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Mira Furlan

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Actress

The Resume

    (September 7, 1955-January 20, 2021)
    Portrays Danielle Rousseau on 'Lost' and Ambassador Delenn on 'Babylon 5'
    Acted in 'Stela' (1990), 'Bunker Palace Hotel' (1989) and 'Obisk' (1985)
    Jewish
    Twice won the Sci-Fi Universe Award for Best Supporting TV Actress (1996, 97)
    Won the Dramalogue Theatre Award for Outstanding Performance (1995)
    Won two Best Actress Golden Arenas (Yugoslav Oscars)
    Member of Actors' Studio

Why she might be annoying:

    She has long stringy hair that is not appropriate for her age.
    She had her first child when she was 43.
    She had stage fright but said: 'I felt that I'd found the one thing that I wanted to do in my life. Nothing could match that flow of adrenaline!'
    She was vilified for refusing to take sides during the Yugoslavia unrest.
    Her fellow Croatians taunted her as the 'Serbian whore' and a Serbian spy.
    Before leaving Yugoslavia, she was receiving multiple death threats daily.
    She does not like to hear comments on her previous roles, because they were done and she can do noting to change them.
    She sees moving to America as a double edge sword, you lose your mutual culture but you can reinvent yourself.
    She says of Hollywood: 'I left (Yugoslavia) because I felt a need to preserve my moral integrity, and then I arrived in Hollywood, which does not even know what morality is.'
    In Yugoslavia, she was typecast in films as a whorish girl.
    She desired to become a rock vocalist, did not have much success.
    She attended to college to become a translator.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She starred in dozens of films in Yugoslavia.
    She performed primarily on stage in Yugoslavia.
    Both of her parents and grandmother were college professors.
    She is fluent in Croatian (Serbo-Croat), German, French and English.
    She graduated the University of Zagreb.
    She had a longtime stalker in Yugoslavia who ended up in a mental asylum.
    She is a pacifist.
    She emigrated to New York City (November 1991).
    She called on her personal history to portray Delenn on 'Babylon 5.'
    She works with many charities that help the victims of the Yugoslavian civil war.
    She believes in forgiving old friends, because you can not replace those experiences with a new friend.
    She said: 'I think that it is a bigger cultural shock to move from New York to Los Angeles, than from Europe to New York.'

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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 7 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 177 Votes: 49.72% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 7 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 8 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 12.50% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 18 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 58 Votes: 62.07% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 46 Votes: 39.13% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 75 Votes: 45.33% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 182 Votes: 54.40% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 45 Votes: 42.22% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 213 Votes: 39.91% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 648 Votes: 43.83% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 369 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 669 Votes: 44.69% Annoying