Marija Omaljev-Grbić

Marija Omaljev
Marija Omaljev
Born	5 December 1982 (age 41); Novi Sad, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Croatian
Other names	Mara Omaljev
Alma mater	Academy of Performing Arts
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2000–present
Spouse	Miraj Grbić (m. 2008)
Children	2

Marija Omaljev (born 5 December 1982) is a Croatian–American film, theater and television actress.

Biography

Marija Omaljev, also known as Mara Omaljev and Mara Auriel, was born on 5 December 1982 in Novi Sad, SR Serbia, then part of SFR Yugoslavia. As a pre-teen she moved with her family to Rovinj, Croatia, where she graduated elementary school and high school. In high school, she was a member of Rovinj's theater Gandusio, while she also played in her school's drama assemble.

In 2003, she entered Academy of Performing Arts at the University of Sarajevo, Bosnia, where she earned her M.A. degree in acting. Mara started her professional acting career on the main stage of the Sarajevo National Theatre, where she performed in various classical and contemporary plays. She also starred as a leading actress in more than ten prime time TV series and TV sitcoms such as Zakon ljubavi, Dolina sunca, Lud, zbunjen, normalan, Ruža vjetrova, The Real O'Neals as well as in Croatian, Bosnian, German, Austrian, Turkish and American feature Films.

She married a Bosnian-American actor Miraj Grbić in 2008. Since 2013, they are living in Los Angeles, California, United States. They had a daughter Billie on October 15, 2021 ^[1]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
2007	Beyond Mercy
2008	Ta tvoja ruka mala
2012	Body Complete	Alma
2012	Halima's Path	Waitress
2012	Moviestar	Amrita Zosima
2017	Uber	Svetlana

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Pečat	Sanja	21 episodes
2008	Zakon ljubavi	Una Perković	57 episodes
2009	Bračne vode	Sunčana
2009	Vrata do vrata	Nina
2008	Zauvijek mlad	Marija	3 episodes
2009–2010	Dolina sunca	Nataša Sever-Vitezović	192 episodes
2010	Kućni ljubimci	Žaklina	1 episode
2010–2013	Lud, zbunjen, normalan	Barbara	20 episodes
2011–2013	Ruža vjetrova	Mila Visković	213 episodes
2014	About a Boy	Woman in Stacey's Yoga Class	1 episode
2016	The Real O'Neals	Dream Woman	1 Episode

References

^ Kristina Bosno (28 April 2014). "Kalifornija je naš novi dom, imamo stan, auto i ovdje želimo dobiti dijete" (in Croatian). vecernji.hr. Retrieved 29 April 2014.

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[1] Kristina Bosno (28 April 2014). "Kalifornija je naš novi dom, imamo stan, auto i ovdje želimo dobiti dijete" (in Croatian). vecernji.hr. Retrieved 29 April 2014.

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