Jana Janěková
Known for

Acting

Credits

34

Gender

Woman

Birthday

5 June 1955 (69)

Place of birth

Zlín, Československo

Also known as
Jana Janeková
Jana Janekova
Jana Janekova sr.
Jana Janěková st.
Jana Janěková sr.
Jana Válková

Jana Janěková

Biography

Doc. Jana Janěková, born Válková (* June 5, 1955 Zlín), is Czech actress, director, photographer and theater pedagogue, sister conductor Roman Válka. He comes from an artistic family, his father was a musician, a choirmaster and a pedagogue, a well-known musician is her younger brother Roman. At the Prague Conservatory in 1976, he studied music and drama. During her studies she was guest in the E. F. Burian and J. Wolker Theaters. Her first theatrical engagement became East Bohemian Theater in Pardubice, where she worked in 1976-1978, then she played shortly in Hradec Králové. In the years 1979-1981 she played in the Oldřich Stibor Theater in Olomouc, from 1980 to 1985 in Ostrava Bezruč Theater. There was a long-standing engagement at the State Theater in Brno (today's National Theater Brno), where she worked as an actress and director from 1987 to 2005. In the film and on TV, she appeared sporadically at the beginning, mostly in minor or episodic roles, and later she often performed mainly in Ostrava and Brno studios, where many of the TV productions of Czechoslovak television played key figures. She won her first major role in the first Czech TV sitcom, TV Nova Novác, in 1995, and later starred in other TV series. For the time being, the only significant film role was psychologist Hana in the Czech film director Věra Chytilová. He co-operates with radio, occasionally dubs, and in addition to acting and theater direction, he has been teaching pedagogical activities at JAMU in Brno since 1991, where he leads a separate atelier of musical acting. She is also active in the field of artistic photography. (Wikipedia)

Known for
Acting roles
YearMovie / TV show / OtherRole
2022Jitřní zářeJiřina Junková
2011Tajemství staré bambitkyKornélie
2010The Rain FairyMother Pařízková
2010The Greatest Czechsvazačova žena
2010Cesty domůBlanka Bernátová
2010Cesty domů
2007O kominickém učni a dceři cukrářeDýmalová
2007Boží pole s.r.o.Kašáková
2006Rules of LiesMarcela
2006Pleasant Moments
2002Love Lost
2001Sluha dvou pánůClarice
1998Halt, Or I'll Miss!Brandejsová
1995NováciVěra Nováková
1991Svlékání kůže
1988Mimořádný případ
1987Velké sedlo
1986Jsou určité hranice
1985O princezně, která nesměla na slunce
1984We All Are Required to Attend SchoolDana Mrázová
1984Hrom do kapelníka
1984Kočár pro princeznu
1983Vánoční stromek
1983Rohanův princip
1983Michal detektivem
1982Bráškové
1979Death of Hitch-HikersEva Klímová
1976Thirty Cases of Major Zema
1975Poslední ples na rožnovské plovárně
1975Královské usínání
1973Love
1973Dvě věci pro život
1972Bakaláři
1972Velikonoční dovolená