Natasha Petrovic

Natasha Petrovik was born in Shtip 1988 where she finished her primary and secondary school education. She studied at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Skopje where she graduated in the Acting Department. At the time of her studies, in 2010, she became a member of the founder's team of the independent theater for performing arts, Theatra. Natasha has already gathered extensive experience of working on the stage and for cinema and television both domestically and internationally. She began her film career with a role 'Dea' in Milcho Manchevski's feature film "Shadows" which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2007 and was the national Academy Award submission in 2008. In 2009, she was cast in the lead role of Samira in Juanita Wilson's feature debut "As if i am not there", that premiered at the Saraevo International Film Festival, 2010. For this performance, Natasha was nominated for 'Best International Actress' in the Irish Television and Film Awards and the International Film Festival in Milano. She won the awards: 'Best International Actress' at the 2011 Seattle International Film Festival, 'Best Acting Performance' at the festival in UK, The End of The Pier Film International Film Festival and won the award for 'Best Actress' at SIFF 2011. Most importantly, Natasha was selected to be one of the European Shooting Stars at the Berlinale film festival at 2011. This made her the first actress chosen to be one of the young future stars in Europe at this festival, to represent Macedonia. In 2012 she took part in the film 'The Piano Room' directed by Igor Ivanov - Izi where she plays the leading woman role that premiered at Manaki Film Festival 2013 and also the film 'To The Hilt' directed by the Academy Award Nominee Stole Popov, that premiered 2014 at the Manaki Film Festival. In 2013 she played the role Katerina in the feature film 'Lazar' directed by Svetozar Ristovski, expected to premiere in 2015. Natasha was also the leading women role in the feature film 'Elixir' shot in Berlin, directed by Brodie Higgs, playing the role of Lexia. This film premiered at the Berlinale in 2015 having a world premiere. She later played Ines in the feature film 'I Witness', directed by Mitko Panov, where she played alongside Bruno Ganz. Her latest film 'Homo' is expected to premiere in 2020, where she plays Keti.