Babylon 5 mira furlan biography

Sadly, Mira Furlan died on Wednesday, 20 January 2021, due to complications with West Nile Virus. She was a woman full of kindness, strength and compassion.  She died peacefully at her home in Los Angeles, surrounded by her family.  We will all continue to celebrate her life and legacy, and know she’ll always be here with us.

A leading actress of film, theater and TV in the former Yugoslavia, Mira Furlan emigrated to the US at the outbreak of the war of the nineties for political reasons.

In her native country, she starred in over 40 movies, including the Cannes Golden Palm winner “When Father Was Away On Business”, directed by E.

Kusturica. She received all the highest honors for her work in film (two Golden Arenas – Yugoslav Oscars – for “Cyclops” and “Beauty of Sin”), as well as for her work in theatre. She was a member of the Croatian National Theater (favorite roles include Natalya in Turgenev’s “A Month in the Country”, Judith in Shaw’s “D