Barbara Prpić

Barbara Prpić was born in Leonberg, Germany on 4 December 1978 and graduated from the Zagreb University Academy of Dramatic Arts in 2002. She has been the member of the Zagreb Youth Theatre (ZKM) company since 2005.

Shows played at ZKM: Mi djeca s kolodvora Zoo, Doktor Dolittle (We Children of Bahnhof Zoo, The Story of Doctor Dolittle, directed by Boris Kovačević), Peto evanđelje (The Fifth Gospel, directed by Branko Brezovec), Ana Karenjina (Anna Karenina, directed by Vasily Senin), Draga Elena Sergejevna, Proba orkestra (Dear Yelena Sergeyevna, Orchestra Rehearsal, directed by Edvin Liverić), Vrata do, Najbolja juha, Čovjek koji je spasio Europu, Ideš dalje (Next Door, The Best Soup, The Man Who Saved Europe, You’re Part of It!, directed by Rene Medvešek), Skakavci, Krijesnice (Grasshoppers, Fireflies, directed by Januzs Kica), Zagrebački pentagram, Noćni život, Ja sam ona koja nisam (Zagreb Pentagram, Night Life, I Am Who I’m Not, directed by Paolo Magelli), Veliki Gatsby, Garaža, Žuta crta (The Great Gatsby, Garage, The Yellow Line, directed by Ivica Buljan), Polet (The Flight of Fancy, directed by Jean-Claude Beruttie), Fedrina ljubav (Fedra’s Love, directed by Božidar Violić), Eksplicitni sadržaji (Explicit Content, directed by Katarina Pejović / Boris Bakal), Mala sirena, Ružno pače (The Little Mermaid, The Ugly Duckling, directed by Robert Waltl), Baltazar (directed by Krešimir Dolenčić), Gulliverova putovanja (Gulliver’s Travels, directed by Oliver Frljić), Arhetip: Medeja / Žena – bomba / Europa (Archetype: Medea / Woman-Bomb / Europa, directed by Ivana Sajko / Dora Ruždjak Podolski / Franka Perković ), Alisa u Zemlji čudesa (Alice in Wonderland, directed by Renata Carola Gatica), Idiot (The Idiot, directed by Ivan Popovski), Ljudski glas (The Human Voice, directed by Bojan Đorđev), Črna mati zemla, Moj muž (Black Mother Earth, My Husband, directed by Dora Ruždjak Podolski), Živjet ćemo bolje (We Shall Be Better, directed by Senka Bulić), Pad (The Fall, directed by Miran Kuspahić), Monovid-19 (directed by Anica Tomić), and Cement (directed by Sebastijan Horvat), Halo, halo, ovdje Radio Zagreb (Hello, hello! This is Radio Zagreb!, directed by Pavlica Bajsić Brazzoduro), 12. NOĆ ili kako hoćete (Twelfth Night or What You Will, directed by Grzegorz Jarzyna).

At the Viminacium festival she received the 2018 award for the actress of the evening for her role in Bakhe (The Bacchae, directed by Lenka Udovički, a co-production of ZKM and the Ulysses Theatre). She also won the 2021 Croatian Actor Award for her role in the radio drama Žudnja (Desire, written by Nina Mitrović, directed by Mislav Brečić). She also worked with the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb, City Theatre Gavella, Dubrovnik Summer Festival, Ulysses Theatre, Volksbühne Berlin (in Die Chinesin, directed by Dimitar Gotscheff) and had a number of film, TV, and radio drama roles.

She is living and working in Zagreb, with ZKM as her headquarters.