Kateřina Winterová

Czech actress and singer (born 1976)

Kateřina Winterová
Born	(1976-02-12) 12 February 1976 (age 48) Benešov, Czechoslovakia
Alma mater	Prague Conservatory
Occupation(s)	Actress, singer
Years active	1993–present

Kateřina Winterová (born 12 February 1976) is a Czech actress, permanent member of the National Theatre in Prague, and vocalist for the band The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa.

Life and career

Childhood, studies, and theatre

Winterová was born in Benešov and spent her childhood in Mělník. From 1990 to 1996, she attended the musical drama department at the Prague Conservatory. During her studies, she performed at the Divadlo pod Palmovkou theatre. From 1996 to 1998, she appeared as a guest at the Klicperovo divadlo theatre in Hradec Králové and at the National Theatre in Prague. Since 1998, she has been a permanent member there.

Music

In 1998, Winterová joined the alternative rock band The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa on vocals, which at the time consisted only of founding member Jan Muchow.^[1] She has since released four studio albums with the project.

In 2002, she won the Anděl Award for Singer of the Year.^[2]

In 2004, Winterová contributed vocals to "A Lovely Day Tomorrow", a single by British Sea Power, as well as its Czech-language version, "Zítra Bude Krásný Den".^{[citation needed]}

Cooking

Between 2013 and 2017, together with actress Linda Rybová, Winterová hosted the television cooking show Vaříme podle herbáře.^[3] The two also wrote five cookbooks, based on the show.^[4] Winterová has gone on to write several more food-related books.^[4]

Awards and nominations

Anděl Award – Singer of the Year (2002)
Nominated for Thalia Award – A Doll's House (2011)^[5]
Nominated for Alfred Radok Award – A Doll's House (2011)^[5]
Nominated as Best Actress at the Czech Lion Awards – Toman (2018)^[6]

Discography

with The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa

In Dust 3 (1999)
Slowthinking (2002)
Watching Black (2006)
101010 (2011)

Selected filmography

List of appearances, with year, title, and role shown
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Pojišťovna štěstí	Klára Koutná	TV series – 15 episodes
2013	Terapie	Nina, Viktor's mom	TV series – 7 episodes
2017	Maria Theresia	Liza	Miniseries
2018	Toman	Pesla Tomanová	Film

References

^ "Kateřina Winterová - Ten rozjuchaný ďáblík je pryč" [Kateřina Winterová – The Jolly Devil is Gone]. musicserver.cz (in Czech). 20 July 2007. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
^ "Ceny Akademie populární hudby" [Academy of Popular Music Awards]. czechmusic.net (in Czech). Retrieved 2 January 2022.
^ "Herbář". ceskatelevize.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Kateřina Winterová".
^ ^a ^b Záhorková, Jana (14 February 2011). "Čas na jevišti si užívám, říká Kateřina Winterová, nominovaná na Radoka a Thálii". Mladá fronta DNES (in Czech). Retrieved 18 March 2012.
^ "Nejvíce nominací na Českého lva mají Toman, Všechno bude a Hastrman" [Toman, Všechno bude, and Hastrman Have the Most Nominations for the Czech Lion]. idnes.cz (in Czech). 22 January 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2022.