Dessy Tenekedjieva

Dessy Tenekedjieva

producer, actress, director

Dessy Tenekedjieva was born on Apr 12, 1971 in Bulgaria. Dessy Tenekedjieva's big-screen debut came with Lagerat directed by Georgi Djulgerov in 1990. Dessy Tenekedjieva is known for The Beast Is Still Alive directed by Vesela Kazakova, Rousy Chanev stars as The Granddad and Vesela Kazakova as The Granddaughter. The most recent award Dessy Tenekedjieva achieved is CineMAiubit - International Student Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Dessy Tenekedjieva plays is Saving My Pig which will be released on Aug 10, 2018.

Desislava Ivanova Tenekedjieva , better known as Dessy Tenekedjieva is a Bulgarian actress, singer and producer. She was a wife of director Stoyan Kambarev. After his death she founded in 2009 on whose name a foundation and the prize for art. To 2010 she is the only Bulgarian actress with a starring role in a film of official selection at the Cannes Film Festival. Dessy Tenekedjieva was born on April 12, in Varna, in the family of Bulgarian and Ukrainian Jew. Her father is an engineer, her mother is a teacher of French. As a child Dessy was practicing gymnastics and tennis. She completed his secondary education in Varna. He continued his education at the National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria , where she graduated "Puppet mastery " in the class of Professor Nikolina Georgieva. In 1987, she debuted as a child in cinema with the film " Forbidden for Adults ," directed by Plamen Maslarov. In the coming years she participated in over 30 Bulgarian and international films. She played in the cult of Bulgarian theater shows as " Master and Margarita " by Bulgakov , directed by Teddy Moskov and "Three Sisters " by Chekhov , directed by Stoyan Kambarev. She was married six years to Kambarev, with whom she has a son - Joseph. In 1998, her husband suddenly died. In 2009, the actress became co-founder and president of the Art Foundation "Stoyan Kambarev" that served on behalf of an annual award for art. In 2001 she was invited to play in the movie " Craft Weapons " ( , Il mestiere delle Armi , director Ermanno Olmi ) in the title role of Marie de Medici. The film has won 9 awards David di Donatello, 3 awards Nastro d'Argento and was nominated for the "Palme d'Or" at Cannes Film Festival and the European Film Award in 2001. From 2000 to 2006 Tenekedjieva is an advertising face for Bulgaria of Jean Paul Gaultier and in 2007-2008 - on the Suzuki.

  • Birthday

    Apr 12, 1971
  • Place of Birth

    Varna, Bulgaria

Known For

Awards

1 wins & 0 nominations

CineMAiubit - International Student Film Festival
2021
One Elevator Apart (2021)
Winner - Best Screenplay
One Elevator Apart (2021)

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