Mira Furlan was a Croatian-American/Yugoslav-American actress and singer. Internationally, she was best known for her roles as the Minbari Ambassador Delenn in the science fiction television series Babylon 5 (1993–1998), and as Danielle Rousseau in Lost (2004–2010), and also appeared in multiple award-winning films such as When Father Was Away on Business (1985) and The Abandoned (2010).
The music of Croatia, like the divisions of the country itself, has two major influences: Central European, present in central and northern parts of the country including Slavonia, and Mediterranean, present in coastal regions of Dalmatia and Istria.
Ivana Ranilović-Vrdoljak, better known by her stage name Vanna, is a Croatian pop singer.
Veljko Despot is a Croatian music journalist and record business entrepreneur. He has been involved in all aspects of the music industry as manager-director, record label owner, reporter, chief editor, radio and TV program director. In 1998, Despot received recognition from the Croatian government as one of top private entrepreneurs in the country.
Mijo Mirković, also known by his pen names Miho and Mate Balota, was a prominent Croatian poet, novelist and economist. Considered one of the most prominent Croatian poets of the 20th century and often credited as the greatest Istrian poet, he was called "the greatest Istrian after Labin's Matija Vlačić" by Tone Peruško.
Stjepan Hauser, known professionally as HAUSER, is a Croatian cellist. He was a member of 2CELLOS, along with Luka Šulić and continues to perform solo.
Igor Kuljerić was an important Croatian composer and conductor. His large opus followed the stylistic changes and evolutions of 20th and 21st century music.
What Is a Man Without a Moustache? is a 2005 Croatian romantic comedy-drama film. Hrvoje Hribar directed the film and wrote the screenplay as an adaptation of Ante Tomić's 2000 novel of the same name.
Alma Prica is a Croatian actress. She graduated from the Zagreb Academy of Drama Arts in 1985 and then joined the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb in 1986. Although primarily a theatre actress, she also appeared in numerous film and television productions.
Miljenko Prohaska was a Croatian composer, music arranger and orchestra conductor.
Renata Pokupić (born 24 July 1972, Virovitica, Yugoslavia is a Croatian operatic mezzo-soprano.
Amadeo Theatre and Music Company started its activities in the summer of 2000 in the atrium of the Croatian Natural History Museum at Upper Town in Zagreb, Croatia. Between 1797 and 1834, that same building was the founding place of the first Croatian public theatre called Amadeo's theatre, named after its founder, the Hungarian count Anton Amade de Varkony, who was also a notable county prefect of Zagreb. In the period between 2006 and 2009, the company was placed in the Museum of Arts and Crafts, Zagreb. In the summer of 2010, it relocated back to the atrium of the Croatian Natural History Museum.
Mate Matišić is a Croatian playwright, screenwriter, composer and musician. His plays have been staged in Croatian theaters as well as internationally, and some of them have been adapted into feature films. As a composer, he is best known for his film and theatrical music. He has won five Golden Arena awards at the Pula Film Festival.
Jadranka Đokić is a Croatian actress. One of the top Croatian actresses, she has won critical approval for her theatre, film and television performances.
Dalibor Grubačević is a Croatian composer, musician and record producer renowned for his works in the field of film music.
Darko Hajsek is a Croatian composer. He composed a respectable opus of more than 650 musical works, concert and musical-stage forms, ranging from small, instrumental and chamber shape to big orchestral symphonic works and ten large music and music-theatrical works of contemporary forms and synthesis involving opera, musical theatre and ballet, stage music and other musical forms.
Anita Andreis (Zganec) is a Croatian composer, singer-songwriter, musician and producer in the field of film music. Andreis has worked on a variety of films, theatre and ballet productions, both independent and commercial. She has won three Best Film Music Awards for her musical scores to the animation films Guliver and Bobo.
Vilim "Vili" Matula is a Croatian actor, director, civil activist and politician. He serves as a representative in the Croatian Parliament for green-left coalition We Can!.
Daniel Načinović is a Croatian poet, prose writer, essayist, journalist, and translator.
Theatre in Croatia refers to the history of the performing arts in Croatia, or theatrical performances written, acted and produced by Croatians. Croatian theatre generally falls into the Western theatre tradition, with influences especially from Italy, Germany, Austria and other European nations.
