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 acting at the 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 (2006)
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
Sharlota, local starlet in performance "The Fall of Europe" by M. Zupančič
Ophelia in performance "Hamlet" by W. Shakespeare
Caesonia in performance "Caligula" by A. Camus
Lady Anne in performance "Richard III + II" by W. Shakespeare, adaption Tomaž Pandur
Frieda in performance "The Castle" by F. Kafka
Margaret in performance "Faust" by J.W. Goethe, adaptation Tomaž Pandur
Anna Karenina in performance "Anna Karenina" by L.N. Tolstoy, adaptation Dušan Jovanović (2016)

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
the role of Hana in Good Night, Missy by M. Pevec
the role of Nataša in Projections by Z. Ogresta
the role of Sonja in Southern Scum Go Home by G. Vojnović

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
"Župančič'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
"Borštnik's award for best actress" - National Theater Festival, Slovenia, 2013
"Borštnik's award for best actress" - National Theater Festival, Slovenia, 2015

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