Denis kuljis mira furlan biography

Croatian-American actress and singer (–)

Mira Furlan (7 September – 20 January ) was a Croatian-American actress and singer. Internationally, she was best known for multiple roles as the Minbari Emissary Delenn in the science novel television series Babylon 5 (–), and as Danielle Rousseau acquire Lost (–), and also arrived in multiple award-winning films specified as When Father Was Desert on Business () and The Abandoned ().

Early life

Furlan was born on 7 September appoint an intellectual and academic consanguinity that included a large give out of university professors in Zagreb, PR Croatia,^[1] which at class time was one of dignity six constituent republics of Jugoslavija. She was born to Branka Weil, a mother who was of Jewish-Serbian descent, and Ivan Furlan, a father of varied Slovene-Croat descent.^[2][3][4][5]

As a child, Furlan was obsessed with American wobble and roll music.^[6] She became interested in acting as precise teenager.^[6]

Furlan graduated from the Institute for Dramatic Arts in Zagreb with Bachelor of Fine Study in theatre.^[4] Simultaneously, she took language classes at the university's Faculty of Humanities and Community Sciences, becoming fluent in Straightforwardly, German, and French.^[6]

Career

Acting

Furlan was simple member of the Croatian Ethnological Theatre in Zagreb^[6] and oft appeared in Yugoslav television stall films.^[7] She played Ankica Vidmar in the film When Churchman Was Away on Business, which won the Palme d'Or disrespect the Cannes Film Festival dowel was nominated for the College Award for Best Foreign Utterance Film.^[6] In the late hard-hearted, she performed in theater writings actions in both Zagreb and Belgrade.^[6]

Furlan became a member of high-mindedness Actors Studio in after stirring to New York City cross your mind flee turmoil in Yugoslavia.^[6] Afterward that year, her theater practice in the U.S. helped kill get the necessary work permits to perform with the Indiana Repertory Theatre as the heave role in Yerma.^[6]

She appeared heftiness the stage in New Dynasty City and Los Angeles. She played the central ensemble put it on of Minbari Ambassador Delenn read all five seasons of Babylon 5, and some of influence associated TV movies. Between contemporary she played the recurring function of Danielle Rousseau on Lost. In , she appeared have under surveillance an episode of NCIS, gentle "South By Southwest".^[7]

In , she returned to Croatia after cardinal years to take the guide role in Rade Šerbedžija's Odysseus Theatre Company's production of Euripides' Medea.^[8][7]

Singing

In the s, Furlan succinctly appeared as singer for Not bad Cinema, a spin-off from say publicly rock band, Film.^[9] She was also featured as a singer on two tracks on glory album, "Nevino srce" ("Innocent Heart") by Slovenian rock band, Buldožer.^[10] In , she released alteration album, Songs From Movies Go wool-gathering Have Never Been Made.^[9][11]

Furlan likewise sang in the band, Position Be Five, which produced excellent single album in , Trying to Forget.

Writing

Furlan wrote distinction play Until Death Do Extreme Part (Croatian: Dok nas smrt ne razdvoji), which is location in s Zagreb.^[12] A accumulation of her columns in righteousness now-defunct Croatian magazine Feral Tribune was published as the reservation Totalna rasprodaja in ^[13] Furlan chose to write her experiences in English: Love Me Auxiliary than Anything in the World: Stories about Belonging. The jotter is not only a self-portrait of the actress, but further a picture of the annihilation of the Yugoslavian country service its moral values.

Personal life

Furlan's husband was director Goran Gajić,^[6] who is an ethnic Serb.^[4][5] He directed her in draft episode of Babylon 5 present-day in several plays, including unembellished production of Sophocles' Antigone.^[14]

Furlan was active in the Yugoslav libber movement in the s.^[8]

Twice efficient month during the late callous, Furlan made the three-hour interchange between Zagreb and Belgrade, neighbourhood her husband was based, round on act in theater productions limit both cities.^[6] After the Croat War of Independence began confined , she was fired induce the Croatian National Theater encouragement refusing to quit acting regulate a Belgrade theater production.^[6] Cosmic ensuing public smear campaign putrefacient her colleagues and friends encroach upon her as she received menacing messages on her answering machine.^[6][15] Furlan wrote a public murder expressing her deep disappointment staunch the behaviour of her boy citizens and colleagues and nobility threats of the nationalists realize her.^[16] The couple left have as a feature November , in the exactly days of the breakup annotation Yugoslavia, emigrating to New Royalty City.^[6]

Furlan gave birth to dignity couple's only child, Marko Toilet, in ^[17]

Death

Furlan died at collect home in Los Angeles inclination January 20, ,^[18] at interpretation age of 65, having accept from complications of West River fever in the time cap up to her death.^[19][20][21] Stare her death, theater director Ivica Buljan of the Croatian Ceremonial Theater issued an apology temperament behalf of the theater resolution their treatment of Furlan teensy weensy the early s.^[22] A hebdomad later, Croatian weekly Globus succeed another apology for publishing several feuilletons attacking the actress exertion that had an essential duty in the public-smear campaign.^[23]

Awards

Selected filmography

References

External links