Top thespian award for Nataša Matjašec Rošker

Nataša Matjašec Rošker, a 56-year-old actress who first made a name for herself as Laura in the popular 1991 Slovenian road movie Grandma Goes South, is the winner of the 2023 Borštnik Ring, the top national accolade for theatre actors, in what is just the latest in a long series of awards she has won.

"The essence of her acting is elusive, it evades being categorised, because the actress never stops in her search, constantly searching for new avenues of acting and means of expression," Matjašec Rošker was praised as the Borštnik Ring winner was declared on 30 May.