Ivana Miličević (Croatian pronunciation: [ǐʋana milǐːt͡ʃevit͡ɕ]; born April 26, 1974) is a Bosnian-born actress and model based in the United States, best known for her starring roles in the Cinemax action-drama series Banshee (2013–2016) and The CW science fiction drama series The 100 (2018–2020).
Ivana Miličević | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 26, 1974 |
| Nationality | Bosnian |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 1995–present |
| Spouse |
Paddy Hogan (m. 2018) |
| Children | 1[1] |
| Relatives | Tomo Miličević (brother) |
Miličević had roles in films such as Vanilla Sky (2001), Down with Love (2003), Love Actually (2003), Just like Heaven (2005), Casino Royale (2006), Running Scared (2006), What's Your Number? (2011), and Catfight (2016).
She guest starred in numerous television series, including Seinfeld (1997), Felicity (1998–1999), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2002), Friends (2003), Charmed (2003), One on One (2004), American Dad! (2006–2008), Ugly Betty (2007), Chuck (2008), Power, and Gotham (2016–2017).
Early life
editMiličević was born in Sarajevo, SR BiH, SFR Yugoslavia (modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina), to Bosnian Croat parents. She immigrated to the United States at the age of five and was raised in Detroit, Michigan.[2] Miličević's younger brother is Tomo Miličević, who was previously the lead guitarist of the rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars.[3] She also had a younger brother, Filip, who died in August 2016.[4] She became a naturalized citizen of the United States.[citation needed][when?] In 1992, Miličević graduated from high school and moved to Los Angeles in pursuit of an acting career.
Career
editMiličević first achieved success in modeling, and gained the reputation of being the "Bosanska Žizel" (transl. Bosnian Gisele) because of her resemblance to the famous Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen.[5][6][7] She worked as a model while attending Athens High School in Troy, Michigan.
Miličević began acting after graduation, appearing in the 1998 thriller film Enemy of the State. She then had guest appearances in numerous television series, including Charmed, Seinfeld, Felicity, Nash Bridges, The Nanny (with former Bond girl Lois Chiles), Buzzkill, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Yes, Dear, Chuck, House, Friends, and Hawaii Five-0. Her acting career included a regular role on the HBO comedy series The Mind of the Married Man. She was on the cover of Paper in 2002.[8]
In 2006, she starred in the CBS comedy series Love Monkey and played the role of Valenka in the James Bond film Casino Royale. In 2007, she played Lena on Ugly Betty. In 2008, she starred in Witless Protection, and featured in guest appearances in House and Pushing Daisies. Miličević played the Soviet intelligence officer Dasha Fedorovich in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 and in Command & Conquer Red Alert 3: Uprising. From 8 to 29 January 2011, she starred alongside Maggie Lawson, Kurt Fuller, and Peter Mackenzie in the Red Dog Squadron production of Greedy by Karl Gajdusek at the El Centro Theatre in Hollywood.
In 2018, she joined the cast in the fifth season of the CW science fiction drama series The 100, recurring until its conclusion in 2020. Also in 2020, she had starring roles as Striga in the animated fantasy series Castlevania and as Arianna Demachi in the action drama series Strike Back: Vendetta.
Personal life
editOn April 14, 2018, Miličević gave birth to a son, Phoenix Jedi Hogan.[9] Miličević and Paddy Hogan married on December 29, 2018.[10]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| 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 | |
| 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 | Completed |
Television
edit| 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[11] |
| 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 |
Video games
edit| Year | Title | Voice role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 | Dasha Fedorovich | |
| 2009 | Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 – Uprising |
References
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- ^ "Ivana Milicevic biography and filmography - Ivana Milicevic movies". Tribute.ca. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ "Ivana Miličević Biography - Yahoo! Movies". Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ "Ivana Milicevic". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ Dzaferovic, Amina (2 February 2018). "Bosnian Gisele shared some great News with her Fans". Sarajevo Times. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
- ^ "Kažu da je ona bosanska Žizel Bundšen: Kad je vidite, biće vam jasno zašto". Blic.rs (in Serbian). 3 September 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
- ^ "Uzburkala je američku javnost scenama žestokog seksa: Bosanska Žizel Budšen sada ima najlepše vesti". žena - magazin za žene (in Serbian). Ringier Serbia d.o.o. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
- ^ "Ivana Miličević Paper Magazine Cover". Archived from the original on 2016-08-12. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
- ^ "Paddy Hogan on Instagram". www.instagram.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-24. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "Ivana Miličević on Instagram". www.instagram.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-24. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ Salamon, Julie (September 11, 2001). "TELEVISION REVIEW; Three Guys With One Thought". The New York Times.