Veronika Bellová

Veronika Bellova is an actress and singer of Czech, Slovak and Russian heritage, born in Prague. She graduated from the Prague Conservatory. She also lived in New York to take acting classes and explore the life of a New Yorker. Highlights of her film roles include performances in the award-winning Czech film "Kanarek" and in the film "Expulsion from Paradise" by the internationally acclaimed director, Vera Chytilová. International feature film roles include: the mentally ill woman, Mugge, in the film "Rene Hjerter" by Danish director Kenneth Kainz; the role of the Woman Captive in "Hannibal Rising", directed by Peter Weber; Kazi - a key supporting role - in the American film "The Pagan Queen", directed by Constantin Werner She is also known to German audiences as the Ice Witch in the second part of a popular fairy tale about Hui Buh - "Hui Buh und das Hexenschloss" directed by Sebastian Niemann. Most recently she has appeared in the award winning film "Bratri" (The Brothers) directed by Tomas Masin. On US television, Veronika has acted in the American mini-series "The Children of Dune" and the series "Revelations". Recently she played a real-life character, the mother of Miep Gies (helper of Anne Frank), in the American mini-series "A Small Light" for Disney+. On Italian television she appeared in "Zodiaco - Libro Perduto", and on German television in "Die Diplomatin", "Der Zurich Krimi" and "Die Saat - Tödliche Macht". In her home country, she has been seen throughout the years in many TV series in guest and supporting roles. To name some of them: "Ulice", "Specialiste", "Odznak Vysocina", and most notably "Ordinace v Ruzove Zahrade 2". From her stage performances, she found it most satisfying combining singing and acting. For example, in one of the leading roles - Johanna - in the musical "Sweeney Todd" with the English-speaking theater Prague Playhouse. She followed with roles of the Ghost of Christmas Past and the Charwoman in "A Christmas Carol", and the role of Shiva in "A Moment of Silence" at the Festival of Iranian Films, among others. She is currently part of a theater show "Where is Your Identity?" by Zlatko Teskere. Her participation in advertising campaigns includes the lead in a popular TV and billboard campaign for a major telecommunications company in the Czech Republic, and online video presentations for HSBC Bank that played regularly on their website. Recently she appeared in TV commercials for Cyrrus and CoffeeB, to name a few. She is a linguaphile honing her ability to speak fluent Russian, German, Italian and French. Her native tongue is Czech, while she speaks fluent English with a soft American accent. After graduation she continued to visit New York. Besides pursuing her acting and singing career, she worked as an English teacher in companies, but she soon stopped when she started getting offers in interesting acting and singing projects.