Biography

Jelena Milinkovic was born in Bosanska Gradiska to a Croatian mother and Serbian father. She spent the early portion of her childhood living in Croatia before moving to Serbia where she learned to speak the language fluently. Jelena and her family made the move to Adelaide, Australia, as refugees in 1999 - they became Australian citizens in 2001. Jelena found her love for acting very early on; as a young girl in former Yugoslavia, Jelena often spent her time performing and creating. Throughout her teens she began to study acting, participated in various acting courses and continued to perfect her craft before making the move to Sydney, Australia to commence her studies as she was accepted into Screenwise Film & TV Acting School. Jelena made her television debut as Kelly Reid - a guest lead on ABC's new medical drama 'Pulse'. She has most notably worked on Warner Bro's 'Maid', 'A Million Little Things' and was cast as Nereid in 'Disney + Percy Jackson and the Olympians'. Jelena currently resides between Sydney, Australia and Vancouver, British Columbia.
- IMDb mini biography by: Ryan Hall