Nea Dune
Néa Dune is a Croatian actress, creature performer and model residing in Los Angeles, splitting time between USA and Europe. Born-and-raised in Croatia (ex-Yugoslavia), Néa first moved to the USA as an extraordinary abilities alien in the fall of 2015. After arriving in Hollywood, it took less than 2 weeks to land her first feature film role and continue with modeling campaigns, ultimately earning her a greencard in record time. A modern renaissance woman, Néa speaks 8 languages with a great ear for dialect/accents and nurtures a rich skillset, award-winning in every field she immerses herself into. She first gained recognition through international publications worldwide and vixen roles starting in late 2009, having graced 30+ magazine covers to date. Now SAG-Core, Néa also directed, wrote, cast and produced 2 projects in festival circuit gathering over a dozen laurels, including winning a Best International Short Film award for her debut "SlavInLA" that she is developing into a full project. She is a regular invitee to judge at festivals and various contests - including the pandemic-timed Hollywood Jumbo film festival and World Monologue Games. Before her move overseas, Néa studied acting at the only English-language acting school in Zagreb - International Arts Center, and continued honing her craft through workshops with respected teachers and industry coaches. Before starting her on-camera career, she earned two Master degrees, won a Rector's Award for her work and continued with a ph.D. before switching to a career in entertainment full-time. Néa has been a dedicated volunteer and humanitarian for the majority of her life, aiming to help directly and bring awareness to various causes she advocates for, also having served in the European Youth Parliament for a full decade. Ever since early childhood she has been very creative with initiative and achieved a lot of firsts with all chosen careers. Always on the hunt for new skills and abilities, Néa enjoys content production, make-up/styling and coaching fellow foreigners to the US, all of which she is certified in. She is a trained professional dancer and former competitor with 20+ years of experience (international ballroom) and aerialist with 10+ (pole, lyra/aerial hoop), specializing in stunts of such nature; mermaid SireNea with freediving and scuba certifications in progress; stilt-walker with own characters; archer and lover of various extreme sports; an avid globetrotter using her language knowledge well (native Croatian; native level in Balkan languages Serbian and Bosnian; fluent English and Master degree in Spanish; proficient in German, French and Latin, also Slovenian etc.) as a true polymath.