AWARDS:
2023: Green Room Award Winner- Outstanding Performance - Yentl (Arts Centre Melbourne/Kadimah Yiddish theatre)
BIO:
Jana Zvedeniuk recently wrapped shooting on the SBS/Red Arrow Series "While the Men Are Away", in the lead role of Esther. She made her TV debut in Netflix's "Glitch", as Young Vicky, and has also featured in the Stan/BBC Series "Bump" as Katarina.
Recent theatre credits include "Tell Me I'm Here" at Belvoir St Theatre, directed by Leticia Cáceres, and the Australian premiere of "Yentl" at Arts Centre Melbourne, for which Jana won the 2023 Greenroom Award for Best Performance. Accoladed 5 stars by Time and Out and Spectator, reviews described: "It was a star- is-born moment. Jana Zvedeniuk is a marvel. The finest exhibition of the highest kind of histri-onic skills since the debut of Christie Whelan Browne if not the young Cate Blanchett.” (Spectator - Peter Craven)
Jana will soon perform in Belvoir St Theatre's "Master and Margarita" directed by Eamon Flack.
Jana is an Australian actor of Ukrainian Jewish heritage. She has undertaken a BFA in Fine Arts (Acting) at the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA). She is fluent in French and conversational in Hebrew.
