Polona Juh

Polona Juh (born June 2, 1971) is a Slovenian actress. She is the daughter of the Slovenian actors Mojca Ribič and Boris Juh. After finishing her studies at High School for Ballet, she entered to study a play on Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film and Television, where she graduated. Since 1995, she is a permanent member of Slovenian National Theatre Drama in Ljubljana.^[1]

She had more than 50 different film and theatre roles so far, among them a lot of leading ones.

Notable theatre roles

• Hedwig in performance "The Wild Duck" by H. Ibsen
• Iphigeneia in performance "Iphigeneia in Tauris" by Euripides
• Hanako in performance "Hanjo - a play for classical Japanese theater" by Y. Mishima
• Aglaya in performance "The Idiot" by F.M. Dostoyevsky
• Miranda in performance "The Tempest" by W. Shakespeare
• Celimene in performance "The Misanthrope" by Molière
• Desdemona in performance "Othello" by W. Shakespeare
• Juliet in performance "Romeo and Juliet" by W. Shakespeare
• Masha in performance "The Seagull" by A.P. Chekov
• Natasha Ivanovna "Three Sisters" by A.P. Chekov
• Polly Peachum "The Threepenny opera" by B. Brecht
• Albertine "In search of Lost Time" by M. Proust
• Rosalind and the boy Ganymede in performance "As You Like It" by W. Shakespeare
• Agrafena Alexandrovna - Grushenka in performance "The Brothers Karamazov" by F.M. Dostoyevsky
• Anna Karenina in performance "Anna Karenina" by L.N. Tolstoy
• Dorine in performance "The Tartuffe" by J.B.P. Molière
• Ruth in performance "The Homecoming" by H. Pinter
• Clytemnestra in performance "The Oresteia" by Aeschylus
• Sofya Yegorovna in performance "Platonov" by A. P. Chekhov
• Elisabet Vogler in performance "Persona" by I. Bergman

Filmography

• the role of Bazilika in Fuck it! (Jebiga) by Miha Hočevar
• the role of Duša in Beneath Her Window (Pod njenim oknom) by Metod Pevec
• the role of Sonja in Couples game by M. Zupanič

She regularly takes part in various radio plays; she was also a voice actor for several animated characters and advertisements.

Awards

For her work she received several awards at home and foreign countries^[2]:

• "Golden stick" - Theater Festival for Children, Slovenia, 1994
• "Stane Sever Fund for best actress", Slovenia, 1997
• "Golden bay's wreath for best actress" - Festival MESS, Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina), 2000
• "Golden laugh for best actress" - Days of Satire Festival, Zagreb (Croatia), 2000
• "France Prešeren Fund" - Slovene national award for artistic achievements, Slovenia, 2002
• "Vesna for best actress" - Slovene National Film Festival, Slovenia, 2003
• "Actress of the year" - Slovene National Film Festival, Slovenia, 2003
• "Silver George for best actress" - Moscow International Film Festival, Russia, 2005
• "Borštnik's award for best actress" - National Theater Festival, Slovenia, 2007
• "Zupančič's award" - award for artistic achievements by City of Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2007
• "Borštnik's award for best actress" - National Theater Festival, Slovenia, 2009
• "Vesna for best actress" - Slovene National Film Festival, Slovenia, 2009
• "Golden Arena for best actress" - Pula Film Festival, Croatia, 2011

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