Nika Rozman

Nika Rozman is an established Slovenian actress, awarded for film and theatre roles. Her first significant role was Shakespeare's Juliet right after she graduated from acting at the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television at the University of Ljubljana. Since than she has created over thirty theatre roles in different Slovenian theater's, among them many leading ones, such as Ostrovsky's Katerina for which she was awarded the Borstnik Award for Best Young Actress (Slovenian equivalent for the Tony Award). The roles of Wedekind's Lulu and Cankar's Jacinta brought her an Acting Award given by the Slovenian Association of Dramatic Artists. She also performed as Ophelia in Shakespeare's Hamlet. She has appeared in numerous short and feature films, video and television productions, but became known to the Slovenian public with the role of the blonde model Mia in the horror feature Killbillies, which won several awards and earned her a Vesna Award for Best Supporting Actress (Slovenian equivalent for the Oscar Award). Soon after that she was cast for her first leading role in the feature film Buoyancy where she precisely portrayed dilemmas of the young lawyer Rebecca. The television audience got to know her as Tina Lanc, young criminalist in a very popular crime series Jezero (The Lake) for which she got a Nomination for Best Actress for Hearts of Sarajevo Award for TV Series of the 27th Sarajevo Film Festival and won The Brightest Star of 2020 Orion Award. She has recently shot the second season titled Leninov park and Dolina Roz. She regularly lends her voice to radio and animated characters. Younger audience will also recognize her as a host of a popular children's TV show on the Slovenian National Television. She used to be a member of Ljubljana City Theatre and later joined the ensemble of the Slovene National Theatre in Maribor. She currently took a break from classical theatre and works as a freelance artist choosing projects of her interest, such as shooting for film/television and theatre research. She lives in Ljubljana and travels around for auditions and workshops. She is also one of the founders of the Screen Actors Guild of Slovenia.