Věra Bílá (22 May 1954 – 12 March 2019) was a Czech[1] vocalist and musician of Romani ethnicity.
She initially gained acclaim performing Romani folk and pop songs and was the lead singer of the Czech recording act Kale with whom she performed songs in Romani, Czech, and Slovak.
She was highly acclaimed, toured internationally and was often called the "Ella Fitzgerald of Gypsy music"[2] or the "Queen of Romany" [3] Bílá, a Rokycany native, was the daughter of singer Karol Giňa.
In 1999 director Mira Erdevicki-Charap portrayed Bílá in the documentary Black and White in Colour.
[4] Bílá died on 12 March 2019, aged 64 of a heart attack.