Marija Škaričić

Marija Škaričić
Marija Škaričić
Born	6 August 1977 (age 47); Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2000–present
Awards	Golden Arena for Best Actress; 2010 - Mother of Asphalt

Marija Škaričić (born 6 August 1977) is a Croatian actress.

Biography

Marija Škaričić was born on August 6, 1977, in Split. She ended Primary and Secondary school in Split. As a high school student, she attended Gradsko kazalište mladih. In the third attempt she graduated at Academy of Dramatic Arts, where she graduated in 2003. Already since 2001 she had professional performances in the play HNK Split, Rijeka, National Theatre, and Žar ptica.

Her first lead role gets in 2004 in the movie A Wonderful Night in Split, directed by Arsen Anton Ostojić. For formal recognition of such status made sure the jury Sarajevo Film Festival with Mike Leigh at the helm, awarding her the same year the Heart of Sarajevo, the prestigious award for best female actor achievement.

New real acting takes a running start in one of the biggest Croatian commercial success, the film What Is a Man Without a Moustache?, directed by Hrvoje Hribar.

2006 revives old love with Sarajevo taking away a second time with the local festivals Heart of Sarajevo for Best Actress in the film Das Fräulein, directed by Andrea Staka. Marija played a young girl Ana from Sarajevo who is going to make a friendship with Serbian woman Ruža. Marija Škaričić in that film played with Mirjana Karanović and Ljubica Jović.

The following are many small movie roles in a number of Croatian films and lead roles gets 2010 year in the German film Shahada (which was in competition with the Berlin International Film Festival), and then in the film of Dalibor Matanić – Mother of Asphalt.^[1] For this role she was awarded the Golden Arena for Best Actress at the 57th Pula Film Festival and Azimut D'OR Grand Prize for Best Actress at the International Festival of Audiovisual Programs in Paris.

During this period, Marija Škaričić was one of the busiest and most awarded Croatian film actresses.

She also acted in serials Operation Kajman and Bumerang.

In 2010 Journal Globus proclaimed her as one of the leaders of Croatian film (together with Daria Lorenci, Zrinka Cvitešić, Leona Paraminski, Nataša Janjić and Jadranka Đokić).

At 61st International Film Festival in Berlin, she was officially awarded this recognition. Škaričić is second Croatian actress who won that prize and that collection have many European film stars such as Daniel Craig, Anamaria Marinca, Daniel Brühl, Rachel Weisz, Carey Mulligan and many others.

For her role in Mare, she won Best Actress award at Sarajevo Film Festival and Festival International du Film de Femmes de Salé.^[2]^[3]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Film/TV Show	Result
2010	Golden Arena	Golden Arena for Best Actress	Mother of Asphalt	Won
2011	Shooting Stars Award	Best Actress	Mother of Asphalt	Won

Filmography

Movie roles

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Ništa od sataraša	konobarica
2000	Cashier Wants to Go to the Seaside	Cashier at the seaside
2000	Pos'o je dobar, a para laka
2001	Go, Yellow	Kruno's friend
2002	God Forbid a Worse Thing Should Happen	Cashier
2004	The Society of Jesus	sluškinja #1
2004	100 Minutes of Glory	čobanica
2004	A Wonderful Night in Split	Maja
2004	Sorry for Kung Fu	rodilja #1
2004	Nije bed
2005	What Is a Man Without a Moustache?	Ljubica
2005	Mrtvi kutovi	Lea
2006	Das Fräulein	Ana	Winner of Heart of Sarajevo
2006	The Biggest Mistake of Albert Einstein	Andreja
2007	Pravo čudo	Sister
2007	Kradljivac uspomena
2008	Behind the Glass	Maja's sister
2009	Zagrebačke priče
2009	In the Land of Wonders	Aunt
2009	Čovjek ispod stola	Jasna
2010	Mother of Asphalt	Mare	Winner of Pula Film Festival
2010	Shahada	Leyla	German film
2011	Bella Biondina	Tonka
2011	Visoka modna napetost
2011	Blurs	Nurse
2012	Cvjetni trg	Irena
2013	The Priest's Children	Marta	Croatian comedy film
2020	Breasts
2024	Cat's Cry (Mačji krik)	Nadia Petric
2024	My Late Summer	Lawyer Matković

Television roles

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Novo doba
2005-2006	Bumerang	Irena
2007	Operacija Kajman	Tonkica
2008	Bitange i princeze	pregnant woman
2008	Mamutica	Suzana
2009	Odmori se, zaslužio si	Lucija	1 episode
2011-2012	Provodi i sprovodi	Nicky Valentina

References

^ van Hoeij, Boyd (2010-12-29). "Mother of Asphalt". Variety. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
^ "Marija Škaričić". Swiss Films. Retrieved 2023-05-27.
^ "Mare". Croatian Audiovisual Centre. Retrieved 2023-05-27.