Iveta Malachovská (; born 11 May 1965) is a Slovak television presenter and actress. She has presented television programmes on stations including

Czechoslovak Television Czech Television ( cs, Česká televize, italics=no ; abbreviation: ČT) is a public television broadcaster in the Czech Republic, broadcasting seven channels. Established after the Velvet Revolution in 1992, it is the successor to Czechoslov ...

Slovenská televízia Slovenská televízia (; "Slovak Television"; STV) was a state-owned public television organisation in Slovakia. It was created in 1991 as the Slovak part of the former Czechoslovak Television and was headquartered in Bratislava. It was funded f ...

(STV) and

Markíza Markíza (also known as Televízia Markíza) is a Slovak television channel launched on August 31, 1996. The channel was founded by a later politician Pavol Rusko, and is now part of the Central European Media Enterprises (CME). It also operat ...

. Malachovská has hosted the Slovak versions of ''

The Biggest Loser ''The Biggest Loser'' is a reality television format which started with the American TV show '' The Biggest Loser'' in 2004. The show centers on overweight and obese contestants attempting to lose the most weight; the winner receives a cash priz ...

'' and ''

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'' (often informally called ''Millionaire'') is an international television game show franchise of British origin, created by David Briggs, Mike Whitehill and Steven Knight. In its format, currently owned and l ...

''.

Career

Malachovská studied at the

Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague The Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague ( cs, Filmová a televizní fakulta Akademie múzických umění v Praze) or FAMU is a film school in Prague, Czech Republic, founded in 1946 as one of three branches of the Acade ...

and later worked for

and

. Her presenting debut came in 1989 with the programme '. As an actress, she played a role in the 1990 film '. She also had a minor role in the 1997

Martin Šulík Martin Šulík (born October 20, 1962, in Žilina) is a Slovak film director. He studied film directing at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava from which he graduated in 1986. His 2011 film ''Gypsy'' was selected as the Slovak entry for ...

film ''Orbis Pictus''. She first presented

Slovak Footballer of the Year The award was first presented in 1965, as an award for the whole of Czechoslovakia ( Czechoslovak Footballer of the Year). It was won by Ján Popluhár. Ján Popluhár Award Slovak Footballer of the Year an annual title awarded to the best Slovak ...

in 1995, going on to present it a record eight times. Malachovská joined private television network

in 1996, staying until 2006. During her time at Markíza she presented programmes including ' and '. In 2006 she returned to Slovenská televízia, going on to host the reality show ', the Slovak version of ''

''. She subsequently fronted the Slovak version of ''

'' between 2007 and its final episode on 29 March 2008. Malachovská functioned as co-producer on the 2008 Václav Marhoul film ''

Tobruk Tobruk or Tobruck (; grc, Ἀντίπυργος, ''Antipyrgos''; la, Antipyrgus; it, Tobruch; ar, طبرق, Tubruq ''Ṭubruq''; also transliterated as ''Tobruch'' and ''Tubruk'') is a port city on Libya's eastern Mediterranean coast, near ...

''.

Personal life

Born in Bratislava as Iveta Pašková, she married opera singer Martin Malachovský in 1993. The couple has a daughter together called Kristína. Malachovská has a sister who is two years older.

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