Stefka Zlatkova

Stefka Zlatkova graduated from the “St. Ivan Rilski” Vocational High School of Clothing and Tourism in Pernik.

From 1994 to 1997, she studied Acting at the Lyuben Groys Theatre College in Sofia, in the class of Professor Elena Baeva and Assistant Professor Dr. Atanas Atanasov. Her graduation performances included Children of the Curse, The Misanthrope by Molière and La Ronde by Arthur Schnitzler.

Her professional career began at the Stefan Kirov Drama Theatre in Sliven, where she worked from 1997 to 1999. Between 1999 and 2002, she was a member of the acting company of the Sava Ognyanov Drama Theatre in Ruse.

Since the 2002/2003 season, she has been an actress at the Musical Dramatic Theatre “Konstantin Kisimov” in Veliko Tarnovo. Her debut on the Veliko Tarnovo stage was in Reflection of Passion, a dance performance by Mila Iskrenova. Over the years, she has portrayed numerous characters from Bulgarian and international drama, performing in plays, musicals and dance productions.

She received the Best Actress Award for her portrayal of Kakа Siyka in We Are Not Like Them, based on stories by Chudomir. The award was presented at the first national festival of comedy theatre productions, “The Miracle” (Chudoto).

Performances at the Musical Dramatic Theatre “Konstantin Kisimov”:

• Reflection of Passion – dance performance by Mila Iskrenova
• Sonya in Sea Salt by Emil Bonev
• The Queen in The Two-Headed Eagle by Jean Cocteau
• Malinka in The New Harbour by St. L. Kostov
• Beatrice in Opera Mafiosa by V. Stanilov
• Dulcinea-Aldonza in Man of La Mancha by Dale Wasserman
• The Camp – dance performance
• Vasilisa in Ivan Shishman by Kamen Zidarov
• Margaret in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams
• Rita in An Angel Emerged from the Mist by F. Gladilin
• Mrs. Chazen in Harold and Maude by Colin Higgins
• Elfriede Böning in A Merry Weekend by R. Zimmermann
• Olivia in Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
• Anna in Vassa Zheleznova by Maxim Gorky
• Iris in The Fireplace by M. Minkov
• Dafinka in The Mother-in-Law, based on the work by Anton Strashimirov
• Lucrezia, the Nun and Giacomina in The Decameron, based on the work by Giovanni Boccaccio
• Nia in The Iron Candlestick, based on the novel by Dimitar Talev
• The Bride in The Wedding of the Little Bourgeois by Bertolt Brecht
• Doctor S in Hotel Between Two Worlds by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
• Hristina in The Millionaire by Yordan Yovkov
• Jovana Popović in The Minister’s Wife by Branislav Nušić
• The Daughter in A Church for Wolves by Petar Anastassov
• Albena in Albena by Yordan Yovkov
• The Little One in The Little One and Karlsson, based on the work by Astrid Lindgren
• The Woman in Lipstick
• Elmire in Tartuffe by Molière
• Evgeni in The Emigrants, based on the works of Ivan Vazov
• She in The Musician by L. Bosilkov
• Anna the Hungarian in John, Son of Asen by Ivan Mitev
• Bozhanitsa in The Geraks, based on the work by Elin Pelin
• The Mother in Life Is Two Women by Stefan Tsanev
• Cathy in East of Eden, based on the novel by John Steinbeck
• Kakа Siyka in We Are Not Like Them, based on the works of Chudomir
• The Moon Fairy in The Land of Smiles
• Stefani and Stefania, twin sisters, in The Servant of Two Masters, based on the play by Carlo Goldoni
• Amanda Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie
• The Mother in The Peach Thief, based on the work by Emiliyan Stanev
• Lyubov Ranevskaya in The Cherry Orchard