Nevena Kokanova (Bulgarian: Невена Коканова) (12 December 1938 – 3 June 2000) was a Bulgarian film actress. She was known as the "first lady of Bulgarian cinema." Her mother was from a well-known Austrian aristocratic family, and her father was a political prisoner. Kokanova was born in Dupnitsa, Bulgaria and is most renowned for her role as Lisa in The Peach Thief. She started her career at 18 as an apprentice actor with the Yambol Theater in Yambol, Bulgaria. In 1975 she was a member of the jury at the 9th Moscow International Film Festival. In 1980 she starred in and co-directed Three Deadly Sins with Lyubomir Sharlandzhiev. She died in Sofia.
Galileo
(Marina)
Стръмната пътека
(Elena)
Crystals
(Slava)
The Peach Thief
(Lisa)
Before and After the Victory
(Medicinskata sestra)
Dangerous Charm
(Boryana)
Detour
(Neda)
Tobacco
(Irina)
Evenings in Antim's Inn
Matriarchy
Autumn Sun
(Tinka)
Cyclops
(Zoya)
Sunstroke
Tango
(Havadzhieva)
A Human Heart
(Lena)
The Weddings of Ioan Assen
(Maria)
Men on a Business Trip
(Dancheto)
Canary Season
(Aunt Addie)
Ladies' Choice
(Golyamata etarva)
The Boy Turns Man
(Tinka)
The Inspector and the Night
(Jana)
Rootless Tree
(Daughter-in-law)
Taste of Almonds
(Gerda)
Love
(Irina)
Karambol
(Ана Мартинова)
Be Happy, Ani!
(Ani)
Don't Go Away!
(Tinka)
Little Tiger
(The Mother)
The Longest Night
(Woman-Doctor)
Salvation
(Bakardzhieva)
Memories of the Twin Sister
(Nevena)
The Best Person I Know!
(Uchitelkata Nikolina Boneva)
Queen of Turnovo
(Smilova)
This Fine Mature Age
(Elena)
Forest People
Years for Love
(Ema)
Constantine The Philosopher
Dangerous Flight
Circles of Love
(The woman with almond eyes)
A Strange Duel
(Bozhanova)
The Three Deadly Sins
(Dona)
Die Mahnung
Botschafter morden nicht
(Maria)
The Last Bachelor
(Fany)
My Father, the Painter
(the mother)
On a Quiet Evening
(Boyka)
Home for Our Children
(Veronika Aldanova)