Tanja Mihajlov
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Tanja Mihajlov is a fictional character in a BBC television drama Hotel Babylon, played by Danira Gović.
Her first appearance occurs in the first episode of Hotel Babylon. She is one of the cleaning staff. In fact, her appearance in the first episode contributes the plot to develop. That is because after she is viciously attacked by a woman in charge of the budget of the American rock band Junk Dogs (residing in the hotel), the staff begins planning how to get even with the malicious woman. Tanja was attacked because when she entered the Junk Dogs' room, she saw the woman sniffing cocaine. The lady got furious at Tanja and started hitting her, leaving several bruises on Tanja's face. While Tanja was struggling, she kept on saying "Dosta, dosta! (Enough, Enough!)"
She is actually from Croatia, and her English, or at least her English accent, is poor, but she still manages to come to terms with the rest of the hotel staff. She speaks in her mother tongue in several occasions, often when she's furious because of something. In the first episode she says after being beaten up: "E, lipo je meni mater rekla 'Vrati se ti, kćeri, u Šibenik, oni su ti svi ludi!'" (I should've listened to my Mum when she said 'Come back to Šibenik, honey, they're all crazy!). Later she says, after being frustrated at the hotel manager who was trying to keep things hushed up, "Ma, razumiš ti vraga crnoga!" ("You don't freakin' understand anything!). Tanja mentions Šibenik (Croatian city) in which the actress Danira was born and raised at. Due to that fact, Tanja plays a Dalmatian girl speaking ikavian dialect.
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