Alexandra Borbély (born 4 September 1986) is a

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

n theater and film actress acting in Hungarian films, notable for playing the role of Mária in the film ''

On Body and Soul ''On Body and Soul'' ( hu, Testről és lélekről) is a 2017 Hungarian drama film written and directed by Ildikó Enyedi. The story revolves around a CFO of a slaughterhouse and the newly appointed meat quality inspector who discover they can c ...

''.

Biography

She was born in

Nitra Nitra (; also known by other alternative names) is a city in western Slovakia, situated at the foot of Zobor Mountain in the valley of the river Nitra. It is located 95 km east of Bratislava. With a population of about 78,353, it is the fifth la ...

(then part of

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), and has two siblings: younger brother Dávid and sister Dominika. She is the member of the

Hungarian minority in Slovakia Hungarians are the largest ethnic minority in Slovakia. According to th2021 Slovak census 422,065 people (or 7.75% of the population) declared themselves Hungarians, while 462,175 (8.48% of the population) stated that Hungarian language, Hu ...

. Borbély graduated from a high school in

Komárno Komárno, ( hu, Komárom, german: Komorn, sr, Коморан, translit=Komoran), colloquially also called ''Révkomárom, Öregkomárom, Észak-Komárom'' in Hungarian language, Hungarian; is a town in Slovakia at the confluence of the Danube an ...

and from the

Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava The Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava ( sk, Vysoká škola múzických umení v Bratislave, abbr. VŠMU) is a university founded on June 9, 1949. The university consists of three faculties: *''Theatre Faculty'' (Acting, Directing, Dramatu ...

, and subsequently went to Budapest to study acting. Since her graduation in 2012 from the University of Theatre and Film Arts, she works at the József Katona Theater in Budapest. In 2017 she won the

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award at the

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for her performance in ''

''.

Filmography

* ''Swing'' (2014) * ''

'' (2017)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Borbely, Alexandra 1986 births Living people Hungarian film actresses Hungarian stage actresses European Film Award for Best Actress winners People from Nitra Hungarians in Slovakia 21st-century Hungarian actresses