Ena Begović

Ena Begović (8 July 1960 – 15 August 2000) was a prominent Croatian film actress. She is regarded as one of the best and most beautiful actresses in former Yugoslavia.[1][2]

Ena Begović
Born(1960-07-08)8 July 1960
Split, PR Croatia, Yugoslavia
Died15 August 2000(2000-08-15) (aged 40)
Postira, Brač, Croatia
NationalityCroatian
Years active1978–2000
Spouse(s)
Josip Radeljak
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(m. 2000)​
Children1
RelativesMia Begović (sister)

Early life and career
Begović (left) with her sister Mia at the Pula Film Festival during the early 1980s

Begović was born in Split,[2] to a father Nikola, and a mother Terezija Begović.[3] Three years after her, in January 1963, her sister Mia, who is also an actress, was born. His father was originally from the municipality of Trpanj, based on the Pelješac peninsula.

Begović began acting early, making her first screen appearance at the age of 18 through a small part in Occupation in 26 Pictures, a 1978 film directed by Lordan Zafranović.[3] She made her breakthrough role in Zafranović's next film, The Fall of Italy (1981),[3] where she played Veronika, the daughter of a wealthy local from the Dalmatian coast who sided with occupying Italian Fascists. This debut established Begović as one of the sex symbols of 1980s Yugoslav cinema, a status that she later successfully maintained despite appearing in relatively few films as her acting career shifted towards theater.[3]

In the 1990s she was kept in the public eye more due to her personal life than her acting. In 1996, while driving her car in Zagreb, she was involved in a traffic accident resulting in the death of a motorcyclist.[4]

Death

On 15 August 2000, in the Postira village on the island of Brač, a few months after marrying the Croatian businessman Josip Radeljak, and a month and a half after giving birth to their daughter Lana, she was involved as a passenger in a traffic accident, a rollover, which claimed her life.[5][3] She was buried at Mirogoj Cemetery in Zagreb, on 19 August.[6]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1978Occupation in 26 PicturesSkojevkaUncredited
1980A Mess in the HouseMaja Benic
1981The Fall of ItalyVeronika
1981Piknik u TopoliJelena
1982Idemo daljeMilica
1982I Want to LiveTereza Peric
1987King's EndgameVisnja Kralj
1988The GlembaysBarunica Castelli
1989Balkan ekspres 2Danka
1990Carnival, Angel and DustFrida(segment "Andjeo")
1990Fatal SkyMrs. Sumner
1991CharugaSvilena
1997The Third WomanHela Martinic
1998The Three Men of Melita ŽganjerMaria
1998AgonijaLaura Lenbach
1999ČetveroredMirta Mesog(final film role)

References
  1. "Prošlo je 19 godina bez Ene Begović: Stradala je baš kada je pronašla svoju životnu sreću, a iza sebe je ostavila neizbrisiv trag". www.tportal.hr. 15 August 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  2. "Begović Ena". www.enciklopedija.hr. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  3. "Ena Begović". Večernji list (in Croatian). Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  4. "Đorđe Kukuljica: Tri tjedna ležao sam u komi". gloria.hr (in Croatian). 5 October 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  5. "Poginula Ena Begović". Net.hr (in Croatian). 15 August 2000. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  6. "Sahranjena Ena Begović". Net.hr (in Croatian). 19 August 2000. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
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