Bojana Novakovic

 In 2003, she played Randa in the ABC mini-series Marking Time, a role which won her an AFI Award for "Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Television Drama or Comedy". As an actress, her films in Australia include Blackrock (1996), Strange Fits of Passion (1998), The Monkey's Mask (1999), Thunderstruck (2004), Solo (2005) and the Serbian films Optimisti (2005) and Skinning (2010). The actress was the main character on TV of Tippi on Satisfaction which was a Showtime Australia series that ran from 2007 to 2009. She was also in Drag Me to Hell (2009), Edge of Darkness (2009), Devil (2010), Burning Man (2011) and Generation Um... (2012).Her performances in Australia include These People, Away and Strange Fruit at the Sydney Theatre Company; The Female of the Species at the Melbourne Theatre Company; Woyzeck (Helpmann award nomination for the best supporting actress in 2009), Criminology (Green Room nomination for best actress in 2007) Eldorado (Helpmann nomination for the best supporting actress in 2006.) and Necessary Targets at the Malthouse Theatre in Melbourne, Death Variations and Loveplay (Ride On) for B Sharp, Romeo and Juliet along with Bell Shakespeare Company and Debris for Ride on Theatre (which received an Green Room nomination for best Independent production and the best actress in 2006).Novakovic has her own private company of theatre, Ride On Theatre (Sydney and Melbourne) with co-director Tanya Goldberg. She was the producer and performer in the 2004 Ride on Theatre season of LOVEPLAY at Downstairs Belvoir Street Theatre and the 2006 Green Room award nominated productions of Debris and Criminology. In 2008, she also directed Fake Porno in Melbourne. This production was invited to perform in the Powerhouse season in Brisbane 2009 . It also received three Green Room nominations, including the best production. She also directed the critically acclaimed 2007 Adelaide Fringe Festival production Sugar with Melbourne's Black Lung Theatre. Novakovic was nominated for an AFI International Award for Best Actress in 2010 for her performance in Edge of Darkness. [4] She is currently[when when?in the process of she is a part of The Blind Date, an unplanned theatrical production that is part of the Sydney Festival.