Janka Balková

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Janka Balková

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Janka Balková is a Slovak actress working across theatre, film, and television. She is currently a member of the National Theatre Košice and a guest performer at the Slovak National Theatre.


Her acting is rooted in strong physicality, emotional truth, and deep character work. She has trained extensively in a variety of methods, including Meisner, Practical Aesthetics, Lecoq, Laban-Malmgren, Grotowski, and Feldenkrais. Her practice has been shaped by studies at Academy of Arts in Banska Bystrica and by international coaches such as Tom Costello, Sam Blythe, Lucie Rossi, Júlia Rázusová, Pavel Štourač, Markéta Richterová, and others.


Janka has appeared in numerous theatre productions at respected Slovak and Czech venues such as SND, ŠDKE, BDNR, BDKE, DJGT, Continuo Theatre, Divadlo na Peróne, and Spišské Divadlo. Her screen work includes collaborations with directors like Ján Hřebejk, Ján Sebechlebský, Vojtěch Moravec, Rasťo Boroš, and Peter Hoferica, with TV credits including Iveta I & II, Dunaj, Nemocnica, Čas nádeji, Na vlnách Jadranu, Sexta, and others.


In addition to acting, she is a passionate mover and dancer with a focus on Ladies Dance and expressive movement.


She is fluent in Slovak, Czech, and English, and has conversational skills in Hungarian and Spanish. Janka is drawn to work that is courageous, poetic, and transformative – both on stage and in front of the camera. She is based in Slovakia and available for international collaboration.

Janka Balková
26 yearsKošice (SK), Bratislava (SK)
Genderfemale
Year of birth1999 (26 years)
Acting age19-29 years
Place of birthSlovakia
NationalitySlovak
Main professionActor
Working permitsEuropean Union (EU-27)
SpecializationsAdvertising actor, Dancer, Dubbing actor, Model, Theater actor
Driver's licensesB - Car, B196 - Extension category B / small motorcycles, B96 - Extension category B / trailers, BE - Car with trailer
Eye colorbrown
Hair colordark brown
Height (cm)167
LanguagesSlovak(native)CzechEnglishSpanishHungarian
SportBalletYogaClimbingDancesportHorse riding
DanceArgentine tangoBalletBurlesqueContemporary danceJazz danceMovement danceBachataSalsa
SingingFolkOperaPop
Special skillsCatwalkModel
Training
Other professional training
2025
Workshop Tom Costello
2025
Workshop Laban and Feldenkreist
2024 – 2025
Workshop Lucie Rossi
2018 – 2023
Academy of Arts in Banska Bystrica
Film
Čierne na bielom koni picture
Čierne na bielom koni (Cinema film)
Dancer (EFR)
Rasťo Boroš Rasťo Boroš Continental film Rasťo Boroš
Television
Nemocnica (TV series)
Johana (LR)
Honza Novak TV JOJ
Theater
2025
Till the stars falls down picture
Till the stars falls down (Drama)
Sylvia (LR)
Michal Náhlík Národné divadlo Košice Beth Steel
2024 – 2025
Rómeo and Julia picture
Rómeo and Julia (Drama)
Júlia (LR)
Attila Vidnyansky Národné divadlo Košice W. Shakespeare
2024
Dobrodružstvo pri Obžinkoch picture
Dobrodružstvo pri Obžinkoch (Drama)
Grófka Eržika (LR)
Adriana Totiková Národné divadlo Košice Ján Palárik