Iva Babic

Iva Babic's latest role as the female lead in 'The Machine' highlights her comedic and dramatic talents. Legendary Pictures' 'The Machine' opens Memorial Day weekend 2023 via Sony Pictures Releasing. It tells the hit viral story of stand-up comedian Bert Kreischer's brush with the Russian Mafia as a 21-year-old student on a semester abroad in Moscow. Directed by Peter Atencio (Key & Peele), 'The Machine' features Star Wars alum Mark Hamill as Kreischer's father. Born in Croatia, Iva has appeared in both English-language as well as many projects in several other languages. Her English-language projects include Alan Ball's 'Virtuoso' for HBO (2015), and 'The Romanoffs', Matthew Weiner's Amazon series (2018). Iva studied at the Academy of Arts and Drama in Zagreb. Director Branko Schmidt cast her in his films 'Metastases' (2009) and 'Vegetarian Cannibal' (2012). Her breakthrough, however, came with the series 'Sunday Mornings, Saturday Nights' (2012), for which she was widely praised. Her burgeoning acting skills were next put to the test in the Croatian version of the renowned US/Israeli TV series 'In Treatment' (2013), for which she won Best Actress in a TV series. Her first major role as a lead in a theatrical film came in 2014 with the suspense drama 'One Shot', playing a young woman who kills an innocent passer-by in a shooting accident. She has since worked with some of the most renowned directors in Croatia, such as Antonio Nuic in his dramedy 'Life is a Trumpet' (2015), Lukas Nola's spy thriller 'Guardian of the Castle' (2017) and Vinko Bresan's 'Perica's Diary' (2021) where she displayed her musical talents: singing, dancing, and piano playing, as well as her capability with a variety of accents. The series won numerous awards and has received enthusiastic reviews from both audiences and critics.