Eva Sitta

Eva Sitta
Born
Eva Píchová

(1954-08-17) 17 August 1954
Krnov, Czechoslovakia
Other namesEva Sitteová
OccupationActress
Notable workStín létajícího ptáčka
Island
The Petrov Affair

Eva Sitta (née Píchová, married Sitteová; born 17 August 1954), is a Czech-born Australian actress.

Life and career

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]

Notes

  1. ^ Bruce Kirkland of the Toronto Sun calls it "the Czech version of an Oscar".[4]

References

  1. ^ "Eva Sitteová". Filmový přehled (in Czech). NFA. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
  2. ^ Štráfeldová, Milena (17 May 2011). "Eva Sitta byla v Československu úspěšnou herečkou, přesto emigrovala do Austrálie". Czech Radio.
  3. ^ a b Glover, Richard (23 September 1985), "Twice displaced: actors play it close to the bone", The Sydney Morning Herald
  4. ^ a b Kirkland, Bruce (6 July 1990), "Melita Jurisic: from Mad Max to Macbeth, this versatile actor continues to impress", The Toronto Sun
  5. ^ Date, Margot (27 June 1991), "Selective schools: if you're in, you're IN", The Sydney Morning Herald
  6. ^ a b Morrison, Peter (15 November 1996), "Czech work a non-play", The Australian Jewish News
  7. ^ Jacks, Liz (1 October 1989), "Island", Filmnews
  8. ^ MacDonald, Dougal (26 February 1990), "Not as good as we expect of our most brilliant film-maker", The Canberra Times
  9. ^ Murdoch, Annna (27 February 1986), "Sleepy atmosphere belies the stormy Petrov times", The Age
  10. ^ Lee Lewes, Jacqueline (29 September 1985), "Our Finest Hour", The Sydney Morning Herald
  11. ^ Portus, Martin (1 August 1988), "For pick-the-author buffs", The Sydney Morning Herald
  12. ^ Rose, Colin (9 May 1999), "The Human Voice", The Sydney Morning Herald
  13. ^ Thomson, Helen (5 May 2000), "Finding truth beyond Freud", The Age
  14. ^ Oliveri, Natalie (1 April 2009), "Role she was born to play", Parramatta Sun
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