Antonie Formanová (born 30 June 1998) is a Czech actress. She starred in ''
Dukla 61
''Dukla 61'' is a 2018 Czech disaster film directed by David Ondříček. The film is set in 1961 when a mining disaster at Dukla Mine in Dolní Suchá killed 108 miners. The film focuses on a family of a man who works at the mine along with his s ...
''.
Biography
Born in Prague
as the youngest of three sisters, Antonie is a daughter of Czech actor and granddaughter of
Miloš Forman
Jan Tomáš "Miloš" Forman (; ; 18 February 1932 – 13 April 2018) was a Czech Americans, Czech-American film film director, director, screenwriter, actor, and professor who rose to fame in his native Czechoslovakia before emigrating to the Uni ...
and
Jiří Stránský
Jiří Stránský (12 August 1931 – 29 May 2019) was a Czechs, Czech author, playwright, Translation, translator, screenwriter, twice a political prisoner of the History of Czechoslovakia (1948–1989), communist regime, and human rights advocat ...
(which was a grandson of Czech politician
Jan Malypetr
Jan Malypetr (21 December 1873 in Klobuky – 27 September 1947 in Slaný) was a Czechoslovak politician. As prime minister during the Great Depression he strong-armed Czechoslovakia into a more rapid economic recovery than elsewhere in Europe.
...
).
In 2016, Antonie directed a student film named ''Martin''.
In 2017, she started studying at the
Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
The Department of Dramatic Theatre (, abbreviated DAMU) is one of three departments at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (alongside the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, ...
,
from which she earned a BcA. degree (equivalent to
Bachelor of Fine Arts
A Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) is a standard undergraduate degree for students pursuing a professional education in the visual arts, Fine art, or performing arts. In some instances, it is also called a Bachelor of Visual Arts (BVA).
Background ...
) three years later.
In a 2018 TV film ', based on a novel by Jiří Stránský, she played the main character's daughter, in fact her own grandmother.
Formanová was awarded the
Czech Lion Award for
Best Supporting Actress for her role in the 2021 film
''Occupation''.
In 2024 the Czech edition of
Forbes
''Forbes'' () is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917. It has been owned by the Hong Kong–based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014. Its chairman and editor-in-chief is Steve Forbes. The co ...
featured Formanová in their ''30 under 30'' list'': 30 of the most talented Czechs under 30 years old''.
References
External links
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1998 births
Living people
Actresses from Prague
Czech film actresses
Academy of Performing Arts in Prague alumni
Czech Lion Awards winners
21st-century Czech actresses
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