Nada Polić (Serbian Cyrillic: Нада Полић; born 6 September 1959), better known as Ana Bekuta (Serbian Cyrillic: Ана Бекута), is a Serbian singer.
Life and career
Polić was born on 6 September 1959, in Priboj and raised in the village of Banja.[1] She began her music career in 1974 by competing on the music festival Prvi glas Priboja (The First Voice of Priboj), where she finished as the runner-up.[2] In the following years, Polić started singing professionally as a hotel lounge singer.
Under the stage name Ana Bekuta, she made her recording debut in 1985 with the release of her first album under PGP-RTB.[2] Over the years she has collectively released twenty one studio albums. In 2011, Bekuta began performing annually at the Belgrade's Sava Centar.[3][4] For her work in folk music, she has received numerous accolades, including the Charter of the Cultural and Educational Community in 2015 and the National Music Artist of Serbia award from the Union of the Music Artists of Serbia (SEMUS) in 2020.[5][6]
In addition to her singing career, in 2014 Bekuta became a judge and later a mentor on the singing competition show Zvezde Granda.
Personal life
At the age of 17, Polić became a mother to a son, named Igor.[7] She was in a relationship with Serbian politician Milutin Mrkonjić from 2012 until his death in 2021.[8]
