Tara Thaller (; born 31 March, 1998) is a Croatian actress known for her lead role in HBO's TV series Uspjeh (Success). Thaller was her great-grandmother's maiden name and Tara first used it informally on social media sites, before officially changing her last name after her first movie role.
Personal life
Tara Filipović was born in Zagreb, Croatia, and was raised alongside two siblings. Tara has been a vegetarian since age 6. She speaks English and some German and French; she plays the piano and knows how to dance. She has trained in skiing, swimming and horseback riding.
In 2017 she finished high school and unsuccessfully attempted to enroll in the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb. She worked in a fast food chain restaurant while preparing for the next year's entrance exam, but resigned when she got the lead role in the HBO TV series, Uspjeh (Success).
Career
After a few supporting roles in mostly Croatian movies and TV series, Thaller had a breakthrough with the lead role of Blanka in HBO's TV series Uspjeh (Success), which aired in 2019. After that, she signed a contract for the Swiss movie, The Saint of the Impossible, which filmed in New York in 2019, thus extending her international career which started with a small role in Ibiza the year before.
Although her career is currently focused on big screen and TV, she is very interested in theatre roles. Her biggest ambition is to play in a musical instruments.
Filmography
Movies
Ljubav ili smrt (Love or Death, 2014) Ibiza (2018) The Saint of the Impossible (2020)
Television
Čuvar dvorca (Guardian of the Castle, 2017) Pogrešan čovjek (The Wrong Man, 2018-2019) Uspjeh (Success, 2019)
Dubbing
Soy Luna (2018) Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)
In the media
In 2018 Thaller appeared as a contestant in a Croatian quiz-show Volim Hrvatsku, and in spring 2019 she won the Croatian version of BBC's singing show Just the Two of Us in pair with Croatian singer Dino Jelusić.