ANA GEISLEROVÁ
Czech star Ana Geislerová has won a remarkable five Golden Lion Awards in a career spanning over fifty films and is perhaps best known to international audiences for her performance as ‘Lenka’ opposite Cillian Murphy in the film ANTHROPOID. A former Shooting Star, Aná has been acting since the age of fourteen and is also known for her roles as ‘Marcella’ in BEAUTY IN TROUBLE; and ‘Lida’ in INNOCENCE. Her numerous acting credits include: Academy Award winner Jan Svěrák’s JIZDA in 1994; as well as Ondřej Trojan’s ZELARY, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Her other notable work includes: the role of ‘Rathe’ in THE CATCHER WAS A SPY opposite Guy Pearce, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival; AMNESTY by Jonás Karásek; the television mini-series thriller THE SLEEPERS; as ‘Olga Havlová’ in the biopic feature film HAVEL, which was written and directed by Slávek Horák; the role of ‘Daniela Hegerova’ in THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE; as ‘Anna’ in Sasa Gedeon’s THE IDIOT RETURNS; HONEYMOON; AMNESTIE directed by Jonás Karásek; and HEL by Kinga Debska. More recently, Ana played the role of ‘Dr. Polina Lavotchkin’ in the ITV remake of the classic 60s thriller THE IPCRESS FILE, which was directed by James Watkins. She also played the part of ‘Kristina’ in the feature film THE CHAMBERMAID, directed by Mariana Cengel-Solcanská; and ‘Pawla Langová’ in the film WHIRLWIND. Ana stars in Czech filmmaker Zuzana Kirchnerová’s debut feature film CARAVAN, which competed in the prestigious Un Certain Regard section at Cannes Film Festival. Her upcoming projects include the feature & SONS directed by Pablo Trapero.
PLAYING AGE: 40 - 50
NATIONALITY: CZECH
LOCATION: THE CZECH REPUBLIC
