Iveta Malachovská (; born 11 May 1965) is a Slovak

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and actress. She has presented television programmes on stations including

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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 ...

(STV) and

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. Malachovská has hosted the Slovak versions of ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Career

Malachovská studied at the

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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 played a minor role in the 1997 Martin Šulík film ''Orbis Pictus''. Malachovská first presented Slovak Footballer of the Year 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 '. She returned to Slovenská televízia in 2006, going on to host the

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', 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

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film ''

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''.

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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{{DEFAULTSORT:Malachovska, Iveta 1965 births Living people Actresses from Bratislava Slovak film actresses Slovak television presenters Academy of Performing Arts in Prague alumni Slovak women television presenters