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Bea Palya (Hungarian pronunciation: small>pɒjɒ bɛ.ɒ born Beáta Palya; in
Makó Makó (, german: Makowa, yi, מאַקאָווע Makowe, ro, Macău or , sk, Makov) is a town in Csongrád County, in southeastern Hungary, from the Romanian border. It lies on the Maros River. Makó is home to 23,272 people and it has an area ...
, 11 November 1976) is a Hungarian
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and world music singer and songwriter, sometimes appearing in films as an actress or singer. In her early years she was influenced by Hungarian folk songs, Bulgarian, Jewish and Gypsy music, following her multiple ethnic roots. Side by side with her musical career, she developed a career in the film industry. She sang the title song for the Hungarian film ''
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'' (2000). As an amateur actress, Palya appeared in a supporting role in
Miklós Jancsó Miklós Jancsó (; 27 September 192131 January 2014) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. Jancsó achieved international prominence starting in the mid-1960s with works including '' The Round-Up'' (''Szegénylegények'', 1965), ''T ...
's '' A mohácsi vész'' (2004). She played a more important role in French film ''
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'' (2006), and sang in '' Kolorado Kids'' (2010). In 2017, she made her feature film debut with a leading role in Etienne Comar's biographical film, '' Django'' (2017) as the gypsy wife of the title character, guitarist
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.


Background

She grew up in the Hungarian village Bag, where she danced and sang in the local dance-group. She continued her education in Budapest at Apáczai Csere János Gimnázium, than studied
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at
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. She graduated in 2002. Initially, she sang in the Hungarian folk music groups Zurgó and Laokoón and began her solo career in 2002. She performs Hungarian and Bulgarian folk music as well as
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and world music. She also studied both Indian and Persian music.


Discography

* Zurgó: ''Moldvai csángó népzene'' (1997) * Kárpátia: ''Zene Moldvából'' (1998) * Kiss Ferenc: ''Nagyvárosi bujdosók'' (1999) * Balogh Sándor: ''Dorombér'' (2000) * Szőke Szabolcs: ''Sindbad's'' songs (2000) * Chalaban: ''Moroccan Nomad'' (2000) * Cseh Tamás – Péterdi Péter: ''Magyar katonadalok és énekek''... (2000) * Sebő Együttes: ''Rejtelmek'' (2001) * Folkestra: ''Mamikám'' (2001) * Beáta Palya: ''Ágról-ágra'' (tradition in motion) (2003) * Kárpátia: ''Vásár'' (2004) * Palya Bea: ''Álom-álom, kitalálom'' (2004) * Balázs Elemér Group: ''Magyar népdalok'' (2005) * Kiss Ferenc: ''Szerelem hava'' (2005) * Palya Bea – Weöres Sándor: ''Psyché'' (2005) * Beáta Palya: ''Adieu les complexes'' (2008) * Palya Bea: ''Egyszálének / Justonevoice'' (2009) * Palya Bea: ''Én leszek a játékszered'' (2010) * Palya Bea: ''Ribizliálom'' (2011) * Palya Bea: ''Ezeregy szefárd éjszaka'' (live) (2012) * Palya Bea: ''Altatok'' (2012) * Palya Bea: ''A nő'' (2014) * Palya Bea: ''Tovább Nő'' (2016)


Filmography

* '' Portugál'' (2000) * ''
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'' (2006) – as La chanteuse du cabaret (as Beáta Palya) * '' Kolorádó Kids'' (2010) * '' Django'' (2017)


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Reda Kateb and Cécile de France Shooting Django
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