{{Short description|Czech actor, dancer, and singer}} {{Distinguish|John Cena}} {{Infobox person | image = Olats-otesoc1 - Jan Cina.jpg | caption = Cina performing in 2009. | name = Jan Cina | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1988|3|20}} | birth_place = Prague, Czechoslovakia | occupation = {{flatlist| * Actor * dancer * singer}} | years_active = 2002–present }}
'''Jan Cina''' (born 20 March 1988) is a Czech actor and singer of Romani descent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/jan-cina-being-romani-is-a-normal-part-of-my-identity-but-more-important-is-what-i-know-how-to-do|title=Jan Cina: Being Romani is a normal part of my identity, but more important is what I know how to do|website=Romea.cz|date=22 February 2017 |language=en|access-date=2017-02-22}}</ref> He has an acclaimed career as a dancer, actor and vocalist in the Czech Republic.
== Biography == Cina, a Prague native, was born of Romani descent, in a Czech-Romani family. In his early youth, he showed an interest in acting. In 2002, he starred in the movie ''Smradi'', aged 14. In 2007, he finished acting academy in Prague, and later landed a role in the Czech TV series ''Pustina'', which gained him notoriety in the country. He won the 2016 reality competition ''Tvoje tvář má známý hlas'', the Czech version of Your Face Sounds Familiar.<ref>[http://tvojetvar.nova.cz/ Tvoje tvář má známý hlas]</ref> Cina with his professional partner Adriana Mašková won the 2021 reality dance competition ''StarDance'', the Czech version of Dancing with the Stars.<ref>{{cite web|last=Soukup|first=Jaroslav|url=https://www.novinky.cz/clanek/kultura-vitezem-stardance-je-jan-cina-40381611|title=Vítězem StarDance je Jan Cina|website=Novinky.cz|language=cs|access-date=2021-12-18|date=2021-12-18}}</ref>
Jan Cina is openly gay.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blesk.cz/clanek/celebrity-ceske-celebrity/505797/vitez-tvare-jan-cina-s-partnerem-petrem-uvazuji-o-svatbe-a-detech.html|title=Vítěz Tváře Jan Cina s partnerem Petrem: Uvažují o svatbě a dětech|website=Blesk.cz|date=10 November 2017 |language=cs|access-date=2017-11-10}}</ref>
He has performed in several Theatre Studio DVA productions including ''Šíleně smutná princezna'' and ''The Little Prince''.
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