Magdaléna Vášáryová
Magdaléna Vášáryová (referred also as Magda Vášáryová), (born August 26, 1948, Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia) is a Slovak actress and diplomat, prominent for her liberal anti-nationalist stances. In 1971 she completed her studies at Comenius University in Bratislava. Until 1989 she acted in several Slovak theatres, including Slovak National Theatre and in numerous movies. She was ambassador of Czechoslovakia in Austria (1990–1993) and ambassador of Slovakia in Poland (2000–2005). She was one of the candidates in the 1999 presidential election, but did not advance to the second round of the election. From February 2005 to July 2006 she held the position of State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovakia. In the 2006 parliamentary elections, she was elected to the National Council of the Slovak Republic for Slovak Democratic and Christian Union - Democratic Party.
Magdaléna Vášáryová has a fine lyric soprano opera voice. She did her own singing when she played Tatyana in the 1988 film of the opera Eugene Onegin.
Filmography
- Senzi mama (1964) (TV) .... Eva
- Marketa Lazarová (1967) .... Marketa Lazarová
- Zbehovia a pútnici (1968) .... Dominika - Dominika
- Sladký čas Kalimagdory (1968) .... Kalimagdora
- Kráľovská poľovačka (1969) .... Marta za mlada
- Vtáčkovia, siroty a blázni (1969) .... Marta
- Na kometě (1970) .... Angelika
- Radúz a Mahulena (1970) (TV) .... Mahulena
- Hry lásky šálivé (1971) .... Náušnice - služka
- Princ Bajaja (1971) .... Slavěna
- Babička (1971) (TV) .... Hortensie
- ...a pozdravuji vlaštovky (1972) .... Maruška
- Skrytý prameň (1974) .... Mária
- Deň slnovratu (1974) .... Blanka
- Rusalka (1977) .... Rusalka
- Krutá ľúbosť (1978) .... 2. - Kristka
- Pustý dvor (1978) .... Kristina
- Temné slunce (1980) .... Kris
- Zkrocení zlého muže (1981) .... Tereza
- Postřižiny (1981) .... Maryška
- Noc smaragdového měsíce (1984) .... Slávka
- Tichá radosť (1985) .... Soňa
- Lev s bílou hřívou (1986) .... Calma Veselá
- Svět nic neví (1987) .... Jiřina
- Južná pošta (1987) .... Mária Jurkovičová
- Eugene Onegin (1988) .... Tatyana
Trivia
- sister of actress Emília Vášáryová
- wife of Milan Lasica
External links
- Magda Vášáryová at the Internet Movie Database
- Profile as an 2006 election candidate (Slovak)
- Official website
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