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Dessy Tenekedjieva
Dessy Tenekedjieva
Born	Desislava Ivanova Tenekedjieva; 12 April 1971 (age 53); Varna, Bulgaria
Alma mater	Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts
Occupations	Actress; film producer; singer;
Spouse	Stoyan Kambarev m. ?–1998
Children	Yosif Kambarev
Parents	Ivan Tenekedzhiev (father); Tatyana Moisei Holost (mother);
Relatives	Kiril Ivanov Tenekedzhiev (Brother)

Desislava Ivanova "Dessy" Tenekedjieva (Bulgarian: Десислава Иванова Тенекеджиева – Деси, born 12 April 1971) is a Bulgarian actress, singer, and film producer.^[1]

Early life and education

Desislava Ivanova Tenekedjieva was born in Varna to a Bulgarian father, Ivan Tenekedjiev, and a Ukrainian-Jewish mother, Tatyana Moisei Holost. She graduated from the French Language School in Varna, Bulgaria, and studied in the Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts, where she graduated in 1995. In her early years, she was also a gymnast and played tennis. She competed in numerous tennis tournaments and ski competitions, and won several awards.^{[citation needed]} She also won the first-place prize in regional and national mathematical Olympiads.^{[citation needed]}

Biography

Tenekedjieva was 14 years old when she made her cinema debut in the movie Forbidden for Adults, directed by Plamen Maslarov.^[2] Since then, she has been in more than 30 movies, acting in international productions and representing Bulgaria at international cinema forums and festivals.

Some of her more famous films are: Eyes of Crystal, directed by Eros Puglielli – Official Selection at the International Venice Film Festival; Chechenia, directed by Leonardo Julliano; Ventitre, directed by Duccio Forzano; The Conscience Case, directed by Luigi Perelly; The Most Important Things, directed by Ivan Andonov; Watchman, directed by Ivailo Jamabazov; Killer Rats, directed by Tibor Takach; Il Mеstiere Delle Armi, directed by Ermanno Olmi; Operation Delta Force 4: Deep Fault, directed by Mark Roper; La Rivolta del Cittadino, directed by Luigi Perelly; The Homecoming by Harold Pinter, directed by Stoyan Kambarev; Rosita, please, directed by Ventura Ponce; The Camp directed by Georgi Dulgerov.

Playing Maria Medici in the film Il Mеstiere Delle Armi, directed by Ermanno Olmi, Tenekedjieva was the first Bulgarian actress to represent her country at the Cannes Film Festival with a main role in a movie from the official section of the festival. Il Mеstiere Delle Armi received nine David di Donatello awards, the Italian equivalent of the Oscars, including Best Italian Film of the Year.^[3]

Tenekedjieva has also acted in theatre productions, including Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov, directed by Stoyan Kambarev, and The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, directed by Teddy Moskov, presented at world theater festivals such as Avignon, Edinburgh, Moscow, Jerusalem, Zurich and others. She produced and performed the main part in "LUBOVNIKA.COM" (The Lesson) by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Boiko Bogdanov, in the Little City Theater Off the Channel in Sofia.^{[citation needed]}

Tenekedjieva has a music career as well. Together with Nikolai Ivanov, she is an author and performer in a musical ethno project, based on Bulgarian folklore. The music videos "Dark," feat. John Kaleka; "When It All Ended," feat. Miro (KariZma); and her latest song "I Wonder," featuring Magga climbed to the top of the television and radio charts.^{[citation needed]} Tenekedjieva is a director of music videos, in collaboration with the cameraman Georgi Markov. For the music video for "When It All Ended", she collaborated with director Ivailo Palmov.

Since 2000, Tenekedjieva and her production company NOVA Film have completed and presented musical, theater, cinema, and television projects. Bulgaria's official accession to the European Union was marked by a celebratory concert held by Tenekedjieva and the musical group INSIDE at the City Hall in Berlin, Germany.^{[citation needed]} The actress' career drew the attention of the producers of Deutsche Welle’s Euromaxx, and they arrived for the first time in Bulgaria to do a piece about her.^{[citation needed]}

In 2009, she was working with Trinity Studio, music producer Magga and sound director Dimitar Ganchev-Mite on her latest album, Chillout project. From 2000 until 2005 Dessy was the face of the fashion house of Jean Paul Gaultier for Bulgaria, and from 2007 to 2008 she had an advertising contract with the Japanese giant Suzuki.^[4]

Tenekedjieva is the president of the Stoyan Kambarev Foundation, members of which include twenty Bulgarian personalities from the country's art world. The foundation was created in memory of theater director and Tenekedjieva's husband, Stoyan Kambarev. The main purpose of the foundation is to award young artists who have unorthodox and original ideas.

Filmography


Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	Big Game	Actress	TV mini series
2018	Saving My Pig	Actress	As Nora
2022	The Wheels of Heaven	Producer	Feature film starring Mickey Rourke^[3]
2022	The Yesterday	Actress	Short Film