Olja Bećković

Olja Bećković ChLD (Serbian Cyrillic: Оља Бећковић; born 1 May 1964) is a Serbian journalist, actress and television presenter.

Olja Bećković Оља Бећковић ChLD
Bećković receiving the 2013 Jug Grizelj Award in March 2014.
Born	(1964-05-01) 1 May 1964 (age 58) Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Alma mater	Faculty of Dramatic Arts, University of Arts in Belgrade
Occupation	Journalist
Years active	1984—today
Television	RTV Studio B(1991–1996) B92 (2002–2014) Nova S(2019-present)
Parent(s)	Matija Bećković Vera Pavladoljska

She hosted political talk show Utisak nedelje (English: Impression of the Week) from 1991 until 2014 and again as of 2019.^[1][2]

Career

Bećković studied drama in Belgrade^[3] and trained as an actress until the age of twenty five before switching over to journalism.^[4]

In March 2014, Bećković received the Jug Grizelj Award.^[5][6] Her talk programme Utisak nedelje got taken off the air in September 2014 in controversial fashion.

In April 2015, Bećković got hired by the NIN weekly newsmagazine for a monthly interview feature called 'Intervju meseca'.^[7] Her first interview was with Slavoljub Đukić.

In the months following her removal from B92, Bećković became a recipient of the Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur award, which was handed to her on 30 April 2015 at a ceremony in the French embassy in Belgrade.^[8] At the ceremony, the French ambassador in Serbia Christine Moro explained the accolade as being awarded to Bećković for "her exceptional professional path, courage, and fearlessness" while adding that by awarding Bećković "France is also extolling the journalistic profession as a whole".^[9]

Personal

Bećković is the daughter of Serbian poet Matija Bećković and Vera Pavladoljska.^[10]

During her late teens, Bećković was briefly married to theater director Nenad Ilić.^[11]

During early 1990s she married Vlada Višnjić (1967–1999) and got a son Luka^[12] with him in 1994. Vlada, her husband, died in 1999, at age 32.

References

1. "Serbian tabloids mark targets". B92. 4 September 2006.
2. Online/N1, Piše: Danas (2019-02-07). ""Utisak nedelje" od aprila svake nedelje na TOP kanalu". Dnevni list Danas (in Serbian). Retrieved 2019-05-14.
3. "Biografija iz indeksa". B92. 17 November 2004.
4. "Naši nezaboravni studentski dani" (in Serbian). Press Online. 14 April 2010.
5. Olji Bećković uručena nagrada Jug Grizelj;B92, 14 March 2014
6. Olji Bećković uručena nagrada;B92, 14 March 2014
7. Beta (23 April 2015). "Olja Bećković će raditi intervjue za NIN". Blic. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
8. Remise des insignes de Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur à Mme Olja BECKOVIC, journaliste;Ambassade de France à Belgrade, April 2015
9. Tanjug (30 April 2015). "Francuska dodelila orden Legije časti Olji Bećković". Blic. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
10. "Montenegro's Referendum". International Crisis Group. 30 May 2006. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
11. Džodan, Neven (10 January 2014). "Poznati u svetu crkve". Blic. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
12. "Pismo Olje Bećković" (in Serbian). Blic. 19 June 2009.