Helena Minić is a Croatian film, stage and television actress. Her debut role was in the 2003 multiple award-winning Bosnian film Remake.
Biography Helena Minić was born in Pula. She attended a drama school in her hometown and graduated from the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo in 2002.
Her first roles were in soap operas in Zagreb. She has worked in the Istrian National Theatre, and in theatres in Virovitica and Zagreb. She received the Croatian Society of Dramatic Artists award. In 2006 she was awarded Best Young Actress for the role of Donna in Dani Satire in Zagreb.
She received the HRT Orlando Award at the Dubrovnik Summer Festival in 2025 for Best Artistic Achievement in the Drama Programme for her portrayal of Medea in the play Medeja, directed by Martin Kušej. For the same role, she was awarded the Golden Studio Award in 2026.https://www.dubrovnik-festival.hr/novost/svecano-dodijeljene-nagrade-orlando-za-najbolja-umjetnicka-ostvarenja-na-76-dubrovackim-ljetnim-igrama/334https://evarazdin.hr/kultura/helena-minic-osvojila-zlatni-studio-u-kategoriji-najbolje-kazalisne-glumice-za-ulogu-medeje-422897/
In 2014, she married screenwriter and film director Dalibor Matanić. They have three children together.https://www.gloria.hr/gl/scena/price/dalibor-i-helena-matanic-o-zivotu-s-troje-djece-lola-max-i-neo-su-nabrijani-na-1200-volta-15363510 In 2025, following allegations of sexual harassment against Matanić,https://www.24sata.hr/amp/news/sve-o-istrazi-protiv-matanica-i-poslovima-ima-4-prijave-zrtve-cekaju-a-on-salje-film-u-dansku-1081742 Minić removed her husband’s surname from her social media profiles.https://www.index.hr/amp/magazin/clanak/helena-minic-uklonila-prezime-matanic-na-drustvenim-mrezama/2725183.aspxhttps://www.tportal.hr/showtime/clanak/helena-minic-povukla-drastican-potez-maknula-prezime-matanic-vise-ne-zivi-na-istoj-adresi-foto-20251029
Filmography
Television roles Stipe u gostima as Kristina (2012) Bibin svijet as nurse (2010) Zakon ljubavi as Tonka Njavro (2008) Mamutica as Izabela (2008) Zauvijek susjedi as Ana (2007) Naša mala klinika as guardian (2007) Obični ljudi as Saša Kincl (2006–2007) Ljubav u zaleđu as Tanja (2005–2006)
Film roles Lea i Darija - Dječje carstvo as mrs. in the audience (2011) Jenny te voli as Nataša (2010) Remake as Alma Dizdarević (2003) Egzorcizam as Vera Artuković (2017) U ime Jagode, Čokolade i Duha Svetoga as Magdalena (2018)
Voice-over roles +Film Year Title Role Notes 2010MarmadukeAfghan 1
References
External links