Michaela Kuklová (born 8 April 1968) is a Czech theatre, television and film actress.

Kuklová in 2018

Life

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Kuklová was born on 8 April 1968 Prague. At thirteen, she got her first leading role in the play Hrej, jak kvetou stromy, which was followed by numerous productions, fairy tales, serials and films, such as Skleněný dům (1981), Poklad hraběte Chamaré, Třetí skoba pro kocoura, My všichni školou povinní or Hledám dům holubí .

The fairy tale Princess Jasnenka and the Flying Shoemaker, brought her popularity at the age of eighteen.[1] She then appeared in numerous films including The Dance Teacher, Divoká srdce, Obyčejná koňská historie, Une trop noisy solitude, Playgirls, Helluva Good Luck, Andělská tvář, Ruth to vidí jinak, Světla pasáže and Ordinace v růžové zahradě 2.

After studying at the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, she played at the Drama Club in Prague.[2] Sshe devoted herself exclusively to filming, including in foreign productions. She starred in the German fairy tale Princess Husopaska (Lisa), in the Austrian-French-Polish film Nadine, mon amour (Nadine), in the Austrian film Joint venture (Eva) and, among others, in the series Der spritzen Karli. She returned to the stage in 2004 in the musical Blood Brothers as Linda, at the Kalich Theatre, she played Eliška in the musical Tajemství or Polly in the musical Jack the Ripper, at the Hybernia Theatre, the White Queen in Alice in Wonderland and, at the Karlín Musical Theatre, she played the family musical Královna Kapeska.

She is a cancer survivor.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Michaela Kuklová zavzpomínala na natáčení s Růžičkovou: Helena mě nešetřila, byla jsem otřesená". Prima Ženy (in Czech). Prima F. T. V. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  2. ^ "Herečka Michaela Kuklová: Minulost je pro mě minulostí. Neohlížím se a žiju život dál" (in Czech). Czech Radio. 2020-12-16. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  3. ^ "Tři roky bez zákeřné rakoviny. Michaela Kuklová je na dobré cestě k uzdravení". Život v Česku (in Czech). 2023-03-02. Retrieved 2024-10-16.