Eva Sitta
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17 August 1954
Island
The Petrov Affair
Eva Sitta | |
|---|---|
| Born | Eva Píchová 17 August 1954 |
| Other names | Eva Sitteová |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Notable work | Stín létajícího ptáčka Island The Petrov Affair |
Eva Sitta (née Píchová, married Sitteová; born 17 August 1954), is a Czech-born Australian actress.
Eva Píchová was born on 17 August 1954 in Krnov.[1] She studied at Janáček Academy of Performing Arts and began her acting career in Czechoslovakia[2] becoming a well known stage actress[3] and appearing in films such as Stín létajícího ptáčka aka The Shadow Of The Flying Bird (1977) for which she won a major Czech acting award.[a][4]
Sitta and her architect husband Vladimir[5] migrated to Australia in 1981.[6]
Sitta's Australian screen roles include a lead role of Czech-Australian Eva in the 1989 film Island,[7][8] and featuring in the miniseries The Petrov Affair as Evdokia Petrov[9] and the TV movie Displaced Persons as Annette,[3][10]
Her stage roles include As Much Trouble As Talking at Belvoir St Downstairs Theatre in 1988,[11] The Usherette at Third Eye in 1996,[6] The Human Voice at Theatre Basilica in 1989 and the La Mama Theatre in 2000,[12][13] and Cyanide at Five at the Bondi Pavilion Theatre in 2009 which she also directed.[14]