Bojana Novakovic

 Novakovic was born in Belgrade, Serbia and Yugoslavia on the 17th of November, 1981. She moved to Australia in 1988 at seven years old. She initially considered becoming an RN or a social worker However, after a major set of events that changed her mind, she resigned and decided to focus on the performing arts. Novakovic was a student at The McDonald College in Sydney, (where she was Dux of 1999) and graduated from NIDA with a Bachelor of Arts in Dramatic Arts in 2002. She has a younger sister, Valentina Novakovic, who is also an actor, famous for having performed in the Australian soap opera, Neighbours (1985).In 2003 Novakovic was a character in Randa in the ABC mini-series Marking Time (2003), the role that earned her an AFI Award for "Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Television Drama or Comedy". In her role as an actor, Novakovic's film credits from Australia include Blackrock (1996), Strange Fits of Passion (1998), The Monkey's Mask (1999), Thunderstruck (2004)