Iva Babic

Recently cast in Alan Ball's pilot 'Virtuoso' for HBO, which wrapped principal photography in April 2015, Iva Babic was first noticed by director Branko Schmidt, who entrusted her with a pair of minor roles in his films Metastases (2009) and Vegetarian Cannibal (2010). Her real breakthrough however came with the TV series 'Sunday Mornings, Saturday Nights' (2012) a film by Predrag Licina where she played the role of the lesbian Sonja, and for which she has been widely praised. Her burgeoning acting skills were put to a considerable test in a second series, the Croatian version of the renowned Israeli TV series 'Therapy', known to US audiences as 'In Treatment' (2013). This time, playing Nina in the Croatian version (Laura in the Showtime series) her character falls in love with her psychotherapist. Because each episode is in effect a single scene, and is loaded with monologues and conversation between just two people, the actors are faced with a particularly challenging task, at which Iva excelled. Her first major role in a theatrical film came last year in the suspense drama 'One Shot', where she played one of the two leads, a girl who kills an innocent passer-by in an irresponsible shooting accident. In the aftermath, she starts to bond with the female police inspector working on her case. This was another eye-catching role for the gifted Iva, who is often compared with Uma Thurman because of her good looks and considerable range. Her most recent feature film is director Antonio Nuic's 'Life Is a Trumpet' (2015).