Ana Papadopulu

Ana Papadopulu, born in Sofia into a family of doctors of Greek descent, is an actress of the Ivan Vazov National Theatre, where she has been at home since 1997, when as a student she made her debut as Ana in Alexander Morfov's production of Gorky's The Lower Depths. She graduated in 2000 from the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts in the class of Stefan Danailov and that year received the Ivan Dimov award for young theatre talent; an Askeer award followed in 2018. Her film and television work includes The Hunt for Salamander, Stolen Life, Fourth Estate, Uncle Christmas, The Petrov File, Mission London and The World Is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner. On the National Theatre's stage she has played dozens of leading roles, and in recent seasons has appeared in The Glembays, Hedda Gabler, Medea, The Little Foxes, The Wild Duck, Some Girl(s), Pieces of a Woman and A Doll's House. She has taken part in the Sofia Philharmonic's concerts as narrator and reciter. The Askeer came for her supporting performance in The Little Foxes, and in 2019 The Wild Duck brought her an Icarus nomination. Her National Theatre roles of those seasons also included The Observers, subtitled A Hypothesis about the Hereafter.