Jelena Veljaca
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Jelena Popović-Volarić, née Jelena Veljača (born April 23, 1981 in Zagreb
, Croatia
) is a Croatia
n actress and screenwriter, currently writing a weekly column for Nedjeljni Jutarnji
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Veljača is best known in the role of "Maja Župan" in the Croatian telenovela
Ljubav u zaleđu (Love in the Offside). She also appeared in the first Croatian telenovela ever Villa Maria. She has also co-written the script for the telenovelas Obični ljudi (Ordinary people) and Ponos Ratkajevih (Pride of the Ratkaj Family). She also appeared in the Croatian political thriller series Urota. In 2006 it was announced that she would be one of the writers on the upcoming Croatian edition of Survivor
.
Her 2009 book Mama vam je cijelo vrijeme lagala is a collection of weekly newspaper columns written for Jutarnji list
.
Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
, Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
) is a Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
n actress and screenwriter, currently writing a weekly column for Nedjeljni Jutarnji
Nedjeljni Jutarnji
Nedjeljni Jutarnji is the weekly Sunday edition of Jutarnji list, the leading quality daily newspaper in Croatia. Nedjeljni is principally concerned with life, culture, politics and style...
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Veljača is best known in the role of "Maja Župan" in the Croatian telenovela
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
Ljubav u zaleđu (Love in the Offside). She also appeared in the first Croatian telenovela ever Villa Maria. She has also co-written the script for the telenovelas Obični ljudi (Ordinary people) and Ponos Ratkajevih (Pride of the Ratkaj Family). She also appeared in the Croatian political thriller series Urota. In 2006 it was announced that she would be one of the writers on the upcoming Croatian edition of Survivor
Survivor (TV series)
Survivor is a reality television game show format produced in many countries throughout the world. In the show, contestants are isolated in the wilderness and compete for cash and other prizes. The show uses a system of progressive elimination, allowing the contestants to vote off other tribe...
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Her 2009 book Mama vam je cijelo vrijeme lagala is a collection of weekly newspaper columns written for Jutarnji list
Jutarnji list
Jutarnji list is a daily newspaper in Croatia with a circulation of about 115,000 copies.It was launched in April 1998, becoming the first successful Croatian daily newspaper to appear since the 1950s. It was named after a Zagreb daily that used to circulate before WW2...
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