Biography

Martina Apostolova is a Bulgarian actress and performing artist best known for Irina (2018) and Phi 1.618 (2022). She was born on January 6, 1990, in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. She is of Bulgarian and half-Serbian descent. Martina graduated from New Bulgarian University in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, where she had grown up. An ex-professional football player, she is one of the best-known students of famous Bulgarian actress Tzvetana Maneva. In 2020 she was named one of the Shooting Stars at the Berlinale International Film Festival.

She has been in front of the camera since she was a baby because of her father's passion for cinematography, which later became his occupation as the first in Bulgaria to shoot commercials.

She began her acting career in theater as a student, playing big roles in several theaters in Sofia. She also filmed her first TV series roles before she graduated. Martina made her big screen debut in the feature film Irina (2018) as a lead, for which she won numerous film awards and nominations, including European Shooting Star at the Berlinale International Film Festival.
- IMDb mini biography by: Martina Apostolova

Was a professional football player for 15 years.

One of the Shooting Stars named by European Film Promotion in 2020.