Mirjana Karanović was born on 28 january 1957 in Belgrade.

In 2006, the film Grbavica in which she has the leading role and which speaks of the Balkans conflict, won the Golden Bear in Berlin.

• 2004 : Life is a miracle, Nada
• 1995 : Underground, Vera
• 1985 : When father was away on business, Senija

• 2006 : Grbavica, by Jasmila Zbanic (Golden Bear in Berlin).
• 2003 : Jagoda u supermarketu (Strawberries at the supermarket), by Dušan Milić, Natalia
• 1998 : Bure Baruta (Cabaret Balkan), by Goran Paskaljević
• 1989 : Sabirni centar, by Goran Marković