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A leading actress of theatre, film and TV in the former Yugoslavia, Mira
Furlan emigrated to the US with her husband Goran Gajic in November 1991, due to
the intolerable political circumstances in her homeland. Ms. Furlan starred in
the Warner Brothers TV-series Babylon 5 as Ambassador Delenn (Sci-Fi Universe Award
for Best Supporting Actress in a Genre TV-series 1996 and 1997).
Her other American credits include the TV-movie My Antonia directed by J.
Sargent, the title roles in Sophocles Antigone at the Hudson Guild Theatre in
Los Angeles (Dramalogue Theatre Award
for Outstanding Performance in 1995) and Lorca's Yerma at The Indiana Repertory
Theatre. She also appeared in Brecht's Baal at The Second Stage in Los Angeles
and Shaw's Don Juan In Hell in which she co-starred with Ed Asner and Rene
Auberjonois. Ms. Furlan is a member of The Actor's Studio.
Ms. Furlan's film credits include leading roles in over 25 films. She co-starred
in Emir Kusturica's Cannes award-winning
and Oscar-nominated film When Father Was Away On Business. Films include: Three
For Happiness, (Grand Prix, Valencia Film Festival), Beauty Of Vice, In The Jaws
Of Life, The Loves Of Blanka Kolak, Dear Video etc. In addition, Ms Furlan has
appeared regularly on Yugoslav Television, playing leading roles in numerous
series and TV-films. She has received all the highest awards
in her former country, both for her stage and film work, including two Golden
Arenas (Yugoslav Oscars) for Best Actress.
In the former Yugoslavia Mira was a member of the Croatian National Theatre and
a frequent guest star at major theatres in the whole country. Favorite roles
include: Natalya in A Month In The Country Mrs Elliot in Alpha-Beta, Celimene in
The Misanthrope, Judith in The Devil's Disciple, Annabella in Tis Pity She's A
Whore, the title role in Euripides' Helen, Lea in Dybbuk, Isabelle in
Corneille's L'Illusion Comique, Yvette in Mother Courage, Natasha in Three
Sisters and Ophelia in Jiri Menzel's production of Hamlet.
Actress - filmography
(2000s) (1990s) (1980s)
(1970s)
- Disi
duboko (2004) .... Lila
... aka Take a Deep Breath (International: English title: informal title)
- Babylon
5: Thirdspace (1998) (TV) .... Delenn
... aka Thirdspace (USA)
... aka Thirdspace: A Babylon 5 Adventure (USA: promotional title)
- Babylon 5: In the Beginning
(1998) (TV) .... Delenn
... aka In the Beginning
- Black Kites (1996) ....
Narrator/Voiceover
- My Antonia (1995) (TV)
.... Mrs. Shimerda
- "Babylon 5"
(1994) TV Series .... Delenn
... aka B5 (USA: promotional abbreviation)
- Babylon 5: The Gathering
(1993) (TV) .... Delenn
... aka B5 (USA: promotional abbreviation)
... aka Babylon 5 (USA)
- "Sarajevske price"
(1991) TV Series .... Milena Gazivoda
- Video jela, zelen bor
(1991) (TV) .... Jovanka
... aka Dear Video
- "Bolji zivot 2"
(1990) TV Series .... Finka Pasalic
- Stela (1990) .... Lucija
- "Tudjinac"
(1990) (mini) TV Series
- Gluvi barut (1990) ....
Janja
... aka Silent Gunpowder
- Bolji
zivot (1989) .... Finka Pasalic
- Bunker Palace Hôtel
(1989)
- Poltron (1989) ....
Milena Krtalic
- "Drugarica ministarka"
(1988) TV Series .... Zdenka
- Spijun na stiklama
(1988) .... Vesna Logan
- Za sada bez dobrog naslova
(1988) .... Actress
... aka A Film with No Name (USA)
- Braca po materi (1988)
.... Vranka
... aka Maternal Halfbrothers
- Camino del sur, El
(1988) .... Bessi
... aka Journey to the South (International: English title)
... aka Put na jug
... aka Southbound
- Dom Bergmanovih (1987)
(TV) .... Laura
- Osudjeni (1987) ....
Mira
- "Vuk Karadzic"
(1987) TV Series .... Petrija
- Ljubezni Blanke Kolak
(1987) .... Blanka
... aka Blanka Kolak's Love (International: English title)
- Lepota poroka (1986)
.... Jaglika
... aka The Beauty of Sin
- Od zlata jabuka (1986)
.... Mirjana
- "Price iz fabrike"
(1986) TV Series
... aka 800 zena
- "Putovanje u Vucjak"
(1986) (mini) TV Series .... Eva
- Spadijer-jedan zivot
(1986) .... Zdravka
- "To nije moj zivot, to
je samo privremeno" (1985) (mini) TV Series
- Za srecu je potrebno troje
(1985) .... Zdenka Robic
... aka Three for Happiness
- Obisk (1985)
- Otac na sluzbenom putu
(1985) .... Ankica Vidmar
... aka Otac na sluzbenom putu - ljubavno istorijski film (Yugoslavia:
Serbian title: complete title)
... aka Papa est en voyage d'affaires
... aka When Father Was Away on Business
- Cao inspektore (1985)
.... Ruza
- Horvatov izbor (1985)
.... Eva
... aka Vucjak
- "Stefica Cvek u raljama
zivota" (1984) (mini) TV Series
- U raljama zivota (1984)
.... Marijana
... aka In the Jaws of Life
- Zadarski memento (1984)
- Pismo - Glava (1983)
.... Finka
... aka Heads or Tails (International: English title)
- Kiklop (1982) .... Enka
- "Smogovci"
(1982) TV Series .... Mira
- "Nepokoreni grad"
(1981) TV Series
- "Velo misto"
(1981) TV Series .... Kate
- Novinar
(1979)
... aka Journalist (International: English title)
- Prijedi rijeku ako mozes
(1977) (TV)
Notable TV Guest Appearances
- "Lost" playing
"Danielle Rousseau" in episode: "Numbers"
(episode # 1.18) 2 March 2005
- "Lost" playing
"Danielle Rousseau" in episode:
"Solitary" (episode # 1.9) 17 November 2004
- "Sheena" playing
"Yoka Laneesh" in episode: "Treasure of Sienna
Mende" (episode # 2.6) 10 November 2001
- "Spider-Man" playing
"Silver Sable" (voice) in episode: "Six
Forgotten Warriors Chapter 5: The Price of Heroism" (episode #
5.6) 17 October 1997
- "Spider-Man" playing
"Silver Sable" (voice) in episode: "Six
Forgotten Warriors Chapter 4: The Six Fight Again" (episode #
5.5) 10 October 1997
- "Spider-Man" playing
"Silver Sable" (voice) in episode: "Six
Forgotten Warriors Chapter 2: Unclaimed Legacy" (episode # 5.3)
26 September 1997
- "Spider-Man" playing
"Silver Sable" (voice) in episode: "Six
Forgotten Warriors Chapter 1" (episode # 5.2) 19
September 1997
- "Stahlkammer Zürich"
playing "Nina Loncar" in episode:
"Onkel Josip" (episode # 1.35)