Eva Sitta-Sitteová

Actress and theatre director

Artistic Director of Minitheatre

"I love my work in art and sometimes it happens that I touch people's hearts. An artist friend once wrote: "It seems to me, there was more in the game than just an elegant Eva Sitta's performance of Cocteau's play. Something not spelled out, something indefinable, a longing feeling of  passionate humanity, like a reflection in the soul of Leoš Janáček's music."  I could not wish for a higher praise."

Eva is an artist with many years experience in film, TV and theatre in Australia and Czech Republic. Her film credits include leading roles in the feature film "Island" directed by the internationally acclaimed director Paul Cox, the mini-series "The Petrov Affair" (Mrs Petrov), "The Shadow of the Flying Bird", "Reflection" "The Wall of Death", directed by Jaroslav Balík, "Eva, Eva" directed by Juraj Jakubisko, "Day for my Love" directed by Juraj Herz and many supporting roles ("Displaced Persons", "Ginger Meggs" etc). She has starred in theatre productions "Painting on Glass"  musical, "Mr Hamilkar", "Chicago" musical (in Prague), "The Human Voice" by Jean Cocteau, "The Usherette" by Arnošt Goldflam, "Hamlet",  "Cyanide at Five" by Pavel Kohout etc (in Australia).

Eva graduated with a Master Degree in Theatre Acting from Janáček Academy of Musical Arts (Brno The Czech Republic) and started her career as a member of Theatres of Prague (ABC Theatre). She has starred in a number of Czech films which were selected to represent the Czech cinema at the International Festival San Sebastian Spain, Karlovy Vary Festival The Czech Republic and Poland.

As a very young actress she received the Best Actress Award in The Czech Republic and Poland. For political reasons she left her home in the early eighties for Sydney, Australia.

In 2002 she was invited with Paul Cox to represent Australian cinema at the  International Film Festival Uherské Hradiště, The Czech Republic.

Currently she lives in Prague.