Baiba Broka (actress)

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Baiba Broka
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Baiba Broka

(1973-01-07) 7 January 1973 (age 50)
Riga, Latvian SSR,
Soviet Union
OccupationActor

Baiba Broka (born 7 January 1973) is a Latvian stage, television and film actress.

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Career

Born in Riga, Latvia, Broka began her film career in the 1992 Dzidra Ritenberga-directed drama Valsis mūža garumā (English release title: Waltzing Through Love), for which she won the Lielais Kristaps award, Latvia's highest prize awarded in cinema. [1] Broka has also had high-profile roles in the 2004 Varis Brasla-directed comedy Waterbomb for the Fat Tomcat , where she plays the lovestruck aunt Una who is forced to look after her two young nieces Marta and Linda. The film won several awards, including the Children's Jury Prizes: Live-Action Feature Film or Video Certificate of Excellence from the Chicago International Children's Film Festival, USA and the Lielais Kristaps award for Feature Film and Best Screenplay. [2]

Baiba Broka is possibly best known internationally for her role as Brigita, in the 1999 Latvian-Swedish co-production of the romantic drama film Svar med foto (English release title: Reply with Photo). Directed by Una Celma, the film follows the relationship between a young, lonely Latvian woman (Broka) who replies to a personal ad placed by a shy Swedish scientist (played by Samuel Fröler). Svar med foto was the first co-production equally financed by both Latvian and Swedish film studios. [3] Since 2007, Broka has been a regular cast member on the Latvian television series Neprāta cena.

For her work as a stage actress, Baiba Broka has won the Latvian Theatre Union Lilita Bērziņa Award and is a performing member of the New Riga Theatre. [4]

Personal life

Broka is one of three siblings; she has a brother Normunds Broks and actress sister Ieva Broka. Her parents are Antons Broks and Māra Broka. She has a long-term relationship with film sound director Gatis Builis, and two children: a daughter Barbara (born 16 November 2008) and a son Teodors (born 12 March 2010). [5]

Selected filmography

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