Barbora Hrzánová

Career Acting After graduating from Prague's DAMU, Hrzánová joined the National Theater. In 1993, she moved to the Theatre on the Balustrade.

Her first prominent film role was in Filip Renč's 1992 production Requiem pro panenku, for which she was awarded at the Toronto International Film Festival. In 1994, she won the Alfréd Radok Award for Best Actress in Chekhov's play The Seagull. Following this, she spent ten years at Divadlo v Řeznické in Prague, also appearing at Divadlo Na Jezerce.

She has been nominated for a Czech Lion Award three times: for Best Supporting Actress in Thanks for Every New Morning (1994), Conspirators of Pleasure (1996), and Modrý tygr (2012). She won a Thalia Award in 2003 for her performance in the production Hrdý Budžes. She has also coauthored the book Vinnetou naší doby: Velký tajem staré lišky Báry Hrzánové, together with magazine editor Richard Erml.

Personal life Hrzánová is married to Radek Holub. She is the daughter of actor Jiří Hrzán, and her brother-in-law is Karel Dobrý. Her nephew is actor and model Cyril Dobrý.

Selected filmography

Film

Television