Lidija Vukićević
| Lidija Vukićević MP | |
|---|---|
 Vukićević presenting the Zbilja magazine's lifetime literary achievement award in March 2006. | |
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In office 2007–2012 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
20 July 1962 Kraljevo, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Serbian |
| Political party | Serbian Radical Party (2004-2012) |
| Spouse(s) | Mitar Mrkela (1991-2000;divorced); 2 sons |
Lidija Vukićević (Serbian: Лидија Вукићевић) (born July 20, 1962 in Kraljevo, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian film and TV actress.
From 2004 until 2012, she was also politically involved with the Serbian Radical Party (SRS), serving as their MP in the Serbian parliament from 2007 until 2012.[1]
Career
Acting
Best known for playing Violeta, daughter of the central Popadić family on hugely popular Bolji život soap opera, Vukićević's acting career peaked throughout mid-to-late 1980s and early 1990s.
Her career in movies was launched in 1985 when she got cast in Žikina dinastija, seventh installment of the popular folksy comedy film series Lude godine. Being 22 at the time, Vukićević played the role of sexy house maid Lilika.
This exposure led to similar roles in other movies of the same genre such as Špijun na štiklama and Vampiri su među nama. In all of these movies she was mostly typecast as a ditzy sexpot.
Politics
In 2004 Vukićević joined the opposition Serbian Radical Party (SRS), a political organization whose leader Vojislav Šešelj had already been detained in The Hague for over a year, awaiting trial at the international criminal tribunal. In his absence, the party that won 27.62% of the popular vote at the latest parliamentary election and held 82 seats, more than any other individual party in Serbia at the time, was led by its high-ranking officials Tomislav Nikolić, Aleksandar Vučić, and Dragan Todorović.
Vukićević became the party's MP in 2007 following the parliamentary elections.[2] The following year in September when SRS went through a bitter split with many of its members including top-ranking officials Nikolić and Vučić left to form the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), Vukićević decided to stay loyal to SRS.
Along with a significant number of prominent members, she left the party following the 2012 elections where SRS won 4.62% of the popular vote, below the 5% threshold, meaning that it didn't make it in the parliament.[3] Reportedly, Šešelj's personnel decisions following the election fiasco, such as naming Vjerica Radeta as the new party vice-president, precipitated the mass exodus from SRS.[4]
Personal
During the early 1990s, Vukićević married Red Star Belgrade footballer Mitar Mrkela. The couple divorced in 2000. They have a son Andrej Mrkela, born in 1992, who is also a professional footballer and currently plays for Eskisehirspor.
Afterwards, the media speculated about her alleged relationship with the former Chief of the General Staff of Yugoslav Army Nebojša Pavković.[5]
References
- ↑ 'BOLJI ŽIVOT'
- ↑ Lidija Vukićević;Otvoreni parlament
- ↑ PUCA SRS: Očekivali da Šešelj metlom počisti stranku, umesto toga pljuštale ostavke!;telegraf.rs, 28 May 2012
- ↑ Ostavke u SRS;Press, 28 May 2012
- ↑ Radikalka u srcu i duši (Serbian)