Zelda Tinska is a Serbian/British actress based in London.
Prior to becoming an actress, she studied classical ballet for 15 years, from a very young age. Zelda worked as a
professional ballet, neoclassical, jazz and contemporary dancer in France, ex-Yugoslavia and the UK.
Since 1999 she has been working in London as an actress.
Fluent in English, French and Serbian languages and also speaks a bit of Italian and Russian. In between acting roles, Zelda is a successful VFX Producer.
In the film The Beach, Zelda taught Leonardo DiCaprio and the rest of the cast to speak Serbian, for her scene on a table.
Daughter of famous Serbian actress, writer and columnist Jelena Tinska and film and TV director Dragoslav Lutovac.
Zelda's grandfather was Aleksandar Petrovic, writer, and a
renowned Shakespearean translator ("Sladak zivot na srpski nacin"),
whose father was Woislav M. Petrovitch - Late Ataché to the Serbian
Royal Legation to the Court of St. James.
Zelda's grand-uncle Stanislav Keseljevic, was married to Denise
Winckler, a daughter of France Lumière, who was sister of Auguste Lumière and
Louis Lumière. Stanislav and Denise have a daughter Natalie, and are now
divorced.
Zelda appeared in a few music videos - Del Amitri: Cry to be Found, Skunk Anansie: Brazen ( Weep) and All Saints: Pure Shores.