Ivana Miličević (; born 26 April 1974) is an American actress and model, best known for her starring roles in the Cinemax action-drama series Banshee (2013–2016) and The CW science fiction drama series The 100 (2018–2020).

Miličević had roles in films such as Vanilla Sky (2001), Down with Love (2003), Love Actually (2003), Just like Heaven (2005), Casino Royale (2006), Running Scared (2006), What's Your Number? (2011), and Catfight (2016).

She guest starred in numerous television series, including The Nanny (1997), Seinfeld (1997), Felicity (1998–1999), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2002), Friends (2003), Charmed (2003), One on One (2004), American Dad! (2006–2008), Ugly Betty (2007), Chuck (2008), Psych (2012), Power (2016), and Gotham (2016–2017).

Early life Miličević was born in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia (modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina), to Bosnian Croat parents. She emigrated to the United States at the age of five and was raised in Detroit, Michigan. Miličević's younger brother is Tomo Miličević, who was previously the lead guitarist of the rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars. She also had a younger brother, Filip, who died in August 2016. She became a naturalized citizen of the United States. In 1992, Miličević graduated from high school and moved to Los Angeles in pursuit of an acting career.

Career Miličević first achieved success in modeling, and gained the reputation of being the () because of her resemblance to the famous Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bündchen. She worked as a model while attending Athens High School in Troy, Michigan.

Miličević began acting after graduation, appearing in the 1998 thriller film Enemy of the State. She then had guest appearances in numerous television series, including Charmed, Seinfeld, Felicity, Nash Bridges, The Nanny (with former Bond girl Lois Chiles), Buzzkill, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Yes, Dear, Chuck, House, Friends, Pushing Daisies, Hawaii Five-0, and The Mind of the Married Man. She was on the cover of Paper in 2002. In the same year, she appeared in the music video of Marc Anthony's I Need You.

In 2006, she starred in the CBS comedy series Love Monkey and played the role of Valenka in the James Bond film Casino Royale. In 2007, she played Lena on Ugly Betty. In 2008, she starred in Witless Protection. Miličević played the Soviet intelligence officer Dasha Fedorovich in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 and in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 – Uprising. From January 8 to 29, 2011, she starred alongside Maggie Lawson, Kurt Fuller, and Peter Mackenzie in the Red Dog Squadron production of Greedy by Karl Gajdusek at the El Centro Theatre in Hollywood.

In 2018, she joined the cast in the fifth season of The CW science fiction drama series The 100, recurring until its conclusion in 2020. Also in 2020, she had starring roles as Striga in the animated fantasy series Castlevania and as Arianna Demachi in the action drama series Strike Back: Vendetta.

Personal life On 14 April 2018, Miličević gave birth to a son, Phoenix Jedi Hogan. Miličević and Paddy Hogan married on December 29, 2018.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1995 Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest Acolyte / Eli's Follower Uncredited 1996 Jerry Maguire Former Girlfriend 1997 The Big Brass Ring Cela Brandini Short film 1998 Postmortem Gwen Turner Kiss the Sky Ilsa Crazy Six Anna Direct-to-video October 22 Debra Enemy of the State Ruby's Sales Clerk 1999 Love Stinks Amber House on Haunted Hill Period Film Actress Scenes deleted 2001 Head over Heels Roxana Impostor Gang Girl Vanilla Sky Emma 2002 Four Reasons Model 2003 Down with Love Yvette Mail Order Bride Nina Love Actually Stacey / American Dreamgirl Paycheck Maya-Rachel 2005 The Return of the Muskrats Agent Short film Slipstream Sarah Tanner Her Minor Thing Zsa Zsa In Her Shoes Caroline Just like Heaven Katrina 2006 Running Scared Mila Yugorsky The Plague Jean Raynor Direct-to-video The Elder Son Tanya Casino Royale Valenka 2007 Battle in Seattle Carla 2008 Witless Protection Madeleine Demcowski Columbus Day Cheryl Direct-to-video Your Name Here The Blonde 2009 Reflections Human 2 Short film 2010 Red Rooster Tiree All American Tooles Ivana Jackovich Beneath the Blue Gwen 2011 Coming & Going Ivana What's Your Number? Jacinda The Howling: Reborn Kathryn Kidman / Kay Direct-to-video 2015 Aloha Carson Biographer Guns for Hire Friday Green 2016 Catfight Rachel 2017 The Misogynists Sasha 2022 Broken Soldier Elly 2025 The Astronaut Dr. Michelle Alden

Television Year Title Role Notes 1997 Seinfeld Patty Episode: "The Comeback" Hollywood Confidential Waitress Television film Unhappily Ever After Oksana Episode: "From Russia with Love" The Nanny Tasha Episode: "No Muse Is Good Muse" The Devil's Child Unknown role Television film 1998 House Rules Cinnamon Episode: "Dude Act Like a Lady" The Army Show Private Lana Povac 4 episodes 1998–1999 Felicity Sensa 2 episodes 2000 Nash Bridges Chase Secret Agent Man Lara Episode: "Sleepers" 2001–2002 The Mind of the Married Man Missy Main role; 20 episodes 2002 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Samantha Finn Episode: "As You Were" Just Shoot Me! Katinka Episode: "Mr. Jealousy" 2003 Yes, Dear Kirsten Episode: "Flirtin' with Disaster" Friends Kori Weston Episode: "The One with the Memorial Service" Charmed Mist 2 episodes Chasing Alice Unknown role Television film 2004 Solstrom Newlyweds Duo Episode: "Twin Winds" CSI: Miami Jen Kemp Episode: "Wannabe" Frankenstein Erika Helios Television film Las Vegas Angie Logan Episode: "My Beautiful Launderette" Dark Shadows Angelique Bouchard Unaired television pilot 2004–2005 One on One Ranya Rochenko 4 episodes 2006 The Unit Ilona Episode: "Natural Selection" Love Monkey Julia Main role; 8 episodes 2006–2008 American Dad! Svetlana / Russian Spy Voice; 3 episodes 2007 Ugly Betty Lena 2 episodes Fallen Ariel Main role; 4 episodes 2008 Chuck Ilsa Trinchina Episode: "Chuck Versus the Undercover Lover" House Woman in Black Episode: "House's Head" 12 Miles of Bad Road Montserrat Main role; 6 episodes Pushing Daisies Hedda Lillihammer Episode: "The Norwegians" 2009 Eleventh Hour Isabelle Van Dyke Episode: "Eternal" Without a Trace Lana Episode: "Heartbeats" Royal Pains Kylie Episode: "Nobody's Perfect" Eastwick Ivanka 2 episodes 2010 Hawaii Five-0 Nadia Lukovic / Natalie Reed Episode: "ʻOhana" 2011 Charlie's Angels Nadia Ivanov Episode: "Angel with a Broken Wing" 2012 Psych Miss Ivana Episode: "Autopsy Turvy" Vegas Diane Desmond 2 episodes 2013–2016 Banshee Anastasia / Carrie Hopewell Main role; 36 episodes 2016Roadies Maureen Episode: "The Corporate Gig"Power Karen Bassett 4 episodes 2016–2017Gotham Maria Kyle 3 episodes 2018–2020 The 100 Charmaine Diyoza 24 episodes 2020–2021 Castlevania Striga Voice; main role; 20 episodes 2020Strike Back: Vendetta Arianna Demachi 8 episodes 2023 Captain Fall Additional voices Voice; 1 episode 2025 Sherlock & Daughter Marjorie Anderson 6 episodes

Video games Year Title Voice role Notes 2008 Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 Dasha Fedorovich 2009 Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 – Uprising

References

External links

Ivana Miličević at Rotten Tomatoes