Alice Bendová (

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Veselá; born 1 November 1973) is a Czech actress and model.

Childhood and education

Bendová grew up in

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and, from the age of eleven, lived independently with her sister in an

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. Her mother operated a

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located 18 kilometers from the city and visited her daughters only on weekends. Bendová studied at Vyšší odborná škola uměleckoprůmyslová a Střední uměleckoprůmyslová škola in Prague, where she focused on

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design.

Selected filmography

Films

* ''

Báječná léta pod psa ''Báječná léta pod psa'' (English: ''Those Wonderful Years That Sucked'') is a 1997 Czech comedy drama film adapted from the book of the same title by Michal Viewegh. Directed by Petr Nikolaev and starring Libuše Šafránková, Ondřej V ...

'' (1997) * ''John Sinclair'' (German series, 1998) * ''Studená válka'' (Germany, 1998) * '' Love Lies Bleeding'' (USA, 1999) * ''

A Knight's Tale ''A Knight's Tale'' is a 2001 American medieval action comedy film written, co-produced and directed by Brian Helgeland. The film stars Heath Ledger as William Thatcher, a peasant squire who poses as a knight and competes in tournaments, winn ...

'' (USA, 2001) * '' Duše jako kaviár'' (2004) * '' Sametoví vrazi'' (2005) * '' Rána z milosti'' (2005) (TV) * '' Všechno nejlepší!'' (2006) * ''

Kajínek ''Kajínek'' is a 2010 Czech Republic, Czech action Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Petr Jákl. The film received an award at the Festival International du Film Policier de Liege 2011. The film is based on the story of Jiř� ...

'' (2010) * ''Dešťová víla'' (2010) * '' Kandidát'' (2013) * ''Kameňák 4'' (2013) * ''Vánoční Kameňák'' (2015)

TV series

* '' The Immortal'' (Canada, 1998) * ''

Rodinná pouta ''Rodinná pouta'' () is a Czech soap opera produced and broadcast by Prima and aired from 2004 to 2006. It was the first original series broadcast nationwide in the Czech Republic on a commercial television station; until that time, all origina ...

'' (since 2004) * '' Hop nebo trop'' (2004) * '' Bazén'' (2005) * '' Letiště'' (2006) * ''

Velmi křehké vztahy ''Velmi křehké vztahy'' (Very Fragile Relationships) is a Czech TV series Prima, which was broadcast in 2007–2009. It is a continuation of the series Rodinná pouta and falls into the soap opera genre. The main theme is love and relationships, ...

'' (2007–2009) * ''Profesionálové'' (2009) * ''Základka'' (2012) * '' Svatby v Benátkách'' (2014–2015) * ''Bezdružice'' (2015) * ''Polda'' (since 2016)

Personal life

Bendová was born in

. She had been married to Václav Benda (a former ice hockey player) for many years before she began dating Michal Topol. She has a son and a daughter. Before giving

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to her second child, she announced her intention to get a

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on her

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that would include the names of her children. It was her third consecutive tattoo; the first is located in a place typically covered by

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, while the second is a

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Controversy

In March 2021, Slovak TV presenter Zuzana Belohorcová informed her instagram profile that she was moving her entire family from

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to the Spanish town of

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. The reason for leaving was the dirty environment of the city, in which she did not want to raise her children. Bendová commented on the post saying, ''"Yuck! Black hell on Earth! Long live

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, right? It's sad we won't be looking there for a long time."'' Journalists from ''

CNN Prima News Cable News Network Prima News, known as CNN Prima News is a Czech news channel belonging to the FTV Prima group. It provides continuous Czech-language news on the basis of a partnership with CNN International Commercial (CNNIC). The channel s ...

'' noticed the sharp reaction of Bendová's fans on social media. One of them commented on her text saying: ''"You are a C-grade

racist Racism is the belief that groups of humans possess different behavioral traits corresponding to inherited attributes and can be divided based on the superiority of one Race (human categorization), race or ethnicity over another. It may also me ...

scumbag."'' Another fan asked Bendová under her text: ''"Racist! You didn't even live there, so what are you judging?"'' Bendová denied the accusations of racism and stood by her words, but eventually deleted her original statement.

References

External links

Instagram profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bendova, Alice Czech television actresses Czech film actresses 1973 births Living people Actresses from Prague 20th-century Czech actresses 21st-century Czech actresses