The Most Famous
ACTORS from Slovenia
Top 3
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Slovene Actors of all time. This list of famous Slovene Actors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Ita Rina (1907 - 1979)
With an HPI of 52.32, Ita Rina is the most famous Slovene Actor. Her biography has been translated into 20 different languages on wikipedia.
Tamara Đorđević (born Italina Lida Kravanja; 7 July 1907 – 10 May 1979), known professionally as Ita Rina, was a Slovenian film actress and beauty queen. She was one of the major film stars in Germany and Czechoslovakia in the late 1920s and the early 1930s. Rina retired from her career shortly after her wedding in 1931, when she changed her religion from Roman Catholic to Serbian Orthodox and her name to Tamara Đorđević.
2. Željko Ivanek (1957 - )
With an HPI of 47.37, Željko Ivanek is the 2nd most famous Slovene Actor. His biography has been translated into 25 different languages.
Željko Ivanek (; Slovene: [ˈʒɛːlkɔ iˈʋaːnək]; born August 15, 1957) is a Slovenian-American actor. Known for his work in film, television, and theatre, he is the recipient of a Primetime Emmy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Drama Desk Award, as well as three Tony Award nominations. Ivanek's film credits include Courage Under Fire (1996), Donnie Brasco (1997), Hannibal, Black Hawk Down (both 2001), Unfaithful (2002), The Manchurian Candidate (2004), Live Free or Die Hard (2007), The Bourne Legacy, Argo, Seven Psychopaths (all 2012), and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017). He has appeared in several films by Lars von Trier: Dancer in the Dark (2000), Dogville (2003), and Manderlay (2005). On television, Ivanek is known for playing Ray Fiske on the FX series Damages (2007–2010), for which he won the 2008 Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor. He also appeared as Ed Danvers on Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1999) and Russell Jackson on the CBS drama Madam Secretary (2014–2019), and has had recurring roles on series such as Oz (1997–2003), 24 (2002), True Blood (2008), Heroes (2009), Big Love (2009–2010), Banshee (2014), and 12 Monkeys (2015–2017). Since 2023, he has starred as "The Croat" on AMC's The Walking Dead: Dead City.
3. Tanja Ribič (1968 - )
With an HPI of 41.71, Tanja Ribič is the 3rd most famous Slovene Actor. Her biography has been translated into 24 different languages.
Tanja Ribič (born 28 June 1968) is a Slovenian actress and singer.
Pantheon has 3 people classified as actors born between 1907 and 1968. Of these 3, 2 (66.67%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living actors include Željko Ivanek and Tanja Ribič. The most famous deceased actors include Ita Rina.
