Career
She made her on–screen debut in 2007 Macedonian film Shadows by Milčo Mančevski, and reached a worldwide success with 2010 film As If I Am Not There by Juanita Wilson, which has been selected as the Irish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards. Petrovic made her on–screen debut with a small role in Shadows, a 2007 Macedonian film directed by Milčo Mančevski. In 2009, she landed the lead role in Irish film As If I Am Not There, directed by Juanita Wilson, which premiered in 2010.
Although most of the film is shot in Serbo-Croatian language, it has been selected as the Irish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards.
As If I Am Not There garnered positive reviews, while Petrovic"s personal performance earned her Seattle International Film Festival Award for Best Actress, as well as the Irish Film and Television Award for Best International Actress and Milan International Film Festival Award for Best Acting Performance – Female nominations. American magazine Variety also named her as one of the most promising actresses today.
In 2011, Petrovic made her stage debut as Célimène in The Misanthrope by Molière. The same year, she played Elikia in The Sound of Cracking Bones by Suzanne Lebeau.
Petrovic is fluent in Macedonian, Serbian, English, Bosnian, German, Bulgarian, Italian and Spanish.
She has been studying drama at the Saint Cyril and Methodius University since 2007, and is expected to graduate in 2011.