# Katarina Čas

Katarina Čas (Slovenj Gradec, 23 September 1976) is a Slovene actress.

## Early life

Čas was born in Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia, then part of Yugoslavia. Cas is the daughter of Miran Čas (July 22, 1952, Slovenj Gradec - February 23, 2015, Ljubljana) and Aleksandra Kas. She has a younger half-sister, Vita Čas, and a younger half-brother, Gabor, and is related to Andrej Čas, former Mayor of Slovenj Gradec.
She attended Bežigrad Grammar School in Ljubljana and continued her studies at the Faculty of Economics at the University of Ljubljana, graduating with a degree in marketing communication.

## Career

Her first appearance on television was a 1988 commercial for the Slovene soft drink company carbonated Cockta, directed by Jaka Judnič. Her first movie was the 1989 Slovene youth film Peklenski načrt (The Infernal Plan). She started to appear on TV more often from 1997, as a host of music program for younger generations called Atlantis which was broadcast on Kanal A. Since 2005 she has hosted a music program called Aritmija on RTV Slovenija. Her international career began with the role of Gabriella in the 2011 Irish movie The Guard by John Michael McDonagh. Her most prominent role so far was 2013 film The Wolf of Wall Street, in which she portrayed Chantalle. Later, she portrayed Sophie in the 2015 film Danny Collins opposite Al Pacino. She worked on several TV series in the UK such as A Touch of Cloth, New Tricks, Death in Paradise, Silent Witness, Love Lies and Records and Wild Bill (TV series) as well as American TV series Berlin Station (TV series) and Jack Ryan (TV series).

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1989 | Peklenski načrt | Spela | |
| 2000 | V petek zvečer | Katja | |
| 2008 | Reality | Blondie & Gipsy | |
| 2011 | The Guard | Gabriela McBride | |
| 2012 | Kekec, tri dni pred poroko | Mojca | |
| 2013 | The Wolf of Wall Street | Chantalle | |
| 2014 | Liam and Lenka | Lenka | Short film |
| 2015 | We Will Be the World Champions | American Newswoman | |
| 2015 | Danny Collins | Sophie | |
| 2016 | The Rift | Liz Waid | |
| 2017 | Perseverance | Ukrainian Girl | |
| 2017 | Prebujanja | Ula | |
| 2018 | Terminal | Chloe Merryweather | |
| 2018 | A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding | Chef Ivana | |
| 2019 | I Am Frank | Ines | |
| 2019 | Paradise - Una Nuova Vita | Klaudia | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1988 | Cockta commercial | - | Slovene carbonated soft drink commercial |
| 1997 | Atlantis | TV Host | Slovene music TV show host (covered popular music) |
| 2005 | Aritmija | TV Host | Slovene music TV show host (covers alternative music) |
| 2007 | Zauvijek susjedi | Urška | Croatian TV series (English title: Neighbors Forever) |
| 2008 | Strasti | Ana | Slovene TV series (English title: Passions) |
| 2010 | Dan ljubezni | Martina | Slovene web series (English title: Day of Love) |
| 2010 | Prepisani | Barbra Zidar | Slovene web series |
| 2011 | Pod sretnom zvijezdom | Ena Kolar | Croatian TV series (English title: Under Lucky Star) |
| 2012 | Duhec | Klara Mirodolska | 3 episodes |
| 2013 | A Touch of Cloth | Katya | British TV series |
| 2013 | New Tricks | Hana Keranovic | British TV series |
| 2013 | Življenja Tomaža Kajzerja | Alenka Kajzer | Slovene TV series (English title: Lives of Tomaž Kajzer) |
| 2015 | Death in Paradise | Imke Sandt | Episode 4.3 |
| 2015 | Silent Witness | Kristina Bazhanov | Episode Squaring the Circle: Part 1 |
| 2016 | Prvaci sveta | Americka novinarka | 3 episodes |
| 2017 | Love, Lies and Records | Dominica | 5 episodes |
| 2018 | Rubirosa | Doris Duke | 3 episodes |
| 2019 | Wild Bill | Lubica | Episode 1.5 |
| 2018-2019 | Berlin Station (TV series) | Sofia Vesik | 9 episodes |
| 2021 | Besa (TV series) | Lara Pirsch | 5 episodes |
| 2021-2022 | Primeri Inspekorja Vrenka | Mojca | 7 episodes |
| 2021-2023 | Ja, chef | Pika Golob | 62 episodes |
| 2023 | Jack Ryan (TV series) | Katarina Celar | Episode 4.4 |