# Natalia Germani
**Natália Germáni** (born as Natália Germániová; born 1993 in Nitra, Slovakia) is a Slovak film, television, and stage actress and model whose leading roles in Czech and Slovak cinema include *Amnesty* (2019), *Nightsiren* (2022), and *Her Body* (2023)[1](https://www.joj.sk/osoby/103-natalia-germani) • [2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7391785/). She changed her surname from Germaniova to Germani in 2015 when she was offered a role in an international television project[3](https://filmmovement.com/userFiles/uploads/films/her-body/HER-BODY-Press-Notes-compressed.pdf).
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1993, Nitra, Slovakia; birth name Natália Germániová[1](https://www.joj.sk/osoby/103-natalia-germani) |
| Training | Graduated in acting from the Academy of Performing Arts (VŠMÚ) in Bratislava[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7391785/) |
| Breakthrough film role | Karin Lupková in *Amnesty* (*Amnestie*, 2019), her first feature in a leading role, nominated for a Sun in a Net Award for Best Actress[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7391785/) |
| International recognition | *Nightsiren* (2022) premiered at the 75th Locarno Film Festival, where it won the Golden Leopard for Best Film; Germani was nominated for the Czech Lion and Sun in a Net for Best Actress[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7391785/) |
| Biographical role | Andrea Absolonová, the Czech champion diver who became an adult film performer, in *Her Body* (2023)[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7391785/) |
| Television | Jana Šrameková ("Pamela") in *Panelák*, Sofia Brázdová in *Hranica*, and Sandra in *Iveta* on Slovak broadcaster JOJ[1](https://www.joj.sk/osoby/103-natalia-germani) |
| Personal life | Partner of drummer and musician Martin Valihora; two children[1](https://www.joj.sk/osoby/103-natalia-germani) |
## Early life and how she began acting
Germani entered performance through modeling. Her mother saw a television advertisement that broadcaster JOJ was looking for new faces and sent her to a casting, where she played a modeling part; two months later she was invited to a second casting for a specific role in the series *Deň a noc*, in which she played Saša Marková[4](https://www.joj.sk/clanok/9909-z-amaterky-profesionalka-ako-sa-natalia-germaniova-dostala-k-herectvu). She had wanted to act since childhood but considered medicine while in secondary school, and initially studied marketing[4](https://www.joj.sk/clanok/9909-z-amaterky-profesionalka-ako-sa-natalia-germaniova-dostala-k-herectvu). While she was filming *Deň a noc*, the program's dramaturg suggested she study acting, judging that she had talent; she enrolled as a first-year student at VŠMÚ in [Bratislava](https://www.edgepedia.org/bratislava)[4](https://www.joj.sk/clanok/9909-z-amaterky-profesionalka-ako-sa-natalia-germaniova-dostala-k-herectvu). She has said that no one in her family works in an artistic profession[4](https://www.joj.sk/clanok/9909-z-amaterky-profesionalka-ako-sa-natalia-germaniova-dostala-k-herectvu). Before her acting career took shape she entered the Miss Slovensko competition and reached the final, then moved from pageant to photo modeling to commercials to television[5](https://feminity.zoznam.sk/cl/2005370/9075420/Rozhovor-s-hereckou-Nataliou-Germani--Ake-je-to-pozerat-sa-na-seba-vo-filme-a-ako-sa-jej-zmenil-zivot-po-narodeni-dcerky-).
## Training and stage work
She graduated in acting from the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, and during her studies appeared as a guest at the Slovak National Theatre and the Theatre of Pavla Országh Hviezdoslav[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7391785/) • [1](https://www.joj.sk/osoby/103-natalia-germani). She continues to appear regularly in stage productions of the GUnaGU Theatre and the Slovak National Theatre[3](https://filmmovement.com/userFiles/uploads/films/her-body/HER-BODY-Press-Notes-compressed.pdf).
## Film career
Her big-screen debut came in 2018 in the Czech film *Večne tvoja neverná*[3](https://filmmovement.com/userFiles/uploads/films/her-body/HER-BODY-Press-Notes-compressed.pdf). Her first leading feature role was Karin Lupková in *Amnesty* (*Amnestie*, 2019), a Czech-Slovak film inspired by the events of the 1989 [Velvet Revolution](https://www.edgepedia.org/velvet-revolution) and [Václav Havel](https://www.edgepedia.org/vaclav-havel)'s release of prisoners; for it she was nominated for the Slovak National Film Academy's Sun in a Net Award for Best Actress in a leading role[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7391785/) • [6](https://www.movie-trailer.co.uk/trailers/natalia-germani/).
**Nightsiren.** In Tereza Nvotová's *Nightsiren* (*Svetlonoc*, 2022), Germani played Šarlota, a young woman with childhood traumas who returns to her home region[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7391785/) • [7](https://www.pravda.sk/spravy/kultura/clanok/639935-najradsej-hram-bez-mejkapu-hovori-natalia-germani). The film premiered at the 75th Locarno Film Festival, where it won the Golden Leopard for Best Film; at the Sitges Film Festival in Spain it won the Silver Meliés for Best European Production and Germani received a special mention for best actress[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7391785/). She was nominated for the Czech Lion and for a Sun in a Net Award in the best actress category for the role[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7391785/). She attended the Locarno casting while pregnant[7](https://www.pravda.sk/spravy/kultura/clanok/639935-najradsej-hram-bez-mejkapu-hovori-natalia-germani).
**Her Body.** In Natálie Císařovská's *Her Body* (*Její tělo*, 2023), based on a true story, Germani played Andrea Absolonová, a Czech Olympic diving hopeful who broke a vertebra shortly before the Atlanta Olympics, became a successful adult film performer, and died at 27 of a brain tumor[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7391785/) • [7](https://www.pravda.sk/spravy/kultura/clanok/639935-najradsej-hram-bez-mejkapu-hovori-natalia-germani). The film premiered at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival in the Critic's Pick category and won best feature at the Novi Sad Film Festival in Serbia[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7391785/). Preparing for the role took roughly three quarters of a year of diving training, coached by Absolonová's sister Lucia; Germani trained up to a five-meter board, and professional German divers performed the ten-meter dives[7](https://www.pravda.sk/spravy/kultura/clanok/639935-najradsej-hram-bez-mejkapu-hovori-natalia-germani). Absolonová's family approved this [film treatment](https://www.edgepedia.org/film-treatment), and her sister assisted during shooting[7](https://www.pravda.sk/spravy/kultura/clanok/639935-najradsej-hram-bez-mejkapu-hovori-natalia-germani).
**Other films.** Her credits include the fairy tale *Princess Cursed in Time* (2020) and its sequel (2022), both broadcast abroad and dubbed into other languages; the romantic comedy *Avalanche of Love* (*Láska hory přenáší*, 2022); the American horror film *The Devil Conspiracy* (2022), in which she played Alina; and the Czech drama *Invincibles* (*Neporazitelní*, 2025)[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7391785/) • [8](https://www.filmcenter.gov.cz/en/people/11920-natalia-germani) • [9](https://www.davinotti.com/attore/natalia-germani). She also collaborated with HBO, playing one of the leading roles in the series *The Winner* (2023)[2](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7391785/).
## Television
On JOJ she played Jana Šrameková, nicknamed Pamela, in the series *Panelák*, and later Sofia Brázdová, sister of one of the main smugglers, in *Hranica*[1](https://www.joj.sk/osoby/103-natalia-germani). In *Iveta* she played Sandra, a young, deeply religious, ambitious woman who enters the world of prostitution[1](https://www.joj.sk/osoby/103-natalia-germani). Her character in *Hranica* left the series after several months because she could not combine it with other work commitments[7](https://www.pravda.sk/spravy/kultura/clanok/639935-najradsej-hram-bez-mejkapu-hovori-natalia-germani).
## Work in the United States
Germani obtained American work visas shortly before Donald Trump took office in 2025, and her life now runs between Slovakia and New York[10](https://tv.pravda.sk/relacie/ide-o-nas/epizoda/18688-bez-neho-by-som-bola-tu-a-stopercentne-tocila-serialy-hovori-natalia-germani-martin-je-moja-hnacia-sila-ktora-ma-posunula-za-hranice). In the United States she has performed in a Broadway show and acted in two small, underground film projects[10](https://tv.pravda.sk/relacie/ide-o-nas/epizoda/18688-bez-neho-by-som-bola-tu-a-stopercentne-tocila-serialy-hovori-natalia-germani-martin-je-moja-hnacia-sila-ktora-ma-posunula-za-hranice) • [11](https://www.idnes.cz/zpravy/revue/vztahy-a-sex/natalia-germani-herecka-modelka-rodina-rozhovor-new-york.A260910_124557_sex_zar). She has described American casting as largely digital, starting with self-taped video auditions; a single role can draw up to two hundred thousand applicants worldwide[11](https://www.idnes.cz/zpravy/revue/vztahy-a-sex/natalia-germani-herecka-modelka-rodina-rozhovor-new-york.A260910_124557_sex_zar). She has said that the decision to try her luck across the ocean came chiefly from her husband[10](https://tv.pravda.sk/relacie/ide-o-nas/epizoda/18688-bez-neho-by-som-bola-tu-a-stopercentne-tocila-serialy-hovori-natalia-germani-martin-je-moja-hnacia-sila-ktora-ma-posunula-za-hranice).
## Personal life
Germani is the partner of drummer and musician Martin Valihora, and the couple have two daughters, Zuna and Vesa[1](https://www.joj.sk/osoby/103-natalia-germani) • [11](https://www.idnes.cz/zpravy/revue/vztahy-a-sex/natalia-germani-herecka-modelka-rodina-rozhovor-new-york.A260910_124557_sex_zar). In 2026 she became the face and ambassador of the Slovak drugstore chain Hebe[12](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dynamic-relations-2000_publicrelations-brandambassador-hebeslovensko-activity-7430162708542607360-_NCs).
## References
1. [Natália Germáni | Osoby | TV JOJ](https://www.joj.sk/osoby/103-natalia-germani)
2. [Natalia Germani, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7391785/)
3. [Her Body press notes, Film Movement](https://filmmovement.com/userFiles/uploads/films/her-body/HER-BODY-Press-Notes-compressed.pdf)
4. [Z amatérky profesionálka: Ako sa Natália Germániová dostala k herectvu?, TV JOJ](https://www.joj.sk/clanok/9909-z-amaterky-profesionalka-ako-sa-natalia-germaniova-dostala-k-herectvu)
5. [Rozhovor s herečkou Natáliou Germáni, Feminity.sk](https://feminity.zoznam.sk/cl/2005370/9075420/Rozhovor-s-hereckou-Nataliou-Germani--Ake-je-to-pozerat-sa-na-seba-vo-filme-a-ako-sa-jej-zmenil-zivot-po-narodeni-dcerky-)
6. [Natalia Germani Movie Trailers](https://www.movie-trailer.co.uk/trailers/natalia-germani/)
7. [Najradšej hrám bez mejkapu, hovorí Natalia Germani, Pravda.sk](https://www.pravda.sk/spravy/kultura/clanok/639935-najradsej-hram-bez-mejkapu-hovori-natalia-germani)
8. [Natália Germáni | Czech Film Center](https://www.filmcenter.gov.cz/en/people/11920-natalia-germani)
9. [natalia germani | Attore | il Davinotti](https://www.davinotti.com/attore/natalia-germani)
10. [Bez neho by som bola tu a stopercentne točila seriály, TV Pravda.sk](https://tv.pravda.sk/relacie/ide-o-nas/epizoda/18688-bez-neho-by-som-bola-tu-a-stopercentne-tocila-serialy-hovori-natalia-germani-martin-je-moja-hnacia-sila-ktora-ma-posunula-za-hranice)
11. [Možná mě pomlouvají za zády, říká Natália Germáni, iDNES.cz](https://www.idnes.cz/zpravy/revue/vztahy-a-sex/natalia-germani-herecka-modelka-rodina-rozhovor-new-york.A260910_124557_sex_zar)
12. [Dynamic Relations 2000 LinkedIn post on the Hebe ambassadorship](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dynamic-relations-2000_publicrelations-brandambassador-hebeslovensko-activity-7430162708542607360-_NCs)
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