Ania Guédroïtz

Who is Ania Guédroïtz?

Ania Guédroïtz, born Princess Agnès Alexéievna Guedroitz on 15 January 1949 in Dublin, Ireland, is a Belgian actress.

Guédroïtz was born in Dublin, a daughter of Oonagh Ryan and Prince Alexis Nicolaiévitch Guedroitz.

She lived her childhood in Brussels with her father who was remarried to a young woman from the Belgian nobility.

Educated in Brussels, she began studying drama at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, where she obtained a first prize "avec grande distinction" in 1972.

She then began a professional career in various theatres in Brussels.

In 1973, she married the Belgian theater actor Jean-Claude Frison. The couple had a son, Michaël, born in 1974. They divorced in 1977.

She was made a Knight of the Order of Leopold II in 1992.