Nika Fehmiu Becomes Mom, Branka Petric a Great-Grandmother

Nika Fehmiu, daughter of the acting couple Snezana Bogdanovic and Uliks Fehmiu, has given birth to her first child. She announced the news herself on Sunday evening, September 13, on Instagram, a platform where she otherwise rarely shares details from her private life.

The photo announcing the baby’s arrival does not show the child’s face, only its feet, taken at the family home after the baby came home from the maternity hospital. Nika did not reveal the baby’s gender, either in the post or in the comments that followed.

“Welcome home, our little one,” she wrote alongside the photo, and congratulations from friends and followers quickly filled the comment section.

With the birth of their first grandchild, Snezana Bogdanovic and Uliks Fehmiu have become grandparents, while actress Branka Petric, Nika’s grandmother on her father’s side, has become a great-grandmother. Nika’s paternal grandfather was actor Bekim Fehmiu, who has since passed away.

Nika was born in 1995 in New York, where her parents had moved a year earlier. In August 2025 she married her longtime partner, in a wedding that was widely covered by domestic media. She studied international relations and human rights, but unlike her parents, grandmother and grandfather, she did not build her career in acting.

What exactly she does for a living is described somewhat differently by different outlets. Mondo writes that she writes screenplays and directs short films in New York, and that she previously worked as a fashion photographer and assistant editor on projects both in Serbia and in the United States. Nova.rs states that she works in the film industry and has also done photography, while Telegraf notes only that she works in the film industry.

Snezana Bogdanovic previously explained the story behind her daughter’s name in an interview for Stori magazine, recalling the moment Nika was born.

“Nika was born in 1995. The way I looked at my own life changed, and my sense of responsibility toward everything I do grew stronger,” Snezana said, adding:

“I suggested the name, and Uliks loved it right away. All three religions from our region are blended in our daughter. Nika is the goddess of victory, the name is found everywhere, and here it is also found on the coast.”

Uliks Fehmiu, on the same occasion, also spoke about how he views his daughter’s generation.

“In my daughter I see a new era, not because she was born in America, but because this is a time of unimaginable advances in technology and communication that is creating a new world. Today’s children have the chance to be better tomorrow,” Uliks said.

Speaking about Nika’s work at the time, Snezana also stressed that she and her husband leave their daughter room to choose her own path.

“Nika is her own boss and makes her own films. As parents, we try to give her room to do what she wants, although like all parents we think we know best,” Snezana said.

Nika’s birth in 1995 in New York, her studies in international relations and human rights, her wedding in August 2025 and now the birth of her first child round out the last thirty years of one acting family. Bekim Fehmiu and Branka Petric starred in some of the most watched Yugoslav films, their son Uliks continued the family tradition with Snezana Bogdanovic, and Nika, first in this line, built her career behind the camera rather than in front of it.