Ralitsa Kovacheva – Bezhan

About

Ralitsa Kovacheva-Bezhan was born in Sofia. She completed her secondary education at 22nd Language School with a humanities profile. Later, she graduated from NATFIZ "Krastyo Sarafov" with a degree in Acting for Dramatic Theatre under Prof. Krikor Azarian, Assoc. Prof. Todor Kolev, and Nikolay Polyakov. In 2008, she defended her postgraduate thesis on the topic "The Voice as a Means of Drama" and received the academic title of Doctor. She has performed at the following theatres: "Alternative"-Sofia, Drama Theatre "Stefan Kirov" – Sliven, Drama Theatre – Montana, Drama Theatre "Ivan Dimov" in Haskovo, National Theatre "Ivan Vazov", New Drama Theatre "Tears and Laughter", "Drama Theatre of Lovech", where in 2007 she received the award for Best Actress – "Lovech Sword". Currently, she is an actress at the Drama and Puppet Theatre – Vratsa. She has over 40 theatre roles. The audience in Vratsa first saw her on stage in the role of Camille in "Love is Not a Joke", directed by Ventsislav Asenov. Later followed the roles of Emma in "La Ronde", directed by Borislav Chekrinov; Pig-Angel in "A Very Simple Story", directed by Lyupcho Georgievski; and Countess Olivia in "Twelfth Night", directed by Prof. Nadezhda Seikova. She also played Valeri in "Tales from the Vienna Woods", directed by Ventsislav Asenov (for this role she received an award at the NFMTF-Vratsa, 2015), and Dorina in "Tartuffe", directed by Ventsislav Asenov. Her most recent roles were in the poetic play "For the Light That Was", directed by Prof. Margarita Mladenova, and the comedy "Out of Control", directed by Ventsislav Asenov. She has appeared in film productions: "Versengentorix", "Bai Ganyo Returns from Europe", "Family", and others. She participated in TV series: "Magna Aura", "Goodbye Lily", "He and She", "Glass House", "Where is Maggie", "Sofia People in Excess". She has been chosen as the face for dozens of commercials. She is actively involved in dubbing films, including: "Married... with Children", "The Flintstones", "My Little Neighbors", "Sinbad the Sailor", "Lilo & Stitch", "Cars 2", "RIO", and others. From 2000 to 2002, she was an assistant to Prof. Elisaveta Sotirova in the classes of Prof. Krikor Azarian at NATFIZ. Since 2008, she has taught stage speech and acting at the "Montfiz" and "Vedna" schools. Since 2012, she has been a lecturer in Stage Speech at NATFIZ in the classes of Prof. Zdravko Mitkov, Prof. Atanas Atanasov, and Prof. Plamen Markov.