Banshee. She played the character of Anastasia, also known as Carrie Hopewell. Later, in 2018, she joined the cast of The 100, a science fiction drama series on The CW. She played Charmaine Diyoza for 24 episodes until the show ended in 2020. In 2020, she also had main voice roles as Striga in the animated fantasy series Castlevania and as Arianna Demachi in the action drama series Strike Back: Vendetta.

Personal life

Ivana Miličević is married to Paddy Hogan. They got married on December 29, 2018. Before they were married, Ivana gave birth to their son, Phoenix Jedi Hogan, on April 14, 2018.

See also

In Spanish: Ivana Miličević para niños