Bojana Novakovic

 Bojana Novakovic (Serbian Cyrillic: Bojana Novakovitsh, Serbian Latin: Bojana Novakovic) is an actress from Serbia and Australia. She is best known for her character as Det. Lizzie Needham on the drama television series Instinct (2017-2018).Novakovic's film roles include Drag Me to Hell (2009), Edge of Darkness (2010), Devil (2010), Generation Um... (2012), The Little Death (2014), I, Tonya (2017), and Birds of Prey (2020).Novakovic was born in Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia, to Serbian parents. Valentina Novakovic is her younger sister, and also an actress. She came to Australia in 1988 at seven years old, and was initially looking to become doctor or social worker however, she changed her decision and chose to pursue a career in performing arts. Novakovic was a student at The McDonald College in Sydney(where she was named dux of 1999) and graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art with a bachelor's degree in drama in 2002.