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Klára Issová

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Klara Issova
Klára Issová
Born (1979-04-26) 26 April 1979 (age 45)
OccupationActress
Years active1994–present
Websitewww.klaraissova.cz

Klára Issová (born 26 April 1979), sometimes known as Klára Issa, is a Czech-Syrian film, stage and television actress. In 1997, she won the Czech Lion Award for Best Supporting Actress in Nejasná zpráva o konci světa.[1] She is the cousin of actress Martha Issová.

Early life

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Born in Prague in 1979, she is the daughter of a Czech mother and Syrian director Michel Issa. In 1985, at the age of six, she started taking drama lessons. In 1993, she studied at the Prague Conservatory, graduating in 1997. She continued to act in the school theatre for another two years while studying pedagogy.

Career

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Issova has appeared in many films, TV serials and plays. Her notable film appearances are in Indian Summer (1995), The Mists of Avalon (2001), Frank Herbert's Children of Dune (2003), and Surviving Life (2010). She also played a short role in the movie The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008). In 2000, for the movie Angel Exit, she had her head shaved bald onscreen.[2] She was nominated for Czech Lion Awards for best actress in 2000 for the same movie.[3] Her noteworthy TV appearances are in No Problem (1997), Joan of Arc (1999), Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001), and Operace Silver A (2007). Her stage credits include in Shots in Broadway and Private Eye.

Filmography

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Theatre

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Divadlo Pod Palmovkou

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Divadlo v Řeznické

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Palace Theatre

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References

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  1. ^ "Pravidla lži". Česká televize. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Klára Issová: Brzy slavná, ale co dál?". 26 April 2001.
  3. ^ "ČFTA".
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