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Alenka Kraigher

Alenka Kraigher

Slavic Artists Management (Main agency)
Bojana Rnjak
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About me

Alenka Kraigher is an actress and film director who works between Ljubljana and New York. 
After graduating in film and TV directing at AGRFT, Slovenia, she moved to the US where she studied acting at HB Studio. 

In New York she starred opposite actor Willem Dafoe in a lead role which The New Yorker magazine placed among top 5 performances of the year. She has regularly collaborated with acclaimed directors Richard Foreman, Fiona Templeton and John Jesurun on the stages of theaters such as The Public Theater, LaMaMa and the NY Theater Workshop, among others. 

Since the start of the pandemic Alenka has made Slovenia her primary base, where she appeared in numerous films and TV series, and is currently working on a screenplay for her first feature film.

Alenka has appeared in feature films Antarctica (with Chloe Levine), The Space Among Us, Wake Me, The Hidden People (with Olafúr Darri Ólaffson) and Father Figure. She received an honorable mention for best actress at the 2021 South Arts and Film Festival in Chile, for her role in the short film Stay Safe.

In 2022 Alenka was awarded The Vesna Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role at the 25th Slovenian National Film Festival, for her protrayal of Jana in the feature film The Space Among Us.

Alenka plays regular recurring roles in slovenian TV series Yes, Chef, Windfall and All My Brother's Girlfriends (all produced by POP TV), and has guest starred in Mysteries of Laura (NBC), Celebrity Ghost Stories (Discovery Channel) as well as Mr. Professor and Cases of Inspector Vrenko (both TV Slovenia), among others.


Information

Place of birth
Ljubljana
Height (cm)
172
Weight (in kg)
55
Eye color
blue
Hair color
blond(e)
Hair length
Medium
Ethnicity and heritage
White or Caucasian
Stature
slim
Place of residence
Ljubljana (SI), New York (US)
Housing options
Wien (AT), Berlin (DE), Madrid (ES), Edinburgh (GB), London (GB), Riga (LV), Paris (FR)
Nationality
Slovenian, American
Languages
Slovenian(native)BosnianCroatianEnglishItalianMontenegrianSerbianSerbo-CroatianSpanishFrenchGermanRussian
Dialects
American-New YorkAmerican-Standard(native dialect)CanadianEnglish-Standard(native dialect)LondonMexicanMid-Atlantic(native dialect)Scottish
Accents
AmericanAustrianCroatianCzechEnglishFrenchPolishRussianScandinavianSerbianSlavicSlovakYugoslavian
Instruments
Piano
Sport
YogaAlpine skiing
Main profession
Actor
Special skills
CatwalkModel
Pitch
Mezzo-soprano
Driver's licenses
B - Car

Credits

Primary professional training

2008 – 2012
HB Studio New York

Other professional training

AGRFT - Academy for Theater, Radio, Film and Television, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Film and TV Directing
2019 – 2024
Jessica Cummings ongoing on-camera classes
2019 – 2024
Bob Krakower ongoing on-camera acting classes

Awards

2022
Vesna Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role at The Slovenian National Film Festival (Drama)
2021
Honorable Mention for Best Actress at The South Arts and Film Festival, Chile (Drama)
2017
Best Actress in A supporting Role in a Comedy or Musical, Nomination (nominated)

Film

2025
The Lost Son (pp) (Feature film)
Borut's Mother (SUP) Darko Stante Producer: Staragara Written by: Darko Stante
2025
The Hidden People (with Ólafur Darri Ólafsson) (P.P) (Feature film)
Icelandic Interpreter (SUP) Miha Hočevar Producer: Vertigo Distribution: Vertigo Written by: Srdjan Koljević, Miha Hočevar
2025
White Washes At 90 (pp) (Feature film)
Teacher (SUP) Marko Nabersnik Producer: Perfo Casting Director: Ljubimka Pavasovic Written by: Bronja Zakelj, Marko Nabersnik
2025
Elvis Skorc - Clever Klutz (pp) (Feature film)
Hanna's mother (SUP) Boris Jurjaševič Producer: Fabula
2025
Lev Berger (Short film)
Maja Vidmar (LR) Jan fabris Producer: Elephant Films Written by: Jan Fabris
2024
Block 5 (Feature film)
Pia (SUP) Klemen Dvornik Producer: AAtalanta
2024
Kai+ Ester Forever (Feature film)
Vanesa (SUP) Tosja Flaker Berce Producer: Temporama Written by: Tosja Flaker Berce
2024
After (Short film)
Detective (SUP) David Champaigne Producer: AGRFT Written by: David Champaigne
2023
Role Model (Feature film)
Suzana (SUP) Nejc Gazvoda Producer: Perfo
2022
The Space Among Us (Feature film)
Jana (SUP) Rahela Jagric Pirc Producer: Arsmedia
2022
Scum (Short film)
Marusa (SUP) Margareta Grm Producer: AGRFT
2022
2030 (Short film)
TV Announcer (SUP) David Champaigne Producer: AGRFT
2022
Apartment 33 (Short film)
Daria (SUP) David Champaigne Producer: AGRFT
2021
Stay Safe (Short film)
Wife (LR) Miha Mazzini
2020
Antarctica (Feature film)
French Teacher (SUP) Keith Bearden Producer: Breaker Distribution: Hewes Casting Director: Mia Cusumano, Meghan Rafferty
2020
A Taste of Andrea (Short film)
Andrea (LR) Valerie Khoudari Producer: NYFA
2017
No Costume No Candy
Euro Woman (SUP) Keith Bearden Producer: Greasy Films

Television

2026
Guts (P.P.) (TV series) In development
Receptionist (GR) Akseli Tuomivaara Producer: Johanna Tarvainen Written by: Jemina Jokisalo
2026
The Iron Curtain Monster (P.P.) (Drama)
Marjanca (SUP) Tomaž Gorkič Producer: 666 Productions Station: RTV Slovenia
2025
House of Love (TV series)
Therapist (SUP) Luka Stigl Producer: Squareme Station: POP TV, VOYO
2023 – 2025
Yes, Chef (6 seasons) (TV series)
Marina (LR) Marko Naberšnik, Igor Gajič Producer: Bastard 9 Station: POP TV, VOYO
2022
Gospod Profesor (Drama)
Doctor (EFR) TIjana Zinajić Producer: Paprika Station: POP TV, VOYO
2021
Vse Punce Mojga Brata (seasons 1 and 2) (TV series)
Katarina (SUP) Žiga Virc Producer: Virc Productions Station: POP TV, VOYO
2021
Primeri Inšpektorja Vrenka ( Cases of Inspector Vrenko) (TV series)
Ana Korenika (SUP) Boris Jurjaševič Producer: TV Slovenia Station: TV Slovenia
2021
Sekirca v Med (43 episodes) (TV series)
Kristina Jug (LR) Nikolaj Vodosek Producer: Perfo Station: POP TV, VOYO
2015
Mysteries of Laura (TV series)
Prostitute (GR) Michael Schultz Station: NBC

Theater

2024 – 2025
Three Versions of Life (Drama)
Ines (LR) Nina Šorak Producer: Theater Koper Written by: Yasmine Reza
2024
Chang in a Void Moon, #67.5 (New York)
Lolita (LR) John Jesurun Theater: Baker Falls, New York, NY Written by: Joohn Jesurun
2024
The Witch From Zgornja Davca (Drama)
The Mother Barbara Zemljič
2023
Look out, sh!thead!
Performer Kara Feely Producer: Object Collection Theater: LaMaMa Written by: Travis Just
2022 – 2023
The Blood Wedding
The Wife Yulia Rochina Producer: APT Theater Theater: APT Novo Mesto Written by: Federico Garcia Lorca
2017
Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Comedy or Musical, USA
Celestron (SUP) Steven Tenney Theater: Clemente Soto Velez Theater, New York
2017
d4rkly your retrorockets fl4re (Drama)
Celestron (SUP) Steven Tenney Producer: Celestial Productions NY Written by: Steven Tenney
2008
Idiot Savant (with Willem Dafoe) (Drama)
Marie (LR) Richard Foreman Producer: The Public Theater, New York Casting Director: Jordan Thaler and Heidi Griffiths Written by: Richard Foreman

Audio

2021
British narrator for The Slovenian National Musem (Narrator)
Narrator

Other

2024
2024 Reacting As A Star participant at Krafft
2024
Despicable Me 4 (Slovenian dub) (Feature film)
Valentina (SUP)