Irmena Chichikova Net Worth

Irmena Chichikova was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. She was raised in Plovdiv where she attended the French Language High School "Antoine de Saint Exupéry," graduating in 2003 before moving to Sofia, Bulgaria to complete her education at the Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts under the tutelage of Professors Margarita Mladenova and Ivan Dobchev. She also studied Modern Greek. Her diploma performances included Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov, directed by Margarita Mladenova, and Dakota / Words in Chains by Jordi Galceran and directed by Stilian Petrov. Upon graduating in 2008, she became a full-time freelance Actress.

Chichikova appeared in numerous stage productions since graduating in 2008. Some notable ones include The Art of Sweeping Things Under the Rug (2008), Nirvana (2009), Construction of the Liberated Imagination (2010), Visiting the Father (2011) and Duck Hunting (2012).

In 2010 Chichikova appeared in her first feature film, The Glass River (2010). Her first lead role came in 2012 in which she portrayed, along with Janet Spassova, two women named Yura and Adriana, in Petar Popzlatev's I Am You (2012). At the end of the same year she started filming Viktoria (2014) and Sound Hunters (2015), the former selected for the official World Competition at the Sundance Film Festival in 2014 for its world premier. The film Viktoria is set in Bulgaria during the fall of communism, mixing satire, surrealism, and drama. Chichikova plays a librarian named Boryana who unintentionally becomes the mother of a daughter, Viktoria, who lacks an umbilical cord and so incurs immediate state attention, preventing her family from fleeing the country. The story resonates with the social and cultural transition from communism to democracy and an emotional journey from hatred to love.

In 2011 she hosted the 90th celebration of the Union of Bulgarian Artists and IKAR Theatre Awards. Her first photo exhibition was POSTIDENTITY by Liliana Karadjova, begun in 2010. Since 2007 she has also been a model for fashion designer Neli Miteva as well as other young designers from Bulgaria and Macedonia.