Silvia Vargová (Hungarian: Varga Szilvia) is a Slovak-Hungarian actress who mainly works in theatre. She has also done voice acting and appeared in films and on television.
Biography
Studies and first acting roles
Silvia Vargová graduated from the
Komárno technical high school in 1984. She was a member of an arts group at the Thália theatre in
Košice
Košice ( , ; german: Kaschau ; hu, Kassa ; pl, Коszyce) is the largest city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary. With a population of app ...
between 1985 and 1987.
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The theatre at that point served as an extended stage of the Hungarian Regional Theatre, which was founded in October 1952 and had its headquarters in Komárno.
The actress's first minor stage role was that of the young Marcius from
Shakespeare's
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''
Coriolanus''. Her next, and first major role, was in the fairy tale ''The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Buratino'', written by Russian author
Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, where she starred as
Buratino—a young wooden boy modelled on
Pinocchio.
Between 1987 and 1991, she studied at the
Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, while also completing one semester at the
Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest.
Post-graduation career
After graduating from the Academy of Performing Arts, Vargová briefly worked at the Jókai Theatre in Komárno, and from 1991 to 1994 was a member of an arts group at Petőfi Theatre in
Veszprém.
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(dostupné online) In 1995, she moved with her husband, actor Dezső Rancsó, to the larger Hungarian city of
Kecskemét, where, in addition to theatre work, she also did voice acting for foreign-language productions.
In the early 2000s, she moved with her family to the city of
Sopron, where she took part in such productions as ''Casting'' and ''Summer of Old Times''/''Régi nyár''.
Between 2007 and 2015, Vargová worked as a freelance actor, starring in hits such as ''
Chicago'', ''
The Marriage of Figaro
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'', ''
The Gipsy Princess
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'', ''
Countess Maritza'', and ''Hungarian Zombie''. Since 2016, she has been performing at the Thália Theatre of Košice once more,
appearing in such productions as
Molière's ''
The Misanthrope''.
Vargová has also acted in a few movies and television shows, including ''
Samba
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'', ''
Chameleon
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'', and ''
Among Friends Among Friends may refer to:
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* Among Friends (Cedar Walton album)
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References
External links
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Silvia Vargová at Színtár.skSilvia Vargová at ČSFD.cz
Silvia Vargová at Theater Online
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1966 births
Slovak television actresses
Slovak film actresses
People from Komárno
21st-century Slovak actresses
20th-century Slovak actresses
Slovak stage actresses
20th-century Hungarian actresses
21st-century Hungarian actresses
Hungarian stage actresses
Hungarian film actresses
Hungarian television actresses
Living people