Jelena Jovanova was born in 1984 in Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina. Her family moved to Macedonia before the war in Bosnia, and she grew up in Stip. She showed an affinity for the arts at a young age and was awarded the best aspiring young actor in Macedonia in 2002. She then went on to study acting at the Faculty of Drama Arts in Skopje and has since been involved in over 25 theatre plays and 4 feature films. She was also featured in Angelina Jolie's directorial debut In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011), making her the youngest actress from Macedonia to be involved in a Hollywood production film.
Jelena Jovanova is a member of Actress
Her powerful big screen debut was in Juanita Wilson's As If I Am Not There, which has been selected as the Irish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards.
2006
Born in Bosnia, raised in Macedonia, married and living in Croatia. Graduated from The Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Skopje. Member of Macedonian National Theater since 2006 where she played over twenty-five leading roles.
2010
In 2010, she was cast in Angelina Jolie's directorial debut In the Land of Blood and Honey, nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 69th Golden Globe Awards. This film made her the first MacedonianActress ever to appear in a Hollywood production.