Naďa Hejná was born in Turócszentmárton, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary (now Martin, Slovakia) to a locally prominent family belonging to petty nobility.

[3] Upon the outbreak of the Slovak National Uprising, Hejná applied to join the Front Theatre, a troupe established by the actor Andrej Bagar with the aim to increase the morale of the rebels and to promote the antifascist resistance among population.

[4] From 1945 to 1948, Hejná lived in Prague again for family reasons – her brother was a minister and her husband had a job in the film industry.

Hejná with her husband had to leave Prague and settled in a village of Štiavnička, nearby Martin.

[3] In addition to stage acting, Hejná appeared in a number of films, including Marketa Lazarová (1967), Rosy Dreams (1977) and Forget Mozart (1985).