Zuzana Vejvodová
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Zuzana Vejvodová is a Czech
actress.
In 2000 she graduated from Prague Conservatory
. Afterwards she joined Divadlo Na Fidlovačce
(DNF). She regularly performs in TV films and series. In April 2008 she was shortlisted for TýTý Award, an annual Czech television award, in one of the categories. She is daughter of composer and bandleader Josef Vejvoda
and granddaughter of Jaromír Vejvoda
.
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
actress.
In 2000 she graduated from Prague Conservatory
Prague Conservatory
Prague Conservatory, sometimes also Prague Conservatoire, in Czech Pražská konzervatoř, is a Czech secondary school in Prague dedicated to teaching the arts of music and theater acting.- Instruction :...
. Afterwards she joined Divadlo Na Fidlovačce
Divadlo Na Fidlovacce
Divadlo na Fidlovačce is a private theatre based in Prague.The theatre is in a building located in Nusle, that has been built as Thyl Theatre 1921. Several enesembles performed in the theatre, that had itself several names. In 1978 the building was closed and started to deteriorate. In January 1995...
(DNF). She regularly performs in TV films and series. In April 2008 she was shortlisted for TýTý Award, an annual Czech television award, in one of the categories. She is daughter of composer and bandleader Josef Vejvoda
Josef Vejvoda
Josef Vejvoda is a Czech composer, percussionist, conductor and bandleader.His first notable appearance took place in 1963, when he performed with Jiří Stivín's Jazztet at the Theatre on the Balustrade. In 1967, he was awarded Laureate of the Prague Jazz International Contest of Young Soloists...
and granddaughter of Jaromír Vejvoda
Jaromír Vejvoda
Jaromír Vejvoda was a Czech composer and the author of the "Beer Barrel Polka".-Life and work:...
.
Selected performances
- 2009 – Irina in Three sistersThree Sisters (play)Three Sisters is a play by Russian author and playwright Anton Chekhov, perhaps partially inspired by the situation of the three Brontë sisters, but most probably by the three Zimmermann sisters in Perm...
- 2006 – DesdemonaDesdemona (Othello)Desdemona is a character in William Shakespeare's play Othello . Shakespeare's Desdemona is a Venetian beauty who enrages and disappoints her father, a Venetian senator, when she elopes with Othello, a man several years her senior. When her husband is deployed to Cyprus in the service of the...
in OthelloOthelloThe Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in approximately 1603, and based on the Italian short story "Un Capitano Moro" by Cinthio, a disciple of Boccaccio, first published in 1565...
, Summer Shakespeare FestivalSummer Shakespeare FestivalThe Summer Shakespeare Festival takes place in the courtyard of Burgrave Palace at Prague Castle. The festival was originally initiated by Václav Havel. The performances are also presented at Špilberk in Brno and at Bratislava Castle in Bratislava...
at the Prague CastlePrague CastlePrague Castle is a castle in Prague where the Kings of Bohemia, Holy Roman Emperors and presidents of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic have had their offices. The Czech Crown Jewels are kept here...
(SSF) - 2006 – Millie Dillmount in Thoroughly Modern MillieThoroughly Modern Millie (musical)Thoroughly Modern Millie is a musical with music by Jeanine Tesori, lyrics by Dick Scanlan, and a book by Richard Morris and Scanlan. Based on the 1967 film of the same name, Thoroughly Modern Millie tells the story of a small-town girl, Millie Dillmount, who comes to New York City to marry for...
, DNF - 2005 – Jacie Triplethree in Comic PotentialComic Potential (play)Comic Potential by Alan Ayckbourn is a romantic sci-fi comedy. It is set in a TV studio in the foreseeable future, when low-cost androids have largely replaced actors.-Background:...
, DNF - 2005 – Viola in Twelfth Night, or What You WillTwelfth Night, or What You WillTwelfth Night; or, What You Will is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–02 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season...
, SSF - 2004 – JulietJuliet CapuletJuliet is one of the title characters in William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet, the other being Romeo. She is the daughter of old Capulet, head of the house of Capulet. The story has a long history that precedes Shakespeare himself....
in Romeo and JulietRomeo and JulietRomeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular archetypal stories of young, teenage lovers.Romeo and Juliet belongs to a...
, SSF - 2003 – Rosalind in As You Like ItAs You Like ItAs You Like It is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 or early 1600 and first published in the folio of 1623. The play's first performance is uncertain, though a performance at Wilton House in 1603 has been suggested as a possibility...
, DNF - 2003 – Tereza in RebelovéRebelovéRebelové is a 2001 Czech musical film.-Plot:The story, set in the year of 1968's Prague Spring and the Soviet invasion, features a planned escape to the West and the arrest of one of its central characters for desertion from the army...
, Divadlo Broadway Praha - 2002 – Agatha in The Marriage, DNF
- 2001 – Nele - Betkina - Anna in Thyl Ulenspiegel by Grigory Gorin and Gennady Gladkov, DNF
- 2001 – Denise in Mam'zelle NitoucheMam'zelle NitoucheMam'zelle Nitouche is a vaudeville-opérette by Hervé. The libretto was by Henri Meilhac and Albert Millaud.-Performance history:It was first performed at the Théâtre des Variétés, Paris on 26 January 1883.- Roles :-Synopsis:...
, DNF - 2000 – Bandit's Sweetheart in Painted on Glass by Ernest Bryll and Katarzyna Gärtner, DNF (10 years on repertoire)
- 1998 – Annabella in 'Tis Pity She's a Whore'Tis Pity She's a Whore'Tis Pity She's a Whore is a tragedy written by John Ford. It was likely first performed between 1629 and 1633, by Queen Henrietta's Men at the Cockpit Theatre. The play was first published in 1633, in a quarto printed by Nicholas Okes for the bookseller Richard Collins...
, Divadlo na Vinohradech - 1998 – Chava in Fiddler on the RoofFiddler on the RoofFiddler on the Roof is a musical with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in Tsarist Russia in 1905. It is based on Tevye and his Daughters by Sholem Aleichem...
, DNF (in 2011 still on repertoire)
Selected filmography
- 2007 - Alžběta in The Countesses (Hraběnky)
- 2004 - Kamila StösslováKamila StösslováKamila Stösslová holds an unusual place in music history. The composer Leoš Janáček, upon meeting her in 1917 in the resort town of Luhačovice, fell deeply in love with her, despite both their marriages and the fact he was almost forty years older than Kamila...
in In Search of JanacekIn Search of JanacekIn Search of Janáček is a documentary film about life of composer Leoš Janáček.The film, written and directed by Petr Kaňka, received Special Mention at the International Television Festival Golden Prague in 2003. It was released in 2004 to celebrate 150 years anniversary of Janáček...
(Hledání Janáčka) - 1991 - Leontýnka in The Territory of White DeerThe Territory of White DeerThe Territory of White Deer is a Czech TV series.The story centers around a group of children, led by Leontinka and Olda . Father of Leontinka manages the local Deer Park with an invaluable breed of white deer...
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