[1][2] Bećković studied drama in Belgrade[3] and trained as an actress until the age of twenty five before switching over to journalism.

In April 2015, Bećković got hired by the NIN weekly newsmagazine for a monthly interview feature called 'Intervju meseca'.

In the months following her removal from B92, Bećković became a recipient of the Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur award, which was handed to her on 30 April 2015 at a ceremony in the French embassy in Belgrade.

[8] At the ceremony, the French ambassador in Serbia Christine Moro explained the accolade as being awarded to Bećković for "her exceptional professional path, courage, and fearlessness" while adding that by awarding Bećković "France is also extolling the journalistic profession as a whole".

[10] During her late teens, Bećković was briefly married to theater director Nenad Ilić.