Yanna's career launched in Europe in by winning Star Runway /TV Nova/ nationwide TV talent contest. Shortly after she was signed by music label EMI to release 3 solo albums. She won Best New Talent of TV Nova, at Cesky Slavik Mattonni Awards as a singer/songwriter. After landing a principal role of crown witness/suspect, in Bolero /Thriller, directed by Award Winner F.A.Brabec, Czech TV/Bonton Films, Yanna became a celebrity performer who was regularly cast in large professional musical theater productions as a lead actress and singer, performing up to 25 shows per month in Czech republic, Slovak republic, Spain, Germany and Scotland. /National Theaters, 2000+ audience live stages/.
Due to her Extraordinary Artistic Abilities and Accomplishments Yanna was granted Permanent Residency in USA. She's been cast in a number of feature films and TV shows. She's cast as a female lead in Cold Feet A Wedding Tale, /Romantic Comedy/ directed by multi Emmy award winner Arthur Alan Seidelman as well as Torberg /Action Horror/ by Gunar Hochheiden, considered for a female lead in John Dark /Action Thriller/ by Marc Morgenstern. Yanna enjoys being part of the team as a co-producer or producer to help develop projects of quality content.
Yanna studied stage & screen acting under FAMU /Czech film academy/ professor Eva Sadkova. She studied Stanislavsky, Meisner and special cinematic techniques taught by director John Swanbeck /The Big Kahuna - with Kevin Spacey, Danny Devito/. She also took workshops at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts specializing in acting techniques for sitcoms, soaps, thriller, romantic and commercials. Yanna is a professional singer with a range of 3,5 octaves, experienced dancer - jazz, musicals, contemporary and classical. She release 5 solo albums so far, hit 3x #1. Yanna is SAG-AFTRA, FIA, British Equity and Grammy USA Voting member.
