Profile of actress Eva Alikaj!

Eva Alikaj
Successful Albanian theater and cinema actress.

Born in Tirana on April 25, 1961. Very early on, at the tender age of 9, she fell in love with art, in front of the mirror, as every child did, starting to imitate what she saw around her. At this time, she feels that she will be connected to acting.

Eva Alikaj is characterized by a sincerity and naturalness in interpretation, creating a special portrait of her. She has performed many roles, she has been Elsa, Linda, Etleva, Ana, Evgenia, Xhuljeta, Drita, Katerina, Miza in “Waltz of the Titanic” in her last role in the late 90s;

Alikaj has always had more passion for acting. In the 7 years at that time, she worked intensively both in film and theater, pouring all her acting skills into every role. She entered the stage to captivate the spectator, to give the maximum of the character.

Still a student at the High Institute of Arts, she acted in cinematography in the film “Good Man” in 1982 in the role of Vera, at the young age of 21, who with this film managed to win the Cup as the best actress of the V Festival of Albanian Artistic Film. Only one year later, she graduated as an actress at the Tirana Academy of Arts, joining the troupe of the National Theater (1983).

Her first encounter with the Theater was in the drama “On the verge of life” in the role of Elsa (1983), and this year she also performed another role in the drama “In front of oneself”. One of her best roles was Euromen in “Prometheus”. While her peaks in performances in the theater are undoubtedly the role of Elsa in the famous comedy
“Palace 176”.

Then we can mention other roles: Juliet in the tragedy “Romeo and Juliet”; Lulja in “Stage Lights”; The Stubbornness in “The Taming of the stubbornness”; Helena in “Monserati”; Doruntina in “Who brought Doruntina”; Flora in “Stairs” etc.

On the stage of the National Theater, she performed in 15 plays until 1991. Then she left for Vienna where she immigrated and got married in Austria. Alikaj returns after 15 years in Albania on the stage of TK with the show “Uncle Vanja” in the role of Helena Andreyevna as well as in “Namless Star” alongside the famous actor Agim Qirjaqi.

During the 80s, she will be present on the Tv screen in many films that will make her a well-known name, mainly she successfully interprets roles even receiving awards in films with romance-love themes dressed up with a bit of comedy.

Linda in “Rains of Autumn” (1984) presents the Medallion of the VI Festival, Etleva for “The train leaves at seven to five” (1988) – the Second Prize.

Other roles are Ilona in “Invisible world” (1987), Ana in “Life in the hands of another” (1990), Evgenia in “The Unforgettable” (1984), Drita in “The Decision” (1984), Irena in “Shadows that remain behind” (1985), Edlira in “Benches in the park” (1988).

Since 1991, Eva Alikaj has been living in Austria, where she married a foreign citizen, taking his last name, Eva Lossl. In 1993, she gave birth to her son, Gino, who will study violin.

But, for the Albanian actress, life with her strangers and difficulties in Austria brings problems with her husband and their relationship did not work. Thus, the actress who was a famous name in Albania after the divorce left her career as an artist for a while to support her son’s upbringing alone.

The artistic career of the actress Eva Alikaj would start its glory later, when her son started growing up and the actress immediately got involved in dozens of projects with well-known Albanian artists and directors.

In 2006, Alikaj appeared in a small role in an Austrian film. And in 2007 she returned to Tirana for a musical. In her first return from Austria to Albania, she went on stage in the play “Nameless Star” by the young director Hervin Çuli.

In recent years, Eva Alikaj has greatly increased her collaborations with the Albanian scene and her returns to Albania have been much more frequent.

She appeared before the Albanian public in June 2009, for the Kult awards. Alikaj currently continues her activity as part of the staff of the National Theatre.

Movies / Theater
The Good Man – (1982) ….Vera

The Decision – (1984) ….Drita

The Unforgotten  – (1984) …. Evgenia

Autumn Rains – (1984) ……. Linda

Pallati 176 – (1985) ….Elsa

Shadows that remain behind – (1985) ……Irena

Invisible world – (1987) ……Ilona

The train leaves at seven to five – (1988)….

Schlachtfest Mord auf Rezept – (2006) (TV) ….The Cleaner (Austrian Film)

Austrian Musical – Lola Blau (2007) shown in Tirana Vier Frauen und ein Todesfall …. Dalina

(2 episodes, 2007),

Amaneti – 2014…….Lida

Published since 2013 and revised in the following years.

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Albanian Cinematography in activity since 2013
Reference: Information from Albanian newspapers and online portals, “60 years of the National Theater” (1945-2005) Slatina F. / p. 110

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