Anna Geislerová

Anna Geislerová

Anna Geislerová at 44th KVIFF.
Born April 17, 1976 (1976-04-17) (age 35)
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Occupation actress
Years active 1990-present

Anna Geislerová, also known as Aňa Geislerová (born April 17, 1976, Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech actress. She became well known for her double role of Eliška/Hana in movie Želary (2003) and as Anna in Navrát idiota (1999). A former model, Geislerová made her feature film debut at age 12.[1]

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Career

Anna Geislerová's rise to national fame began at the early age of fourteen when she debuted in Filip Renč's Requiem pro panenku in 1991. Since then, the country has followed her career closely, watching her metamorphose into the Czech Republic's most recognized celebrity on the small and silver screen. Her numerous acting credits include Academy Award winner Jan Svěrák's Jízda in 1994 as well as the film adaptation of Michal Viewegh's internationally acclaimed novel Výchova dívek v Čechách (1997).[2]

Geislerová has been nominated four times for a Czech Lion (Czech Academy Award) winning twice; first for Best Actress in 1999 for her performance in Saša Gedeon's Navrát idiota,and again in 2003 for Ondřej Trojan's Želary, which was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

In 2004, she was named one as European films' Shooting Stars by European Film Promotion.[3] Anna Geislerová and her husband Zdeněk Janáček have a daughter Stella Janáčková, who was born 27 July 2007, and son Bruno Janáček.

Geislerová is part of the Shooting Stars jury 2010, which selected ten European up-and-coming actors from the group of nominees for receiving the Shooting Star Award 2010 in February at the Berlin International Film Festival.[4]

Filmography

Year Title Role
1990 Pějme píseň dohola Tráva
1991 Requiem pro panenku Marika
1992 Přítelkyně z domu smutku Líba
1992 Fantaghirò 2 Queen of the Elves
1993 Fantaghirò 3
1994 Jízda Anna
1997 Výchova dívek v Čechách Beáta
1999 Návrat idiota Anna
2003 Želary Eliška/Hana
2005 Štěstí Dáša
Šílení Charlotte
Sklapni a zastřel mě Líba Zemanová
2006 Kráska v nesnázích Marcela
2007 Medvídek Anna
2008 Smutek paní Snajdrové Mrs. Snajderová
2011 Občanský průkaz Petra

Awards

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
1995 Czech Lion Best Actress Jízda Nominated
2000 Best Supporting Actress Návrat idiota Won
BAFICI Award Best Actress Won[A]
2004 Undine Award Best Young Actress in the New European Union Countries Želary Won
Czech Lion Best Actress Won
2005 Golden Kinnaree Award Won[B]
Silver Seashell Štěstí Won
2006 Czech Lion Best Supporting Actress Won
2007 Best Actress Kráska v nesnázích Won
2008 Best Supporting Actress Medvídek Nominated
2011 Best Actress Občanský průkaz Nominated
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References

  1. ^ "Anna Geislerova". Film Movement. http://www.filmmovement.com/filmcatalog/castandcrew.asp?CastAndCrewID=695. 
  2. ^ Ullrichová, Šárka (2007). "Anna Geislerová Interview". Prague Compass Magazine. http://www.praguenet.com/compass/number_2/feature.html. Retrieved 2007-12-30. 
  3. ^ "Anna Geislerová – Biography". Internet Movie Database. 2007. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0312064/bio. Retrieved 2007-12-30. 
  4. ^ Roxborough, Scott (11 November 2009). "EFP announces 2010 Shooting Stars jury". The Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i090c88a5a87985075e0b935ceaf8ef23. Retrieved 17 November 2009. 

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Czech Lion for Best Actress

Jiřina Bohdalová (1993) • Ivana Chýlková (1994) • Jiřina Bohdalová (1995) • Libuše Šafránková (1996) • Lenka Vlasáková (1997) • Iva Janžurová (1998) • Tereza Brodská (1999) • Anna Šišková (2000) • Stella Zázvorková (2001) • Iva Janžurová (2002) • Anna Geislerová (2003) • Emília Vášáryová (2004) • Tatiana Vilhelmová (2005) • Anna Geislerová (2006) • Marion Cotillard (2007) • Zuzana Bydžovská (2008) • Jana Plodková (2009) • Zuzana Bydžovská (2010)
Czech Lion for Best Supporting Actress

Jana Preissová (1994) • Tereza Brodská (1995) • Veronika Žilková (1996) • Klára Issová (1997) • Agnieszka Sitek (1998) • Anna Geislerová (1999) • Eva Holubová (2000) • Zuzana Kronerová (2001) • Jana Hubinská (2002) • Vilma Cibulková (2003) • Klára Melíšková (2004) • Anna Geislerová (2005) • Jana Brejchová (2006) • Zuzana Bydžovská (2007) • Lenka Termerová (2008) • Daniela Kolářová (2009) • Eliška Balzerová (2010)