Ania Guédroïtz

Ania Guédroïtz, née Princess Agnes Alexeievna Guedroitz on 15 January 1949 in Dublin, Ireland, is a Belgian actress.

Biography Ania Guédroïtz was born in Dublin, daughter of Prince Alexis Nicolaevich Guedroitz and Oonagh Ryan (Kathleen Ryan's sister).

She lived her childhood in Belgium with her father who was remarried. Educated in Brussels, she began studying drama at the Royal Conservatory, where she obtained a first prize "with great distinction" in 1972. In addition to French, her main language, she also studied Russian and English.

She then began a professional career in various theatres in Brussels. In 1973, she married the Belgian theater actor and had a son, Michaël Frison, born in 1974. The couple divorced in 1977.

She was made a Knight of the Order of Leopold II in 1992.

Theater

Main roles 1971-1972: Agnès in (The School for Wives) by Molière 1972-1973: Marianne in (The Moods of Marianne) by Alfred de Musset 1976-1977: Mousseline in by Louis Velle 1977-1978: Agnès in by Molière 1977-1978: Isabelle in by Molière 1977-1978: Suzanneke in by Fonson and Wicheler 1977-1978: Alison in (Avanti!) by Samuel Taylor 1979-1980: Nina in (The Seagull) by Anton Chekhov 1989-1990: Sophie in by Romain Rolland 1989-1990: Aglaé in by Jean Anouilh 1991-1992: Denise in by Loleh Bellon 1992-1993: Mathilde in by Musset

Important supporting roles 1970-1971: Gnese in by Carlo Goldoni 1971-1972: Anémone in by Jean Anouilh 1971-1972: Isabelle in by Pierre Corneille 1972-1973: Henriette in by Molière 1972-1973: Mathilde in by Christopher Hampton 1972-1973: Lady Janet in by Victor Hugo 1972-1973: Un témoin in by Fodor 1974-1975: Henriette in by Molière 1974-1975: Iris in (The Trojan War Will Not Take Place) by Jean Giraudoux 1974-1975: Frida in by Luigi Pirandello 1975-1976: Polly in (The Gingerbread Lady) by Neil Simon 1975-1976: Saby in by William Douglas Home 1975-1976: Jacqueline in Oscar by 1975-1976: Patricia in by Fernand Crommelynck 1976-1977: Marie-Rose in Harvey by Mary Chase 1976-1977: Ania in by Michel Fermaud 1976-1977: Annick in by Barillet and Grédy 1977-1978: Olympia in Don Juan by Michel de Ghelderode 1977-1978: Gwendoline in Parodies (Travesties) by Tom Stoppard 1978-1979: La princesse Nathalie in by Kleist 1979-1980: Lucille in by Büchner 1979-1980: L'américaine in by Victorien Sardou 1980-1981: Nancy in (Gaslight) by Patrick Hamilton 1988-1989: Mademoiselle Nina in by Douanier Rousseau 1990-1991: Marie in by Bernard-Marie Koltès 1991-1992: Alix in by Crommelynck 1992-1993: Priscilla in by René Lambert 1993-1994: Emma in by Guy de Maupassant 1994-1995: Thea in Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ipsen 1995-1996: Marina in by Goldoni 1997-1998: Fina in by Bertolt Brecht 1998-1999: Mariana in (All's Well That Ends Well) by William Shakespeare

Filmography

Television 1973: Armande de Kersaint in the television series Rue de la Grande Truanderie directed by Jacques Vernel (RTBF) 1977: Agnès in the televised version of L'École des femmes (The School for Wives) de Molière at the Château de la Bruyère in Émines directed by Michel Rochat (RTBF)

DVD 1976: Les portes claquent - Box set "Christiane Lenain" (RTBF Editions, 2010) 1978: Le Mariage de Mademoiselle Beulemans - Box set (RTBF Editions, 2008)

Short film at the cinema 1992: "La riche" in (The Seven Deadly Sins) directed by Pascal Zabus