Alena is best known as "Holena" in critically acclaimed Czech-Danish box office hit "Tri Bratri" directed by two times Oscar winner Jan Sverak. She was also seen in "Lost in Munich" that premiered at the London Film Festival in 2015, directed by award winning Petr Zelenka. Alena appeared in the comedy "Dvojnik" opposite Ondrej Sokol and TV series "Me, Mattoni" directed by multiple Czech Lion Award winner Marek Najbrt. Her other TV credits include "Pripady 1. Oddeleni", Czech TV, "Crossing Lines", NBC. A classically trained ballerina and professional hip hop dancer, Alena studied at the prestigious drama school "JAMU" and acted in about thirty theatre productions in the Czech republic, including National Theatre. Her most acclaimed parts are "Desdemona" in "Othello" opposite Czech national acting legend Jan Potmesil, directed by Jakub Spalek, "B" in Mark O'Rowe' s "Terminus", for which she was nominated for Alfred Radok' s Award, she also lead Mark Ravenhill's "Yesterday An Incident Occurred" as "Speaker" in "Letters To Eric Company", England, or as "Laura" in the original English version of "The Glass Menagerie" in Prague Playhouse. Alena lives between Prague, London and Los Angeles, where she works with theatre company "Fierce Backbone". Having acted in English, French, Czech, Russian and German, Alena also writes for Czech newspaper Lidovky.cz. Show less «