Jadranka Selec
Acting
Biography
Jadranka Selec (born October 9, 1954) is a Yugoslav and Serbian actress. She graduated in acting at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade in 1977. A permanent member of the ensemble of the Belgrade Drama Theater since 1978, Selec also occasionally appeared as an actress in feature films and series, and voiced characters in multiple animated features.
Born: October 9, 1954
Place of Birth: Belgrade, Yugoslavia [now Serbia]
Known For
Andrija and Andjelka
Andrija and Andjelka , a couple in their mid thirties, are a typical example of what happens when a man and woman live together. Although they are sincerely love each other, they often get on each others nerves, whether in the bedroom, a supermarket or a dinner with friends.
The Touch to Pain
Love story about old man struggling with wife's Alzheimer's disease.
Broad Are the Leaves
The action takes place in 1943 and today, and a Partisan school in Srem is in the center of action. A young journalist gets appointed to shoot a film report about the participants in the Liberation War from this area. In Srem village she meets common, simple people. She discovers that a free territory and a Partisan school was there. She also finds out that everybody acted as one. Deply going through all of those events, young reporter grows mature, identifying herself with the revolution participants.
The Timok Rebellion
In 1883 Milan Obrenovic, arrogant and despotic king of Serbia, felt threatened by the militia segments of his army. In order to remove that threat he disbanded militia. However, people of Timok Valley decide not to surrender their arms to the regular troops. The movie was made for the 100th anniversary of the event.
The Awkward Age
Adaptation of the highly popular children's novel by Branko Copic, who in this book resembles his school and college days in Bihac, Bosnia, in the years before WWII.
Gazija
Gazija are military men who patrol the boundaries of the Ottoman Empire in mid-18th century. One such man has trouble reconciling times of peace with his Gazija standing.
Humidity
The wife of a successful construction manager has disappeared after an ordinary morning in Belgrade. He is assured she will come back and continues with life, as usual. But, maybe she is just the first of the collapsed dominoes.
Mother Mara
Mara, a successful businesswoman and single mother, is heartbroken after her son Nemanja’s untimely death. She becomes emotionally detached, refusing to communicate with friends and family. However, when she meets Milan, Nemanja’s close friend, she finds solace and comfort in their relationship.
A Cross in the Desert
Pious girl Paraskeva became Saint after spending 40 years of her life in Jordan desert fighting temptations, sins and inner demons.
Rooted
A young man visits his grandmother in Belgrade, as he thinks she’s not well. A summer day spent in her vibrant neighborhood among food, beverages, and old acquaintances triggers in him a sense of not belonging.
Filmography
as Anđelka
as Baka
as Petkina majka
as Žena
as Petrova tetka
as Baka
as Gospođa Ivanović
as Džogerka
as Vera Milivojević
as Zorina majka
as Kristina
as Esma
as Mlečanka
as Jara