Renata Salecl, a Slovene philosopher, sociologist, and legal theorist, is a senior researcher at the University of Ljubljana's Institute of Criminology and a professor at Birkbeck College. She has lectured at London School of Economics, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, and King's College London. Salecl has translated her books into fifteen languages and was elected a member of the Slovene Academy of Science in 2017.
In an episode of the American sitcom "Frasier", Frasier unexpectedly has to babysit his date's bratty teenage daughter named Renata. The episode is called "Can't Buy Me Love".
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In Woody Allen's "Interiors" (1978), Diane Keaton's character is called Renata. Since this is my name (but I'm from Brazil and it's really popular here) and since I'm a huge fan of his work, I wonder why he decided to give such an unusual name for the character. Usually, in English-speaking countries, Renée is the most popular variant.
Renata Volturi is one of the Volturi guard in the Twilight novels. She, like all Volturi, has a special power - she can mentally repel people that cross her path.