Urša Raukar-Gamulin
Urša-Raukar Gamulin | |
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Raukar-Gamulin in 2024 | |
| Member of the Croatian Parliament | |
| Assumed office 18 June 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Tomislav Tomašević |
| Constituency | District VI |
| Personal details | |
| Party | We Can! (2019-present) |
| Other political affiliations | Zagreb is OURS! (2017-2025) |
| Alma mater | Academy of Dramatic Art, University of Zagreb |
Urša Raukar-Gamulin (born 18 May 1960) is a Croatian theater, television and film actress and politician who has served as member of the Croatian Parliament since 2021. She is a permanent member of the Zagreb Youth Theater ensemble. She is the great-granddaughter of Ivan Kukuljević Sakcinski, one of the most prominent people in Illyrian movement, and the first croatian politician who gave a speech in Croatian to the Croatian Parliament in 1843. Her name used to be Nada up until before the 2020 Croatian parliamentary election, when she changed it inspired by the witch Uršula Karapača.
Apart from her acting work in Croatia and in international co-productions, she is known to the public as an activist for co-organizing protests and demonstrations against Zagreb Mayor Milan Bandić, cultural policies and other issues. She co-founded green-left Zagreb is OURS! and We Can! political parties, where she has served as coordinator.