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  Mira Furlan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mira Furlan (born 7 September 1955 in Zagreb) is a Croatian actress and a singer currently residing in the United States.
Furlan was born to a family that included a large number of university professors in Zagreb, which was at that time part of Yugoslavia.
Furlan's paternal grandfather was Slovenian and her paternal grandmother was a Croat.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mira_Furlan   (341 words)

  
 Mira Furlan
Mira Furlan, an extraordinarily gifted actress, now a legend for her role as Ambassador Delenn in the popular science fiction saga Babylon 5 started her life in Zagreb, Croatia where she was born.
By her fourth year Mira was playing the lead in her first TV series Velo Misto, aka The Little Big Town and shortly thereafter, she joined the Croatian National Theatre where she became a prominent member of this theatre company and also performed regularly at the Dubrovnick Summer Festival.
Mira and her husband left in November 1991 for New York City, to begin a new life in America.
www.thegalacticgateway.com /furlan.htm   (797 words)

  
 Mira Furlan
Thus, Furlan - a warm, spirited interview subject with a striking sense of humor - has no difficulty relating to the displaced individuals on Babylon 5, nor with playing an alien ambassador in a universe which is constantly in conflict.
While Furlan has told producer J. Michael Straczynski about her experiences, she is quick to point out that the theme of a displaced person within her own country is not only her story, nor Delenn's.
Furlan believes that the "rape on a large scale" happening to her country reflects fundamental attitudes on the part of the men in power.
www.littlereview.com /getcritical/interviews/furlan.htm   (1676 words)

  
 Mira Furlan
Mira is a very beautiful woman who, although diminutive of stature and slight of form, carries tremendous presence.
I feel that Mira must have known, as she is a very intelligent lady, that by standing up for that ethical principal in that time and that place, that she was laying her life on the line.
The Mira I've encountered is a gentle soul, sensitive but with an inner strength that has seen her through events that would destroy a lesser spirit.
www.zlatna.com /celebration/miraf.html   (830 words)

  
 Mira Furlan Photos - Mira Furlan News - Mira Furlan Information
Mira Furlan was born in Yugoslavia, and became one of that nation's leading actresses in stage, film, and television.
Mira sang in a band in the mid-1980's.
Mira Furlan: In those moments when I entered the stage, trembling with stage fright and excitement, under those spotlights, I felt that I'd found the one thing that I wanted to do in my life.
www.tv.com /mira-furlan/person/22141/summary.html   (411 words)

  
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Furlan was born on the 7th of September in Zagreb, then part of the former Yugoslavia, now the capital city of the Republic of Croatia.
Mira's grandmother taught her to speak German at an early age and then later French, and her mother, who was an avid theatregoer, introduced her to the magic of the dramatic arts when she was still very young.
Mira went on to attend the University of Zagreb, to further her language studies with the original intention of pursuing a career as a simultaneous translator, and at the same time enrolled in Zagreb's Academy for Theatre, Film and Television.
www.jammed.com /usenet/faq/celebrities/mira-furlan-faq   (3631 words)

  
 Mira Furlan - The Great Machine
Mira Furlan (born September 7, 1955) is an actress currently residing in the United States.
Furlan is married to director Goran Gajić, who has directed her in an episode of Babylon 5 and several plays, including a production of Sophocles' Antigone.
She and her husband emigrated from Yugoslavia in late 1991 to escape the political turmoil and ethnic tensions which accompanied the breakup of the country -- she is a Croat and he is a Serb.
tgm.firstones.com /wiki/Mira_Furlan   (234 words)

  
 Átjáró Fesztivál - Gateway Festival - Euroconference - Mira Furlan - The "Ambassador" with A Thousand ...
Mira Furlan was born September in Zagreb, in the former Yugoslavia.
In 1991 Furlan and family fled the country during the South Slavonic War, the actress and her husband started a new life in The United States.
Mira Furlan landed her first American role in 1993 in the Babylon 5 science fiction series where she portrayed the enigmatic Ambassador Delenn.
fesztival.sfportal.hu /content/view/21/30/lang,cz   (436 words)

  
 Mira Furlan: An Actress of Many Talents   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Mira played a fabulous role and did a wonderful job as "Delenn of Mir." Delenn is the character that is featured in the background!
Anyway, Mira has said that she loved this particular role because Delenn is a complex woman.
When asked, Mira has also said that Delenn was like her first role all over again.
members.tripod.com /~Mira_Furlan/babylon5.htm   (128 words)

  
 observationdome.com: Mira Furlan Chat Transcript   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Mira Furlan is best known for her portrayal of the half-human Ambassador Delenn, in the cult sci-fi series Babylon 5, a role that has endeared her to audiences all over the world.
Mira Furlan: "I was very happy with the storyline that caused Ambassador Delenn to change her appearance...The make-up in the first year was quite uncomfortable...and I sometimes suffered at the end of the 16-hour-long day...It took three hours to apply the make-up each day..."
Mira Furlan: "I am very grateful to the fans...and whenever I feel professionally frustrated I remember the fact that they are the ones who follow, understand and appreciate my work.
observationdome.com /chats/mf-beeb.html   (2287 words)

  
 John and Delenn: Mira Furlan's Work
The gentleman at DS Sound has found another one of Mira's movies.
Mira plays the love interest of the filmmaker and is the actress in parts of his film.
She speaks a little English in the film within the film, which I found interesting - there are a number of different languages spoken in this film by various of the actors, Serbo-Croatian, Albanian (I assume), German, French, Spanish and English.
www.johndelenn.com /jd/jd/mirafilms.html   (307 words)

  
 [alt.fan.mira-furlan] FAQ - Welcome - read this first!
Goran Gajic and Mira Furlan - The Celebration -------------------------------------------- http://www.zlatna.com/gold.html Devoted not only to Mira, but to her husband, director Goran Gajic as well.
The Mira Furlan Archive ----------------------- http://members.fortunecity.com/gronda/index1.html This was a really good site, but it has not been updated in a very long time.
Mira Furlan ------------- http://mira_furlan.homestead.com/ Mira Furlan ----------- http://www.user.cityline.ru/~tu160a/mfurlan.html The Mira Furlan Tribute Site ---------------------------- http://mirafurlan.freeyellow.com/index.html Still under construction, but the webmaster has made a great start on what is shaping up to be a very interesting new page.
www.cs.uu.nl /wais/html/na-dir/celebrities/mira-furlan-faq.html   (3721 words)

  
 Delenn - Mira Furlan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Mira Furlan, a leading actress of film, stage and television in the former Yugoslavia, co-starred in "When Father Was Away on Business," an Oscar-nominated film which also garnered the "Golden Palm" at the Cannes Film Festival.
Furlan appeared regularly on Yugoslav television, starring in major series and films.
She was critically acclaimed for her extensive theatre roles, among them Ophelia in "Hamlet," Celimene in "The Misanthrope," Lea in "Dybbuk" and Natalya in "A Month in the Country." Her American credits include the telefilm "My Antonia," and productions of "Yerma," "Baal" and "Antigone," in which she won a Dramalogue award for the title role.
jc1701.com /delenn.html   (463 words)

  
 Mira Furlan - Resources
Furlan to the press and people of Yugoslavia before she left the country in November of 1991.
Excerpts from it were used without her permission in the book The Balkan Express written by Slavenka Drakulic (published 1993, W.W. Norton and Co.) and it has been made available in its entirety in various places on the net.
Furlan's fans due to their interest in her life, her history and her work, have developed outside interests in Croatian language studies, Balkan History, current affairs in the countries that now comprise the former Yugoslavia and Eastern European theatre and cinema.
www.zlatna.com /celebration/mres.html   (560 words)

  
 Dragon*Con Biography: [Mira Furlan]
A leading actress of theatre, film and TV in the former Yugoslavia, Mira Furlan emigrated to the US due to the unfortunate political circumstances in her homeland.
Furlan starred in the Warner Brothers TV series Babylon 5 as Ambassador Delenn, and has received the Sci-Fi Universe award for the Best Supporting Actress in a Genre TV Series for that role.
Furlan is a member of the Actor's Studio.
www.dragoncon.org /people/furlanm.html   (212 words)

  
 The Official Mira Furlan Website
A leading actress of theatre, film and TV in the former Yugoslavia, Mira Furlan emigrated to the U.S. four years ago, due to the intolerable political circumstances in her homeland.
Furlan currently stars in the Warner Bros. TV series "Babylon 5" as Ambassador Delenn (Sci-Fi Universe award for Best Supporting Actress in a Genre TV-series).
In the former Yugoslavia Mira was a member of the Croatian National Threatre and a frequent guest star at major theatres throughout the country.
www.mirafurlan.com /index.htm   (343 words)

  
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Mira Furlan,who plays the ethereal Ambassador Delenn of the Minbari Republic on the epic sci-fi show Babylon 5, recently spoke with us regarding her feelings about her character and the show, its resonance from her own loss of her homeland of Yugoslavia and her first brushes with American SF fandom.
Mira Furlan: I got involved in the most usual way.
It was such a great surprise for me. I had the experience of losing my audience, and the people who knew me and appreciated me. To find a new audience is really a great thing for me. The fans have been extremely kind, and it means a lot when people appreciate what you do.
www.whatsleft.com /various/MiraFurlan.html   (962 words)

  
 Mira Furlan FAQs - WikiFAQ - Answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Mira Furlan is a noted former Yugoslavian actress, currently best known to the western world for her portrayal of the Minbari Ambassador "Delenn" on the award winning series Babylon 5.
When Mira was a guest at Earthstation Edmonton in March 1997, during her second presentation she was asked what her favorite colour was.
Mira Furlan gives her support to many good causes.
www.wikifaq.com /Mira_Furlan_FAQs   (1740 words)

  
 Mira Furlan
A leading actress of theatre, film and TV in the former Yugoslavia, Mira Furlan emigrated to the US with her husband Goran Gajic in November 1991, due to the intolerable political circumstances in her homeland.
Furlan starred in the Warner Brothers TV-series Babylon 5 as Ambassador Delenn (Sci-Fi Universe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Genre TV-series 1996 and 1997).
In the former Yugoslavia Mira was a member of the Croatian National Theatre and a frequent guest star at major theatres in the whole country.
www.pipetap.com /mira_furlan.htm   (332 words)

  
 Just Wondering: Mira Furlan - BC Beat - Blog on Broadcasting & Cable - 1380000138
Played by actress Mira Furlan – who is actually Yugoslavian not French – Rousseau has made several appearances on Lost, and is without a doubt one of the most mysterious and complex characters on the island.
Having played a major character on Babylon 5, Furlan is no novice to television, which probably explains her ability to make us hate, fear, and sympathize with her character in a single episode.
Rousseau has been living on the island for 16 years and lost everyone she came with, and Furlan is able to pull off these unusual attributes in a magnetic fashion.
www.broadcastingcable.com /blog/1380000138/post/1940003994.html   (553 words)

  
 Mira Furlan at Dragon*Con 2006!
When asked if she would like to be a regular weekly character on LOST, she replied that she would like to do more as Danielle.
Other questions involved where Mira considered home since she grew up in Croatia, but now lives in Los Angeles.
I explained that Cuse and Lindelof had a podcast on the ABC web site and someone else explained that a podcast was like a radio show on the net.
www.lost.com /Mira_Furlan_DragonCon_2006.shtml   (889 words)

  
 The alt.fan.mira-furlan Frequently Asked Questions List   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Furlan's attendance at a convention contact: Unknown at this time.
People interested in getting involved in these discussions, should contact me directly at moyra@zlatna.com or moyra@on.aibn.com 4.4 Newsgroups =============== Mira Furlan has her own newsgroup but other newsgroups have interesting messages about her.
Furlan: alt.fan.mira-furlan alt.babylon5 alt.babylon5.uk alt.binaries.multimedia.babylon5 alt.startrek.vs.babylon5 alt.tv.babylon-5 aus.sf.babylon5 de.rec.sf.babylon5 fido7.ru.babylon5 finet.harrastus.babylon5 gaia.fido.babylon5 maus.rec.babylon5 ncf.sigs.tv.babylon5 net.genre.sf.babylon5 rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5 rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.info rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated uk.media.tv.sf.babylon5 uk.media.tv.sf.babylon5.misc uk.media.tv.sf.babylon5.social z-nets.sf+fantasy.babylon5.allgemein
omicron.felk.cvut.cz /FAQ/articles/a5284.html   (3515 words)

  
 Mira Furlan: An Actress of Many Talents
This page is dedicated to Mira Furlan, an actress from Croatia who has starred in Babylon 5, and in many movies.
She's won several awards, and was a leading actress in film and stage in the former Yugoslavia.
If you've never heard of her before, or have only seen her in Babylon 5 or one of her movies, then be sure to visit the video page fore places where you can find the videos.
members.tripod.com /~Mira_Furlan/index2.html   (86 words)

  
 Mira Furlan on "Lost" - JMSNews Forums
Mira Furlan Will be on tonight's episode of "Lost".
Kinda curious too - I think someone like Mira would have been in the foreground, not showing up as one of the "extras" of the 48.
Oh, yes, and it really was fanatstic to see (and hear) Mira again.
www.jmsnews.com /forums/showthread.php?t=540   (1525 words)

  
 Mira Furlan - Images
This is how Mira came to Germany and was warmly welcomed by many fans...
This convention was an incredible experience, virtually every member of the Babylon5- cast was there, accompanied by some of the crew (especially JMS and John Copeland).
The Closing Ceremony, Image 1: Mira Furlan, JMS, Patricia Tallman, Image 2: Joshua Cox, Mira Furlan, JMS, Patricia Tallman, John Copeland and a part of Bill Mumy
members.aol.com /MiraFurlan/english/images.htm   (140 words)

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