Jelena Graovac Lučev was born in Vojvodina but she grew up in Rijeka. She finished Art History and Croatian Language and Literature in Zagreb (Faculty of Philosophy), Acting studies in Rijeka (Acting, Media, Culture, Faculty of Aplied Arts) and Belgrade (Master studies in Acting, Faculty of Dramatic Arts).

 

In 2018 she was awarded Best Actress on Sterijino Pozorje, for her role in the play JAMI DISTRIKT, directed by Kokan Mladenović. For the same role, she was awarded Best actress on the theatre festival in Sarajevo. On screen she lately collaborated with directors Timur Makarević, Bojan Vuletić, Leon Lučev and Milica  Lee Filipovski. She sings and writes in the band Ova stvarnost/ Disreality.

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In 2020 with Leon Lučev she founded a travelling Acting lab Glumac ima Vremena (Actor Has Time).