Editing Mira Furlan (section)

===Acting===
Furlan was a member of the [[Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb]]<ref name=Harris19921018 /> and frequently appeared in Yugoslav television and films.<ref name="imdb">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001245/bio|title=Biography for Mira Furlan|work=Internet Movie Database|publisher=Amazon.com|access-date=20 November 2010}}</ref> She played Ankica Vidmar in the film ''[[When Father Was Away on Business]]'', which won the [[Palme d'Or]] at the [[1985 Cannes Film Festival]] and was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film]].<ref name=Harris19921018 /> In the late 1980s, she performed in theater productions in both [[Zagreb]] and [[Belgrade]].<ref name=Harris19921018 />

Furlan became a member of the [[Actors Studio]] in 1992 after moving to [[New York City]] to flee [[Yugoslav Wars|turmoil in Yugoslavia]].<ref name=Harris19921018>{{Cite news |title=Actress's only battle is for her art |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/106951129 |newspaper=[[The Indianapolis Star]] |date=18 October 1992 |access-date=19 March 2020 |last=Harris |first=Betsy |pages=A-1–A-2 |volume=90 |issue=135 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> Later that year, her theater contacts in the U.S. helped her get the necessary work permits to perform with the [[Indiana Repertory Theatre]] as the lead role in ''[[Yerma]]''.<ref name=Harris19921018 />

She appeared on the stage in New York City and [[Los Angeles]]. She played the central ensemble role of Minbari Ambassador [[Delenn]] for all five seasons of ''[[Babylon 5]]'', and some of the associated TV movies. Between 2004 and 2010 she played the recurring role of [[Danielle Rousseau]] on ''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]''. In 2009, she appeared on an episode of ''[[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]]'', titled "South By Southwest".<ref name="imdb"/>

In 2002, she returned to Croatia after eleven years to take the lead role in [[Rade Šerbedžija]]'s Ulysses Theatre Company's production of [[Euripides]]' ''[[Medea (play)|Medea]]''.<ref name=Lilith20160912>{{cite web|title=The Unregretted Decisions of Actor Mira Furlan|url=https://www.lilith.org/blog/2016/09/the-unregretted-decisions-of-actor-mira-furlan/|website=[[Lilith (magazine)|Lilith]]|date=12 September 2016|access-date=9 November 2018|last=Baric|first=Stephanie}}</ref><ref name="imdb" />