PETRA LORENC - BIOGRAPHY

Petra Lorencová was born in 1986 in Vyškov na Moravě, where she attended an eight-year grammar school. Then she studied at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts (JAMU), in the studio led by Oxana Smilková. She was awarded a prize for the best female performance at the F.I.S.T. student festival in Belgrade for the role of Vočistcová (Schwab: Volksvernichtung oder Meine Leber ist sinnlos). With the extracurricular projects led by director Barbara Herz she had the opportunity to visit Holland and Germany. She graduated performing Héroneja Bukurová in the play Rómeo a Héró directed by Ján Mikuš and Jana Hanzelová. 

In 2011 she has become a member of the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre. Her first role at this theatre was Charlotte Corday (Weiss: Marat/Sade, directed by Janusz Klimsza). Her other roles: Helena (Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Irma (Walser: Der Schwarze Schwan/The Black Swan), Cecily Cardew (Wilde: The Importance of Being Earnest), Irina (Saavedra: The Smokers), Julie (Štech: Public Pleasure or Board Homestead), or Markétka (Tabori: My Struggle). 

As for the movies, she made her debute in Isabele (2013), a movie set in Ostrava. She also appeared in one episode of the TV series called Rozsudek (The Judgement). 

Petra Lorencová likes glass painting, she breeds brown rats and loves the scent of a freshly cut grass. Her days start with a coffee with milk and two sugars.