Urša Raukar-Gamulin

Urša Raukar-Gamulin (Zagreb, 18 May 1960) is a Croatian theater, television and film actress, as well as a political activist and parliamentarian. She is a permanent member of the Zagreb Youth Theater ensemble.

2017 photo from the campaign of Zagreb is OURS!

Apart from her acting work in Croatia and in international co-productions,[1] she is known to the public as an activist for co-organizing protests and demonstrations against US President George W. Bush, Zagreb Mayor Milan Bandić,[2] nationalism, gentrification, cultural policies and other issues.[3][4][5][6][7]

Since 2017, she has been active for the local green-left political platform as a coordinator for Zagreb is OURS!. In 2020 she ran in the national elections for the Croatian Parliament on the list of the wider national coalition platform We Can![8][9]

She is a grand granddaughter of Ivan Kukuljević Sakcinski first parliamentarian who gave a speech in Croatian language and one of the most prominent people in Illyrian movement.[10] In January 2022 she gave a speech in Croatian parliament about Ankica Lepej as first prominent whistle-blower of modern Croatia.

Filmography

Television roles
  • "Stipe u gostima" as Irena/Mirjana (2012–2013)
  • "Tajni dnevnik patke Matilde" as sheep Lujza (2010–2014)
  • "Baza Djeda Mraza" as nanny Wilhelmina (2009)
  • "Bumerang" as financial officier (2005)
  • "Žutokljunac" as nanny (2005)
  • "Tales of Mystery and Imagination" as Rosie (1991)

Film roles

Voice actor for cartoons

Published works

References
  1. "Culturenet.hr – Actress Ursa Raukar at the international theatre scene". www.culturenet.hr. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  2. "Croatia: NGO activists uncorking Zagreb". Human Rights House Foundation. 8 April 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  3. "Urša Raukar: Pozivam Karamarka da me zaštiti od medijskog linča". www.vecernji.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  4. "Gamulin-Raukar: Sve smo radili legalno, ovo je linč aktivista!". www.vecernji.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  5. Fisher, Sharon, PhD (2006). Political change in post-Communist Slovakia and Croatia : from nationalist to Europeanist. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 117. ISBN 1-4039-7286-9. OCLC 133162986.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. "Croatia: Police Arrest Activists in Zagreb". Balkan Insight. 12 February 2010. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  7. "INTERVIEW: URŠA RAUKAR 'Milanović i Karamarko su kao dva jarca na brvnu, ne miču se od vlastita ega'". NACIONAL.HR (in Croatian). Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  8. platforma, Možemo! politička (24 June 2020). "Predstavljamo naše kandidatkinje i kandidate: Urša Raukar – Možemo! – politička platforma". Možemo! – politička platforma (in Croatian). Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  9. "Jutarnji list – Tomašević: 'Očekujemo najmanje tri mandata, a nakon izbora možemo surađivati s Restartom'". www.jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). 15 June 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  10. "Urša Raukar Gamulin: U politici samo gostujem. Ozbiljno i predano, ali - privremeno". Novi list. 19 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  11. "HAVC • Croatian film catalogue". www.havc.hr. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  12. "HAVC • Croatian film catalogue". www.havc.hr. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
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