Nevena Kokanova (Bulgarian: Невена Коканова) (12 December 1938 – 3 June 2000) was a Bulgarian film actress.

Her mother was from a well-known Austrian aristocratic family, and her father was a political prisoner.

Kokanova was born in Dupnitsa, Bulgaria and is most renowned for her role as Lisa in The Peach Thief.

In 1975 she was a member of the jury at the 9th Moscow International Film Festival.

[1] In 1980 she starred in and co-directed Three Deadly Sins with Lyubomir Sharlandzhiev.