Petra Hřebíčková

Petra Hřebíčková (born 20 September 1979) is a Czech stage and film actress. Her film debut was in the 2006 comedy I Served the King of England. On stage, she acted for six years at the Zlín City Theatre [cs] between 2003 and 2009, during which time she was named the Best Actress in a Play at the 2008 Thalia Awards. Following her Thalia award, she has appeared in television series and films including Kawasaki's Rose (2009) and Men in Hope (2011). Since 2010 she has been a regular member of the theatre at Prague's Švandovo divadlo.

Hřebíčková studied at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts (JAMU) in Brno, graduating in 2002. She had her first theatrical engagement at Divadlo Polárka [cs] in Brno. She then joined the Zlín City Theatre in 2003, her first role being a princess in the play Bajaja by Otomar Dvořák [cs] .

She made her film debut in 2006, appearing in I Served the King of England, directed by Jiří Menzel. At the 2008 Thalia Awards she won the category of Best Actress in a Play, for her performance of the title role in a production of Maryša at the Zlín City Theatre. Months after winning the Thalia award, Hřebíčková left Zlín City Theatre.

In 2009, she appeared in the film Kawasaki's Rose, in which director Jan Hrebejk blended comedy, drama, complicated family dynamics, and Czechoslovakia's secret police. In 2011, she appeared as Alica, in Jiří Vejdělek's Men in Hope, a comedic response to Women in Temptation.

Hřebíčková joined Švandovo divadlo in Prague in 2010. She was nominated for a Thalia award again in 2014, for her role of Gertrude in the performance of Hamlet at Švandovo divadlo, but the award was won by Vilma Cibulková.[10]

In July 2015 Hřebíčková gave birth to a son, Šimon, whose father is actor Matěj Dadák.[11][12] Hřebíčková took maternity leave in 2015 for the birth of her first child, but returned to work after just two months.[11]