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- Rene Medvesek was born on 21 June 1963 in Velika Gorica, Croatia, Yugoslavia. He is an actor, known for The Peacemaker (1997), Sedma kronika (1996) and Captain America (1990). He is married to Milena Medvesek. They have four children.
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Vanda Winter is a Croatian singer, theater and film actress. She is known for many performances, vocal performances and participation in the music show Your Face Sounds Familiar. She has performed at numerous festivals. After finishing primary school, Vanda enrolled in high school and at the same time the Zagreb Rock Academy where she learned to sing with professor Ljiljana Labazan. In 2005 he enrolled in acting at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb. That same year, she became a Scholar of the Comedy Theater.- Actor
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Jacques Houdek is a Croatian recording artist. He was born as Zeljko Houdek. His last name is of Czech origin. After finishing elementary music school (piano department), Houdek enrolled in two high schools, music (solo singing department) and vocational hairdressing. He also attended singing lessons with professor Viktorija Badrov who wanted him to become opera singer. After finishing high schools in 2001 he enrolled in prestigious Berklee College of Music, honing his singing in seminars in France, Greece and Italy. Houdek continued to build up his knowledge on Berklee seminars in Europe, where he had the opportunity to be mentored by Donna McElroy, a Grammy Award nominee. Houdek held his first solo concert on February 19, 2000 in Zagreb club SAX! where he performed covers of various songs. His first single, the song "Carolija" was released in 2002 and performed by Houdek at the Dora pop festival, Croatia's national competition for entry to the Eurovision Song Contest. There he was noticed by maestro Zdravko Sljivac who offered him a collaboration and publicly praised him by saying that a singer such as Houdek is born once every 300 years. The next month, Houdek signed an exclusive contract with Croatia Records, the leading music publisher in the region, with whom he has produced 13 albums.
During campaign for 2007 parliamentary election, Houdek sang party anthem "HDZ zna" (HDZ knows) for the conservative Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) which was at the time ran by Ivo Sanader. He later also sang for the mayoral campaign of the populist Milan Bandic. Houdek said in an interview for Jutarnji list that he is apolitical and that those were just professional engagements as any other.
In January 2011, Houdek placed 4th in the finals of the Open Mic UK singing contest held in London's O2 Arena. He also participated in the British TV show X Factor, where he was given the nickname "Croatian Sensation" and entered the top 100 candidates. He was unable to continue his participation in the contest because he did not receive a work permit in time.
In February 2017, Houdek was selected to represent Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev, Ukraine. He qualified for the final, placing 8th in the second semi-final and eventually placing 13th in the grand final with the song "My Friend".
Over the years, he has performed in the Zagreb's Gavella and Comedy theaters, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of his career, the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb, and has sold out solo concert in Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall for five times.- Vladimir Bakaric was born on 8 March 1912 in Velika Gorica, Croatia, Yugoslavia. He died on 16 January 1983 in Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia.
- Goranka Vrus was born on 22 February 1937 in Velika Gorica, Croatia, Yugoslavia. She is an actress, known for The Siege (1956). She was previously married to Edo Murtic.