Magdalena Sittova

**Magdalena Sittova**, alternatively **Majda Šittová**, is an actress who portrays Tigraine Mantear on Prime Video's *The Wheel of Time*.

## General overview

Prior to *The Wheel of Time*, Sittova portrayed Cecilie in *The Ash Lad: In Search of the Golden Castle* (2019). Sittova is primarily known for her stuntwork on *Dune* (2021), *Carnival Row* (2019), *12 Monkeys* (2017-2018), and *Underworld: Blood Wars* (2016).

Sittova's involvement in *The Wheel of Time* was revealed when her credit was added to IMDb in November 2021. On November 19, she also confirmed on her Instagram. Her role was not revealed until she appeared in episode 7.

Magdalena Sittova was part of *The Wheel of Time* boot camp at the beginning of the series to work on stunts for the show. She had to leave for a few months for another production, and when she returned in March or May 2019, showrunner Rafe Judkins asked her to portray Tigraine. At the time, Sittova didn't know who the character was, and she hadn't read any of *The Wheel of Time* books.

Sittova's filming took place over 5 days, including one additional day of rehearsal with the bolt camera. According to Sittova, she filmed her scene for *The Wheel of Time* with an injured swollen knee, and she nearly lost her voice during filming from all the screaming. Despite this, she said that it was one of the happiest moments of her life.

## Credits

* *The Wheel of Time*
	+ Season 1, episode 7 *The Dark Along the Ways* - Tigraine Mantear

## Quotes

### Quotes about Magdalena Sittova

> When we did the choreography for that fight scene, the key was we always wanted it to feel real. So we built this entire sequence around this incredible stunt actress we met in Prague. And she's just this incredible woman, Magdalena, with red hair, and she just gives so much performance, and we were like, [nods] this is Rand's mom.
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> Showrunner Rafe Judkins, from *A Look Inside Episode 7*, December 18, 2021

> Magdalena, who plays Tigraine, is pretty extraordinary, it has to be said. Because we spent, I think, five days shooting this fight sequence, and it's extraordinarily physically challenging.
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> Director Ciaran Donnelly, from *A Look Inside Episode 7*, December 18, 2021

> We found Magdalena almost a year before we even started choreographing that scene and worked it towards her because we thought she was so incredible.
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> Showrunner Rafe Judkins on filming the Blood Snow scene, JordanCon 2022

### Quotes from Magdalena Sittova

> We were shooting from morning till evening, so it was really intense. I don't know if I was [ever so] dead tired in my life. [laughs]
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> Magdalena Sittova, from *A Look Inside Episode 7*, December 18, 2021

On December 18, 2021, Sittova posted about her role on Instagram:

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> Honestly I felt huge responsibility and fear when i was offered to play character Tigraine Mantear by @rafejudkins! Thank you for your trust with an opening scene! I wanted to show her as a fucking warrior, badass woman and a mother that simply does everything to protect her baby. In the end that is the strongest motivation, love.
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> Thanks to all the fans as i received hundreds of beautiful positive messages via IG and Twitter!
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> Watch the whole 7th episode and season on #amazon #primevideo.
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> Credits for amazing stunt team-
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> Stunt coordinators:
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> @petrinajan and @tatankac
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> Swordmaster: @roman.spacil
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> To be able to do such a complex scene with acting and stunts and be part of the creating process was dream come true!
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> Proud mother of Rand - @joshastradowski
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> Thanks my co-actor for the energy on the set Michael McElhatton and the star of the show @mspike
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Sittova again wrote about her role on Instagram in two posts on May 3rd and 5th, 2022.

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> From time to time you find yourself doing what you love and what you wish to do for a looong time with a little bit of luck and mainly an amazing team of friends around you!
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> As a child i had a head full of stories and big imagination. So grateful for movie industry which allows us to play and live through thousands different lives.
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> Gonna save it here as a reminder that dreams come true sometimes. 🙏
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> Shooting of second season is finishing but you can watch the whole 1. Season on #amazonprime
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> SHOUTOUT for an amazing stunt team ( Filmka & Merlet ) :
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> Stunt coordinator : @petrinajan
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> Head rigger: @tom\_rydval
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> Sword master: @roman.spacil
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> Fighters: @vlcekjindrich
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> Pacel Dvorscik
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> Pavel Novotny
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> Fei
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> David Motlik
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> The rest of the team: @tatankac @jurda.jh\_stuntman @im\_kuzuri @alicesramkova Ales Putik, David Matousek …
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> Part || … Remember shooting this scene exhausted with injured swollen knee. 🙈
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> Sfx pouring litres of blood on me.
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> My voice was almost gone from all the screaming.
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> All the sadness and anger for this scene experienced. And still the happiest moment in my life.
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> The story was said.
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> But it’s still just a movie.
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> Somewhere in the world mother and children are dying because of wars we still have in 21. Century.
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> Please stop violence.
> Please stop wars.
> #piece #nowar #noviolence
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## Gallery

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Magdalena Sittova behind the scenes of episode 107Actor Michael McElhatton, director Ciaran Donnelly, and actress Magdalena Sittova behind the scenes of episode 107Magdalena Sittova behind the scenes of episode 107, showing Tigraine's hairstyleMagdalena Sittova behind the scenes of episode 107, showing Tigraine's hairstyle

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## External links

* Magdalena Sittova at the Internet Movie Database
* Follow Magdalena Sittova (@MajdaSittova) on Twitter
* Follow Magdalena Sittova (@majdasittova) on Instagram

## References

1. ↑ Magdalena Sittova's profile on Filmka.cz.
2. ↑ Sittova posted on Instagram. November 19, 2021.
3. ↑ Interview with *WoT Up!* on December 27, 2021.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Sittova posted on Instagram on May 5, 2022.
5. ↑ Sittova posted on Instagram. December 18, 2021.
6. ↑ Sittova posted on Instagram on May 3, 2022.