Jana Pidrmanová (born 17 March 1985,

Cheb Cheb (; ) is a town in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 33,000 inhabitants. It lies on the Ohře River. Before the Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, expulsion of Germans in 1945, the town was the centre of the G ...

) is a Czech theatre and film actor.

Biography

She has spent her childhood in Františkovy Lázně and graduated from a hotel high school. After graduation she studied at

Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts The Department of Dramatic Theatre (, abbreviated DAMU) is one of three departments at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (alongside the Film and TV school and the Department of Music). The academy was opened in 1945 immediately after th ...

(DAMU) (from 2004 to 2008), her teachers were e.g. Eva Salzmannová,

Alois Švehlík Alois Švehlík (30 July 1939 – 2 April 2025) was a Czech actor and theatre pedagogue. Early life and career Švehlík was born in Pardubice, then part of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, in 1939. Together with his older brother Jaros ...

, Jan Nebeský and Daria Ullrichová. She also studied special education at the University of Hradec Králové. After graduating from DAMU, she first performed at the South Bohemian Theater (Jihočeské divadlo, České Budějovice) and since 2009 she has been performing at the National Theater in Prague.

Selected theatre roles

* 2008 Hadar Galron: ''Mikve'', Tehíla,

Stavovské divadlo The Estates Theatre (in Czech: ''Stavovské divadlo'') is a historic theatre in Prague, Czech Republic. The Estates Theatre was annexed to the National Theatre in 1948 and currently draws on three artistic ensembles, opera, ballet, and drama, w ...

, dir. Michal Dočekal * 2010 David Harrower: ''Blackbird'', Una, Divadlo Kolovrat, dir. Jiří Pokorný * 2011

William Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...

: ''Zkrocení zlé ženy'', Bianco, Vdova, Národní divadlo, dir. Martin Čičvák * 2011 William Shakespeare: ''Král Lear'', Regan,

Národní divadlo The National Theatre () is a historic opera house in Prague, Czech Republic. It is known as the alma mater of Czech opera, and as the national monument of Czech history and art. The National Theatre belongs to the most important Czech cultural ...

, dir. Jan Nebeský * 2012

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 great writers in the French language and world liter ...

: ''Pán z Prasečkova'', Julie, Stavovské divadlo, dir. Hana Burešová * 2013 F. F. Šamberk: ''Jedenácté přikázání'', Julie, Stavovské divadlo, dir.

David Drábek David Drábek (born 18 July 1970) is a Czech playwright and theatre director. He repeatedly received the Alfred Radok Award for his works. Biography He studied at the film faculty of the Palacký University in Olomouc. While studying at the un ...

* 2014

Josef Čapek Josef Čapek (; 23 March 1887 – April 1945) was a Czech artist who was best known as a painter, but who was also noted as a writer and a poet. He invented the word "robot", which was introduced into literature by his brother, Karel Čapek. ...

Karel Čapek Karel Čapek (; 9 January 1890 – 25 December 1938) was a Czech writer, playwright, critic and journalist. He has become best known for his science fiction, including his novel '' War with the Newts'' (1936) and play '' R.U.R.'' (''Rossum' ...

: ''Ze života hmyzu'', Inženýr moderátorka, Jeho larvička, Mravenec, Národní divadlo, dir. Daniel Špinar * 2014 William Shakespeare: ''Othello, benátský mouřenín'', Bianco, Stavovské divadlo, dir. Daniel Špinar * 2015 Mike Bartlett: ''Zemětřesení v Londýně'', Freya, Nová scéna, dir. Daniel Špinar * 2015

Ondřej Havelka Ondřej Havelka (born October 10, 1954) is a Czech jazz and Swing music, swing singer, actor, and director. Career Havelka has been the lead vocalist for the Original Prague Syncopated Orchestra (1976-1995) and for Ondřej Havelka and his Melod ...

, Martin Vačkář: ''V rytmu swingu buší srdce mé'', Zdenka, a mnohé jiné, Národní divadlo, dir.

* 2015

Maurice Maeterlinck Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck (29 August 1862 – 6 May 1949), also known as Count/Comte Maeterlinck from 1932, was a Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist who was Flemish but wrote in French. He was awarded the 1911 Nobel Prize in ...

: ''Modrý pták'', Světlo, Noc, Dcerka, Stavovské divadlo, dir. Štěpán Pácl * 2016

Vítězslav Nezval Vítězslav Nezval (; 26 May 1900 – 6 April 1958) was a Czechs, Czech poet, writer and translator. He was one of the most prolific avant-garde Czech writers in the first half of the 20th century and a co-founder of the Surrealism, Surrealist ...

: ''Manon Lescaut'', Manon,

, dir. Daniel Špinar * 2016 A. P. Čechov: ''Tři sestry'', Máša, Stavovské divadlo, dir. Daniel Špinar

Selected film roles

References

Citations

External links

Jana Pidrmanová in Czech National Theater Archive

Jana Pidrmanová on Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze (Czechoslovak film database)
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pidrmanova, Jana 1985 births Living people Czech stage actresses Czech film actresses 21st-century Czech actresses Academy of Performing Arts in Prague alumni People from Cheb