Edita Brychta is a British actress.

Early life

Brychta began acting as a young child in the Czech film

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, the world's first interactive movie, which was presented at

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. At the age of 16, she joined London's National Theatre Youth Workshop and decided to pursue an acting career.

Career

She trained at

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and was signed by Ken McReddie. In the UK, Brychta went on to play Juliet in Romeo & Juliet, Ophelia in Hamlet, Desdemona in Othello, and Marguerite in the world premiere of Vaclav Havel's Largo Desolato, directed by Tom Stoppard. She played Sybil Burlington in the award-winning West End production of Daisy Pulls It Off, produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Brychta starred in TV series such as Maelstrom, Gentleman and Players, Lovejoy, and Taggart, as well as the award-winning The Escape (Border in the UK) and the BAFTA-nominated The Britoil Affair. Brychta was cast in the role of Princess Diana in NBC's Behind The Palace Doors and moved to Los Angeles. She went on to be cast in roles alongside

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in Man On The Moon,

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and

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. She also acted alongside

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and

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in the Swedish film Friends. She worked with directors Ronald Neame, Milos Forman, Richard Donner, and in Mark Rydell's

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for HBO with Isabella Rossellini and Stephen Rea. In the

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, Brychta played in her native language in two films, including the lead role of Anna in Jan Sverak's Akumulator 1. She also starred in the French TV series Cinq Filles à Paris. Brychta has done voice-over for animated films such as Ice Age: Continental Drift,

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, and The Bunbury Tails, and features including The Bourne Identity,

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and Man of Steel, as the voice of the mother ship. Brychta has voiced various video game characters including Natasha in

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. She has featured in radio plays for the BBC, including the critically acclaimed Me, Cheeta: My Life in Hollywood with

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. Brychta has voiced audio books including

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's Seeds of Hope and was nominated for an Audie for the trilogy, This Man. She performed a live narration for Leonard Bernstein's The Kaddish at Royce Hall in Los Angeles. She featured in Daniel Deronda, A Room With a View, Watch on the Rhine, and the Tony-award-winning Oslo for LA Theater Works.

Personal life

Brychta is married to producer

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and has one daughter, Lauren Cassidy, by a previous marriage. She has completed four open water swims from Alcatraz Island to San Francisco, the length of the Golden Gate Bridge three times, and the 10K distance from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Bay Bridge twice, winning numerous medals.

Filmography

*'' Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning'' (2012) ... (voice) *'' Star Wars: The Old Republic'' (2011) ... (voice) *''

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'' (2010) Season 6, Episode 11: 25 to Life ... Mrs. Stanworth *'' Undercovers'' (2010) Season 1, Episode 6: Xerex ... Londoner Wife *'' Doktor od jezera hrochu'' (2010) ... MUDr. Homolová *'' Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time'' (2009) ... (voice) *'' Destroy All Humans! 2: Make War Not Love'' (2006) ... (voice) *''

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'' (2006) ... (voice) *'' SOCOM 3 U.S. Navy SEALs'' (2005) (voice) .... COLDKILL *'' Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines'' (2004) (voice) .... additional voices *'' Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders'' (2004) (voice) *'' James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing'' (2003) (voice) *'' Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown'' (2003) (voice) .... Maid Marian *'' Kingdom Under Fire: A War of Heroes'' (2001) (voice) *'' Spyro: Year of the Dragon'' (2000) (voice) .... Sheila the Kangaroo, Princess Ami of the Fairies *''Man on the Moon'' (1999) .... Pig-Tailed Wrestler *''Return to Krondor'' (1998) (voice) *''One Night Stand'' (1997) .... Karen's Business Associate *''

'' (1997) .... Henry Finch's Receptionist *''Crime of the Century'' (1996) .... Gerta Henkel *''

: Godfather Knows Best'' (1996) .... Katinka *''

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: Nan's Ghost'' (1995) .... Deirdre O'Bannon *''

Accumulator 1 ''Accumulator 1'' ( cs, Akumulátor 1) is a 1994 film directed by Jan Svěrák. The film won the Grand Prize at the 7th Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival in February 1996. It won the audience award at the Tromsø International Film Fest ...

'' (1994) .... Anna *''The Britoil Affair'' (1993) .... Patricia Peters *''Behind the Palace Doors'' (1993) .... Diana, Princess of Wales *''Fergie & Andrew: Behind the Palace Doors (1992) ....

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*''

Lovejoy ''Lovejoy'' is a British television comedy-drama mystery series, based on the novels by John Grant under the pen name Jonathan Gash. The show, which ran to 71 episodes over six series, was originally broadcast on BBC1 between 10 January 19 ...

: (1991) National Wealth'' Season 2 .... Melanie Ford *'' The Piglet Files'' (1991) Helen *''

Taggart ''Taggart'' is a Scottish detective fiction television programme created by Glenn Chandler, who wrote many of the episodes, and made by STV Studios for the ITV network. It originally ran as the miniseries "Killer" from 6 until 20 September 19 ...

: Rogues' Gallery'' (1990) .... Valerie Sinclair *''The Secret Life of Ian Fleming'' (1990) .... Maya *'' Gentlemen and Players'' .... Jane Somerville (13 episodes, 1988–1989) *''

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'' (1988) .... Sally *''Flying in the Branches'' (1988) .... Dana *''Blind Justice'' (1988) .... Suzie de Villiers *''Escape'' (1987) .... Eva *''Galloping Galaxies!: Episode #2.4'' (1986) .... Amazonia *''Worlds Beyond: Guardian of the Past (1986) .... Birgitta *''Call Me Mister: Humpty Dumpty'' (1986) .... Elizabeth Monk *''Foreign Body'' (1986) .... Jean *''

Hot Metal ''Hot Metal'' (1986–88) is a British sitcom produced by London Weekend Television about the newspaper industry. Written by David Renwick and Andrew Marshall, it is very much a continuation in style from their previous sitcom '' Whoops Apoc ...

: The Tell-Tale Head'' (1986).... Lady Deborah *''Cinq filles à Paris'' (1986) (mini) TV Series *''

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'' (1985) .... Ingrid Nilsen *''Pericles, Prince of Tyre'' (1984) .... Antiochus's Daughter *''

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'': Fatherly Advice (Season1 Episode4) (1983) .... Girl in Pub

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