---
name: "Mirjana Karanović"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mirjana-karanovic"
fi1m_id: "mirjana-karanovic"
imdb_id: "nm0438905"
tmdb_id: 4635
wikidata_id: "Q284498"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "28 January 1957"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:06:38.588569+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Mirjana Karanović

## Identity

Mirjana Karanović

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mirjana-karanovic
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mirjana-karanovic
- **IMDb ID:** nm0438905
- **TMDB ID:** 4635
- **Wikidata ID:** Q284498
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirjana_Karanovi%C4%87, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q284498, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0438905/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4635

Actor. Born 28 January 1957 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia [now Serbia].

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 28 January 1957, Belgrade, Yugoslavia [now Serbia]
- **Also known as:** Mirjana Karanovic
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirjana_Karanovi%C4%87, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q284498, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0438905/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4635

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Underground*](https://film.one/film/underground.md) (66)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Mirjana Karanović (born 28 January 1957) is a Serbian actress, film director and screenwriter. She was born in Belgrade and trained at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts at the University of Arts in Belgrade.

She made her screen debut in *Petrijin venac* (1980) and is known for roles including Senija in *When Father Was Away on Business* (1985), Vera in *Underground* (1995), the supermarket owner in *Strawberries in the Supermarket* (2003), Nada in *Life Is a Miracle* (2004) and Esma in *Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams* (2006). She has collaborated frequently with directors Emir Kusturica and Jasmila Žbanić. Karanović made her directorial debut with *A Good Wife* (2016), which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. She was the first actor from Serbia to appear in a Croatian film after the breakup of Yugoslavia, in *Svjedoci* (2003).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Underground* (1995), Fi1m 66, as Vera — [page](https://film.one/film/underground.md)

## Complete filmography (78)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Pavilion* (2025), as Direktorka Minski Tudora
- *Mother Mara* (2025), as Mara Gvozdenović · Director, Writer
- *Toma* (2023), series, as Kosana Zdravković
- *Toma* (2021), as Kosana Zdravković
- *Advocado* (2021), series, as Majka Lahorka
- *Life of a Mutt* (2021), as Dona (voice)
- *The Family* (2021), series, as Mira Marković
- *Mare* (2020), as Marina majka
- *Sweet Struggles* (2019), series, as Dubravka
- *The Diary of Diana B.* (2019), as Mira
- *The Factory* (2019), Actor
- *The Right One* (2019), as Majka
- *Second Chance* (2019), as Angelina
- *Catalina* (2017), as Mother
- *Heart with No Cure* (2017), as Nata
- *Requiem for Mrs. J* (2017), as Gospođa J
- *Train Driver's Diary* (2016), as Jagoda
- *A Good Wife* (2016), as Milena · Director, Writer
- *Next to Me* (2015), as Direktorka škole
- *Monument to Michael Jackson* (2014), as Darinka
- *Three Windows and a Hanging* (2014), as The journalist
- *Cure: The Life of Another* (2014), as Grandmother
- *The Reaper* (2014), as Mirjana
- *Equals* (2014), as (segment "Katarina")
- *The Tree and the Swing* (2013), as Nina
- *Death of a Man in the Balkans* (2012), as Mušterija
- *The Whirl* (2012), as Inspektorka
- *Government Job* (2012), series, as Milijana Đak, Milijana Đak / Branka Kurotresina
- *Loveless Zoritsa* (2012), as Majka
- *On the Path* (2010), as Nađa
- *Here and There* (2009), as Olga
- *Wait for Me and I Will Not Come* (2009), as Anđa
- *Someone Is Still Waiting* (2009), as Majka
- *Jar Full of Air* (2007), as Ljubica
- *The Storks Will Return* (2007), series, as Radmila Švabić
- *Mirush* (2007), as Hava
- *A White Ship* (2006), series, as Lula Pantić
- *Fraulein* (2006), as Ruža
- *Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams* (2006), as Esma
- *Go West* (2005), as Ranka
- *Life Is a Miracle* (2004), as Nada
- *Witnesses* (2003), as Majka
- *Strawberries in the Supermarket* (2003), as Supermarket owner
- *Cabaret Balkan* (1998), as Natalija
- *Three Palms for Two Punks and a Babe* (1998), as Direktorka
- *Three Summer Days* (1997), as Gazdarica
- *Once Upon a Time There Was a Country* (1996), series, as Vera
- *Underground* (1995), as Vera — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/underground.md)
- *Better Than Escape* (1993), as Radmila
- *The Little One* (1991), as Božidarka
- *Migrations II* (1989), as Evdokija Božić
- *Time of Miracles* (1989), as Marta
- *Meeting Place* (1989), as Jelena Katić
- *Mrs. Stremnicka* (1989), as Isidora Sekulić
- *The Fortunate Pilgrim* (1988), series, as Clara
- *Heart and Her Children* (1988), as Srce
- *The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway* (1988), Actor
- *Marjuca or Death* (1987), as Marjuča
- *On the Road to Katanga* (1987), as Pevačica Žana
- *Ever-Ready Women* (1987), as Majstor
- *Promised Land* (1986), as Marta
- *A Swanky Pumpkin* (1986), as Fema
- *Life Is Beautiful* (1985), as Stoperka
- *The Tombola* (1985), as Olga, Dušanova žena
- *When Father Was Away on Business* (1985), as Senija 'Sena' Zolj, majka
- *Province in the Background* (1984), Actor
- *White Widows* (1984), Actor
- *Truckers Ride Again* (1984), as Alapača
- *Two Halves of a Heart* (1982), as Alma, majka
- *Once Upon a Love* (1981), Actor
- *The Fall of Italy* (1981), as Mare
- *Old Belgrade* (1981), Actor
- *The Case of Bogoljub Savkovic, the Smelter* (1981), Actor
- *Handymen, Handymen* (1980), as Dunja
- *Petria's Wreath* (1980), as Petrija
- *The Absurd Scam*, Actor
- *Witnesses*, series, as Majka
- *In Another World*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Mirjana Karanović](https://film.one/media/person/86322/gallery-8032dbfae102.jpg) Mirjana Karanović — Maximilian Bühn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Mirjana_Karanovi%C4%87_Requiem_for_Mrs._J._Press_Conference_Berlinale_2017.jpg/1280px-Mirjana_Karanovi%C4%87_Requiem_for_Mrs._J._Press_Conference_Berlinale_2017.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ceduľa Artist´s Mission Award (Hercova misia) na MFF Art Film pripevnená na starom moste slávy v Trenčianských Tepliciach. (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/86322/gallery-f5407f3d1207.jpg) Ceduľa Artist´s Mission Award (Hercova misia) na MFF Art Film pripevnená na starom moste slávy v Trenčianských Tepliciach. (2024) — Pilifo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Art_Film_Fest_%282007%29_%E2%80%93_Mirjana_Karanovi%C4%87.jpg/1280px-Art_Film_Fest_%282007%29_%E2%80%93_Mirjana_Karanovi%C4%87.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Foto materijal u vlasništvu Jugoslovenske kinoteke (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/86322/gallery-7c20c21920c6.jpg) Foto materijal u vlasništvu Jugoslovenske kinoteke (2024) — Jugoslovenska kinoteka, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Bogdan_Diklic_i_Mirjana_Karanovic%2C_zlatni_pecat.jpg/1280px-Bogdan_Diklic_i_Mirjana_Karanovic%2C_zlatni_pecat.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Мирјана Карановић српска глмица (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/86322/gallery-7ffddb645b23.jpg) Мирјана Карановић српска глмица (2008) — Medija centar Boegrad, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Mirjana_Karanovic-mc.rs.jpg/1280px-Mirjana_Karanovic-mc.rs.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Serbian actress Mirjana Karanović at 44th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/86322/gallery-ceb59d0fc857.jpg) Serbian actress Mirjana Karanović at 44th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (2009) — che (Please credit as "Petr Novák, Wikipedia" in case you use this outside Wikimedia projects.), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Mirjana_Karanovic.jpg/1280px-Mirjana_Karanovic.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Mirjana Karanović, Serbian actress,r Film festival in Niš (Serbia), late 90s](https://film.one/media/person/86322/gallery-0a969863604a.jpg) Mirjana Karanović, Serbian actress,r Film festival in Niš (Serbia), late 90s — Miomir Magdevski, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/Mirjana_Karanovic_u_Nisu_-_Filmski_susreti_krajem_90-ih.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- Winning of liberty (award) 2008: Winning of liberty (award) (won)
- European Film Award for Best Actress 2006: European Film Award for Best Actress (nominated), for *Grbavica*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/mirjana-karanovic