Zrinka Cvitešić

Zrinka Cvitešić 
Biography

Birth date                              July 18, 1979
Birth place                            Karlovac, Croatia
Occupation                           Film, television and theatre actress.

     
Croatian actress Zrinka Cvitešić has been nominated for the Best European Actress award in 2010 for her role of Luna in Jasmila Žbanić's film On the Path. As a theatre actress, she has been a member of the Croatian National Theatre since 2005. In addition to acting, she is also an accomplished dancer. Along with her partner, Nicolas Quesnoit, Cvitešić was the winner of the inaugural season of Ples sa zvijezdama, the Croatian version of Dancing with the Stars. She also won the special Christmas episode of Ples sa zvijezdama in 2010.

For her performance in the 2005 film What Is a Man Without a Moustache?, Cvitešić won awards for best actress in a leading role both at the 53rd Pula Film Festival  and the 11th Sarajevo Film Festival.  She received the Shooting Stars Award, the annual acting award for up-and-coming actors by European Film Promotion, at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival.

Trivia
Ranked #18 in Croatian-based monthly film magazine "Hollywood" in «Best Croatian Female Movie Stars of All Time» list. (November 2005)

2010: Named as one of European films' Shooting Stars by European Film Promotion.
Ranked #5 in Croatian Internet T portal Magazine's "Top 15 Most Beautiful Croatian Female Actresses of All time" list. (March, 2011).

Croatian actress, she just won the award Shooting Stars 2010 at the 60th Berlin Film Festival.
She was also named one of the best 10 actresses in Europe.