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.