Polona Juh (born June 2, 1971) is a
Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...
n
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 ...
. She is the daughter of the Slovenian actors
Mojca Ribič and
Boris Juh. After finishing her studies at High School for Ballet, she entered to study acting at the
Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film and Television The Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television ( sl, Akademija za gledališče, radio, film in televizijo or AGRFT) is an academy of the University of Ljubljana in Ljubljana, Slovenia. It is the only college and graduate school in Slovenia with ...
, where she graduated. Since 1995, she is a permanent member of Slovenian National Theatre Drama in Ljubljana.
She had more than 50 different film and theatre roles so far, including many lead roles.
Notable theatre roles
* Hedwig in performance "The Wild Duck" by
H. Ibsen
* Iphigeneia in performance "Iphigeneia in Tauris" by
Euripides
Euripides (; grc, Εὐριπίδης, Eurīpídēs, ; ) was a tragedian
Tragedy (from the grc-gre, τραγῳδία, ''tragōidia'', ''tragōidia'') is a genre of drama based on human suffering and, mainly, the terrible or sorrowful e ...
* Hanako in performance "Hanjo - a play for classical Japanese theater" by Y. Mishima
* Aglaya in performance "
The Idiot
''The Idiot'' ( pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform rus, Идиот, Idiót) is a novel by the 19th-century Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was first published serially in the journal ''The Russian Messenger'' in 1868–69.
The title is an ...
" by
F.M. Dostoyevsky
* Miranda in performance "The Tempest" by
W. Shakespeare
* Celimene in performance "The Misanthrope" by
Molière
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (, ; 15 January 1622 (baptised) – 17 February 1673), known by his stage name Molière (, , ), was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language and world ...
* Desdemona in performance "Othello" by W. Shakespeare
* Juliet in performance "Romeo and Juliet" by W. Shakespeare
* Masha in performance "The Seagull" by
A.P. Chekov
* Natasha Ivanovna "Three Sisters" by A.P. Chekov
* Polly Peachum "The Threepenny opera" by
B. Brecht
* Albertine "In search of Lost Time" by
M. Proust
* Rosalind and the boy Ganymede in performance "As You Like It" by W. Shakespeare
* Agrafena Alexandrovna - Grushenka in performance "The Brothers Karamazov" by F.M. Dostoyevsky
* Anna Karenina in performance "Anna Karenina" by
L.N. Tolstoy (2006)
* Dorine in performance "The Tartuffe" by J.B.P. Molière
* Ruth in performance "The Homecoming" by H. Pinter
* Clytemnestra in performance "The Oresteia" by
Aeschylus
Aeschylus (, ; grc-gre, Αἰσχύλος ; c. 525/524 – c. 456/455 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian, and is often described as the father of tragedy. Academic knowledge of the genre begins with his work, and understanding of earlier Greek ...
* Sofya Yegorovna in performance "Platonov" by A. P. Chekhov
* Elisabet Vogler in performance "Persona" by I. Bergman
* Sharlota, local starlet in performance "The Fall of Europe" by M. Zupančič
* Ophelia in performance "Hamlet" by W. Shakespeare
* Caesonia in performance "Caligula" by A. Camus
* Lady Anne in performance "Richard III + II" by W. Shakespeare, adaption
Tomaž Pandur
Tomaž Pandur (19 February 1963 – 12 April 2016) was a Slovenian theatre director.
Career as a director
In Slovenia
As a student of Maribor Grammar School No. 1 he established his own theatre group "Tespisov voz – Novo slovensko gledališč ...
* Frieda in performance "The Castle" by F. Kafka
* Margaret in performance "Faust" by
J.W. Goethe, adaptation Tomaž Pandur
* Anna Karenina in performance "
Anna Karenina
''Anna Karenina'' ( rus, «Анна Каренина», p=ˈanːə kɐˈrʲenʲɪnə) is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in book form in 1878. Widely considered to be one of the greatest works of literature ever writte ...
" by
L.N. Tolstoy, adaptation
Dušan Jovanović (2016)
* Salome in performance "Salome" by O. Wilde
Filmography
* the role of Bazilika in ''Fuck it!'' (''Jebiga'') by Miha Hočevar
* the role of Duša in ''
Beneath Her Window'' (''Pod njenim oknom'') by Metod Pevec
* the role of Sonja in ''Couples game'' by M. Zupanič
* the role of Hana in ''Good Night, Missy'' by M. Pevec
* the role of Nataša in ''Projections'' by Z. Ogresta
* the role of Sonja in ''Southern Scum Go Home'' by G. Vojnović
She regularly takes part in various radio plays; she was also a
voice actor
Voice acting is the art of performing voice-overs to present a character or provide information to an audience. Performers are called voice actors/actresses, voice artists, dubbing artists, voice talent, voice-over artists, or voice-over talent ...
for several animated characters and advertisements.
Awards
For her work she received several awards at home and foreign countries:
Award List
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* "Golden stick" - Theater Festival for Children, Slovenia, 1994
* "Stane Sever Fund for best actress", Slovenia, 1997
* "Golden bay's wreath for best actress" - Festival MESS, Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina), 2000
* "Golden laugh for best actress" - Days of Satire Festival, Zagreb (Croatia), 2000
* "France Prešeren Fund" - Slovene national award for artistic achievements, Slovenia, 2002
* "Vesna for best actress" - Slovene National Film Festival, Slovenia, 2003
* "Actress of the year" - Slovene National Film Festival, Slovenia, 2003
* "Silver George for best actress" - Moscow International Film Festival
The Moscow International Film Festival (russian: Моско́вский междунаро́дный кинофестива́ль, translit. ''Moskóvskiy myezhdunaródniy kinofyestivál''; abbreviated as MIFF) is the film festival first h ...
, Russia, 2005
* "Borštnik's award for best actress" - National Theater Festival, Slovenia, 2007
* "Župančič's award" - award for artistic achievements by City of Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2007
* "Borštnik's award for best actress" - National Theater Festival, Slovenia, 2009
* "Vesna for best actress" - Slovene National Film Festival, Slovenia, 2009
* "Golden Arena for best actress" - Pula Film Festival, Croatia, 2011
* "Borštnik's award for best actress" - National Theater Festival, Slovenia, 2013
* "Borštnik's award for best actress" - National Theater Festival, Slovenia, 2015
References
External links
*
InterFilm
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Film Festival "Faces of Love", Moscow
* https://web.archive.org/web/20140106040942/http://www.emotionfilm.si/en/igralci/polona-juh.html
* https://web.archive.org/web/20070305014910/http://www.drama.si/ansambel/polona-juh.html
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1971 births
Living people
Slovenian stage actresses
Slovenian film actresses
University of Ljubljana alumni
20th-century Slovenian actresses
Slovenian voice actresses