Dessy Tenekedjieva

Biography

Dessy Tenekedjieva is a Bulgarian performer who acts, sings, and produces films, born in Varna. She graduated in 1995 from the Krastyo Sarafov academy for theater and film arts. At 14 she made her screen debut in Forbidden for Adults, and she has since acted in more than 30 movies. Her credits include Operation Delta Force 4: Deep Fault (1999) and Killer Rats (2003). She played Maria Medici in Ermanno Olmi's Il Mestiere Delle Armi, which earned a place in the Cannes Film Festival and took nine David di Donatello prizes, among them Best Film, and the selection gave her the first leading part by a Bulgarian actress in the festival's official section. On stage she has appeared in Three Sisters and The Master and Margarita, and she produced and starred in LUBOVNIKA.COM. She sings in an ethno project rooted in Bulgarian folklore, while her company NOVA Film has produced music, theater, cinema, and television projects since 2000.

55years old

Turns 56 on April 12in 152 days

Born April 12, 1971Varna
Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19

Movie Career

Films: 3
Career span: 26 years1999 to 2025

Every film, newest first

2025The Wheels of HeavenIMDb rating 4.2
2003RatsIMDb rating 3.5
1999Operation Delta Force 4: Deep FaultIMDb rating 3.8

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Early training
Tenekedjieva attended the Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts, and she graduated from there in 1995. She had earlier graduated from the French Language School in Varna, Bulgaria.
Beyond film
Tenekedjieva took the main role and also produced "LUBOVNIKA.COM" (The Lesson), a play by Eugène Ionesco that Boiko Bogdanov directed at Sofia's Little City Theater Off the Channel.
Beyond film
With Nikolai Ivanov, Tenekedjieva writes and performs in an ethno music project rooted in Bulgarian folklore. Her videos "Dark," "When It All Ended" and "I Wonder" have charted on television and radio.
Behind the camera
For music videos, Tenekedjieva works alongside cameraman Georgi Markov, and on the video for "When It All Ended" she teamed up with director Ivailo Palmov.
Beyond film
Tenekedjieva also appeared in theater productions, among them Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters, staged by Stoyan Kambarev, and Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita, directed by Teddy Moskov, which toured world theater festivals including Avignon, Edinburgh, Moscow, Jerusalem and Zurich.