From the performance "Piano in the Grass" / photo credit: Bozhidar Markov
Graduated from the Higher Institute of Theatre Arts "Kr. Sarafov" in 1985 in the class of Prof. Encho Halachev. She made her debut in the role of Salome in the eponymous play of Oscar Wilde in the National Palace of Culture. She performed for a season in the troupe of the Kyustendil Drama Theatre.
Since 1988 she became part of the troupe of the Ivan Vazov National Theatre where her roles include: Inken Peters in "In Front of Sunset" by Gerhard Hauptmann, Lisa in "Demons" by F. Dostoevsky, Marketa at "Largo Desolato" by Vaclav Havel, Nerissa in "The Merchant of Venice" by William Shakespeare, Gabriele in "Anatol" by Arthur Schnitzler, Anne Boleyn in "A Man for All Seasons" by Robert Bolt, Rosalia in "Das Käthchen von Heilbronn" by Heinrich von Kleist, Baroness de Simianе in "Marquise de Sade" by Yukio Mishima, Stewardess in "The Runaway Plane" by Kamen Donev, Brooke Daniels in "Popcorn" by Ben Elton, Filomena in "The Decameron or blood and passion" after Boccaccio, Markovitsa in "Vampire" by Anton Strashimirov, Hermina in "A Path of Roses and Thorns" by Ina Bozhidarova, Martirio in "The House of Bernarda Alba" by Federico Garcia Lorca, Inga in "Fleeing Strangers" by Alexey Kazantsev, Zvezdelina in "Beethoven 21" by Konstantin Iliev, Fanny Horn in "Condemned Souls" and Glafira in "The Culprit" by Dimitar Dimov, Philomena in "Marriage Italian Style" by Eduardo De Filippo, Kathleen O'Hara in "Somewhere in this Life" and Chloe in "My Old Lady" by Israel Horovitz, Mary Stuart in "The Color of The Deep Waters" by Olya Stoyanova.
She has an award from The Prague Youth Film Festival for the role of Margarita Gaultier in the "Royal Road" by Tennessee Williams.
She is a winner of the ASKEER Award 2004 for the role of Ines in "Life X 3" by Yasmina Reza in Theatre 199.
She has a nomination for the Icarus Award 2004 for the main female role for Glavira in "The Culprit" at the International Festival in Zajecar 2019.
During this season, on the stage of the Ivan Vazov National Theatre, you can watch Emanuela Shkodreva in the following performances: "The Culprit", "The Color of The Deep Waters", "Fear of Taming", "A Piano on the Grass" and "How Important it is to be Serious (years later)".
