Zvjezdana Antonović was born in 1958 in Visoko. She graduated form the Law School in Sarajevo in 1981 and passed her bar exam in 1983. She was appointed Judge of the Municipal Court in Zavidovići in 1983, where she worked until 2001, when was appointed Judge of the Cantonal Court in Zenica. In July 2008, she was appointed Judge of the Court of BiH. In April 2010, she was assigned to the Appellate Division of the Court of BiH to deal with cases concerning electoral appeals, revisions and motions for extraordinary review of judicial decisions.