Biography
Who is Arta Dobroshi?
Early life and education
Arta Dobroshi was born in Pristina. She began studying performing arts while in elementary school. Later, she enrolled in the Academy of Arts in Pristina, where she completed an acting and drama program that lasted for four years.
During her student years, Arta performed in numerous theater plays and short films. When she was fifteen, she participated in a student exchange program located in North Carolina, where she performed in drama plays. Following her initial year at the academy, the Kosovo War began. During this period, her grandparents were detained by Serbian authorities for attempting to establish an Albanian language university. Once the conflict ended and the Serbian president resigned in October 2000, she left her position at a refugee camp to work as a translator for NATO.
Acting career and major roles
After the war, she began acting in local Albanian theater productions and films. She secured a leading role in the 2005 German-Albanian film titled Magic Eye. While performing in a play in Sarajevo, she met directors Luc and Jean-Piere Dardenne. They offered her a casting opportunity for the film Lorna's Silence. She landed the main role despite not speaking French at the time.
This performance led to a nomination for Best Actress at the European Film Awards and the Toronto Film Critics Association Awards in 2009. She also starred in a short film directed by Daniel Mulloy titled Baby. This production won Best Short Film at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in 2010 and Best International Short Film at the Cork Film Festival. Also, she received the Best Actress award for the film at the 24fps International Short Film Festival.
Producing and activism
Arta Dobroshi has expanded her work into film production. She produced the film Home, which won a BAFTA Film Award in 2017. Her work as an activist includes her role as a United Nations Development Programme Goodwill Ambassador for Kosovo, a position she was appointed to on December 22, 2008. The organization selected her due to her prior charity work and her public profile.
In 2016, she appeared as the lead in a video for the big Attack track Come Near Me. During the 2017 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, she received a Gold Lion. Upon accepting the award, she made a statement regarding her nationality and her connection to the world.
Awards and recognition
Her professional recognition includes the 2013 Shooting Stars Award presented at the Berlin International Film Festival by European Film Promotion. She also received the Best Actress Award at the Women's International Film and Television show in Los Angeles in 2012. Throughout her career, she has been a jury member for the 59th Berlin International Film Festival.
She is recognized as the first Kosovan actress to walk the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival, the Berlin International Film Festival, and the Sundance Film Festival. She speaks Albanian, English, and French, and she has the ability to understand Macedonian.
Birthday and age
Arta Dobroshi was born on October 2, 1979, which makes Arta 47 years old today. That birthday falls under the Libra sign. Arta shares the date with 35 other famous people.
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