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| Birth name | Nada Polić |
| Born | (1959-09-06)6 September 1959 (age 65) Priboj,PR Serbia,Yugoslavia |
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| Years active | 1974–present |
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Nada Polić (Serbian Cyrillic:Нада Полић; born 6 September 1959), better known asAna Bekuta (Serbian Cyrillic:Ана Бекута), is a Serbian singer.
Polić was born on 6 September 1959, inPriboj and raised in the village ofBanja.[1] She began her music career in 1974 by competing on the music festival Prvi glas Priboja (The First Voice of Priboj), where she finished as the runner-up.[2] In the following years, Polić started singing professionally as a hotel lounge singer.
Under the stage name Ana Bekuta, she made her recording debut in 1985 with the release of her first album underPGP-RTB.[2] Over the years she has collectively released twenty one studio albums. In 2011, Bekuta began performing annually at theBelgrade'sSava Centar.[3][4] For her work infolk music, she has received numerous accolades, including the Charter of the Cultural and Educational Community in 2015 and the National Music Artist of Serbia award from the Union of the Music Artists of Serbia (SEMUS) in 2020.[5][6]
In addition to her singing career, in 2014 Bekuta became a judge and later a mentor on thesinging competition showZvezde Granda.
At the age of 17, Polić became a mother to a son, named Igor.[7] She was in a relationship with Serbian politicianMilutin Mrkonjić from 2012 until his death in 2021.[8]
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