Petra Hřebíčková (born 20 September 1979) is a Czech stage and film

actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek ...

. Her film debut was in the 2006 comedy ''

I Served the King of England ''I Served the King of England'' ( cs, Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále) is a novel by the Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal. The story is set in Prague in the 1940s, during the Nazi occupation and early communism, and follows a young man who alterna ...

''. On stage, she acted for six years at the between 2003 and 2009, during which time she was named the Best Actress in a Play at the 2008

Thalia Awards The Czech ''Actors' Association'' has presented its annual Thalia Awards (Czech: Ceny Thálie) since 1993. The award is named after Thalia, the muse of comedy. The 2016 ceremony was broadcast by Česká televize and radio station . Thalia Awards a ...

. Following her Thalia award, she has appeared in television series and films including '' Kawasaki's Rose'' (2009) and ''

Men in Hope ''Men in Hope'' ( cs, Muži v naději) is a 2011 Czech romantic sex comedy film written and directed by Jiří Vejdělek. Plot Ondřej ( Jiří Macháček), a timid and reserved man, is in a monotonous marriage with Alice (Petra Hřebíčkov� ...

'' (2011). Since 2010 she has been a regular member of the theatre at Prague's

Švandovo divadlo Švanda Theatre in Smíchov is a theater in Štefánikova street in Smíchov a suburb of Prague. It continues the long tradition of the previous theater based in this building and its surroundings. A theater was established on the site in 1871 by ...

Career

Hřebíčková studied at the

Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts The Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts ( cs, Janáčkova akademie múzických umění v Brně; abbreviation in Czech: JAMU) is a public university with an artistic focus in Brno, Czech Republic. It was established in 1947 and consi ...

(JAMU) in

Brno Brno ( , ; german: Brünn ) is a city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers, Brno has about 380,000 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in the Czech Republic ...

, graduating in 2002. She had her first theatrical engagement at in Brno. She then joined the Zlín City Theatre in 2003, her first role being a princess in the play ''Bajaja'' by . She made her film debut in 2006, appearing in ''

'', directed by

Jiří Menzel Jiří Menzel () (23 February 1938 – 5 September 2020) was a Czech film director, theatre director, actor, and screenwriter. His films often combine a humanistic view of the world with sarcasm and provocative cinematography. Some of these films ...

. At the 2008

she won the category of Best Actress in a Play, for her performance of the title role in a production of ''

Maryša ''Maryša'' (English: ''Marysha'') is a Czech stage drama from 1894, written by brothers and Vilém Mrštík. It is set in a village in Moravia and focuses on the marriage of the eponymous character and its consequences. Plot A young woman, Ma ...

'' at the Zlín City Theatre. Months after winning the Thalia award, Hřebíčková left Zlín City Theatre. In 2009, she appeared in the film '' Kawasaki's Rose'', in which director Jan Hrebejk blended comedy, drama, complicated family dynamics, and Czechoslovakia's secret police. In 2011, she appeared as Alica, in

Jiří Vejdělek Jiří (; ''YI-RZHEE''), the Czech is a masculine given name, equivalent to English George, may refer to: Given name B * Jiří Antonín Benda * Jiří Baborovský *Jiří Barta *Jiří Bartoška * Jiří Bicek * Jiří Bobok *Jiří Bubla *Jiř ...

's ''

'', a comedic response to ''

Women in Temptation A woman is an adult female human. Prior to adulthood, a female human is referred to as a girl (a female child or adolescent). The plural ''women'' is sometimes used in certain phrases such as "women's rights" to denote female humans regardle ...

''. Hřebíčková joined

in Prague in 2010. She was nominated for a Thalia award again in 2014, for her role of Gertrude in the performance of ''

Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...

'' at Švandovo divadlo, but the award was won by

Vilma Cibulková Vilma Cibulková (born 26 March 1963) is a Czech film and stage actress. She won a Czech Lion for Best Supporting Actress at the 2003 Czech Lion Awards, for her role in the film ''Pupendo''. At the 2006 Thalia Awards she won the category of Best A ...

Personal life

In July 2015 Hřebíčková gave birth to a son, Šimon, whose father is actor Matěj Dadák. Hřebíčková took maternity leave in 2015 for the birth of her first child, but returned to work after just two months.

Filmography

Films

Television

Video games

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hrebickova, Petra 1979 births Living people People from Hodonín Czech film actresses Czech television actresses Czech stage actresses 21st-century Czech actresses Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts alumni Recipients of the Thalia Award