Magdaléna Vášáryová (; referred also as Magda Vášáryová ; born 26 August 1948) is a Slovak

actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

and

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, prominent for her liberal anti-nationalist stances.

Life

Vášáryová was born in 1948. In 1971, she completed her studies at

Comenius University in Bratislava Comenius University Bratislava () is the largest university in Slovakia, with most of its faculties located in Bratislava. It was founded in 1919, shortly after the creation of Czechoslovakia. It is named after Jan Amos Comenius, a 17th-century ...

. Until 1989, she acted in several Slovak theatres, including Slovak National Theatre, and in numerous movies. She was

ambassador An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or so ...

of Czechoslovakia in

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

(1990-1993) and ambassador of Slovakia in

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

(2000-2005). She was one of the candidates in the 1999 presidential election, but did not advance to the second round of the election. From February 2005 to July 2006, she held the position of State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovakia. In the 2006 parliamentary elections, she was elected to the

National Council of the Slovak Republic The National Council of the Slovak Republic (, abbreviated to ''NR SR'') is the national parliament of Slovakia. It is unicameralism, unicameral and consists of 150 members, who are elected by universal suffrage under proportional representation ...

for Slovak Democratic and Christian Union - Democratic Party. She was considered for the role of Sophie in '' Sophie's Choice''. In 2016, Vášáryová was awarded by the

Prague Society for International Cooperation The Prague Society for International Cooperation is a Prague-based non-governmental organization that originated in Communist Central Europe, when political dissidents joined forces to oppose their respective regimes. Several of its members were ...

for fighting communism and corruption during her whole career with the Hanno R. Ellenbogen Citizenship Award. The entrepreneur

Michal Horáček Michal Horáček (born 23 July 1952) is a Czech Republic, Czech entrepreneur, lyricist, poet, writer, journalist and music producer. From 2007 until 2010, he was the chairman of the Czech Academy of Popular Music. He founded Czech betting compan ...

stood to be President of the Czech republic. He announced his advisers on 9 February 2017 which included Vášáryová, nuclear expert

Dana Drábová Dana Drábová (born 3 June 1961) is a Czech physicist and politician. She is the chair of the State Office for Nuclear Safety and she was President of the 2023 meetings of the parties to the Convention on Nuclear Safety. Life Drábová was born ...

, and surgeon

Pavel Pafko Pavel ( Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian: Павел; Czech, Slovene, and (although Romanian also uses Paul); ; ; ) is a male given name. It is a Slavic cognate of the name Paul (derived from the Greek Pavlos). Pavel may refer to: People Given ...

Private life

In 1980, she married

Milan Lasica Milan Lasica (; 3 February 1940 – 18 July 2021) was a popular Slovak comedian, actor, singer, writer, lyricist and satirist. Active from 1961 to his death, he was known from his double act with Július Satinský and their collaboration with ...

a Slovak humorist, playwright and actor. They were married until his death of heart attack on July 18, 2021.

Filmography

*''Senzi mama'' (1964) (TV) .... Eva *''

Marketa Lazarová ''Marketa Lazarová'' is a 1967 Czechoslovak New Wave Epic film, epic period drama film directed by František Vláčil. It is an adaptation of the novel ''Marketa Lazarová (novel), Marketa Lazarová'' (1931) by Vladislav Vančura. Set in the mi ...

'' (1967) .... Marketa Lazarová *''Zbehovia a pútnici'' (1968) .... Dominika - Dominika *''The Sweet Time of Kalimagdora'' (1968) .... Kalimagdora *''Kráľovská poľovačka'' (1969) .... Marta za mlada *''

Birds, Orphans and Fools ''Birds, Orphans and Fools'' () is a 1969 Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovak film directed by Juraj Jakubisko. The film is about three people who are all orphaned by political violence. Set in an unspecified time and place, the movie is a parable about t ...

'' (1969) .... Marta *''

Na kometě ''Na kometě'' (literally ''On the Comet'') is a 1970 Czech film directed by Karel Zeman, based on Jules Verne's 1877 novel '' Off on a Comet''. The film is a combination of animated and live action film. Animation is based on illustrations for ...

'' (1970) .... Angelika *''Radúz a Mahulena'' (1970) (TV) .... Mahulena *''

The Tricky Game of Love ''The Tricky Game of Love'' () is a Czech comedy film directed by Jiří Krejčík. It was released in two sequences on October 22, 1971, in Czechoslovakia. Cast ;Giovanni Boccaccio - "Arabský kůň" * Božidara Turzonovová - Sandra Vergellesi ...

'' (1971) .... Náušnice - služka *''

Princ Bajaja ''Princ Bajaja'' is a 1971 Czechoslovak fantasy film based on the fairy tale ''Prince Bajaja'' by Božena Němcová. The film was directed by Antonín Kachlík. Plot After the death of his parents, the young Prince Bajaja sets out to find his ...

'' (1971) .... Slavěna *'' Babička'' (1971) (TV) .... Hortensie *''

And Give My Love to the Swallows ''And Give My Love to the Swallows'' () is a 1972 Czech biographical film based on the prison diary from Czech resistance fighter Marie Kudeříková. Cast * Magdaléna Vášáryová Magdaléna Vášáryová (; referred also as Magda Vášár ...

'' (1972) .... Maruška *''Skrytý prameň'' (1974) .... Mária *''Deň slnovratu'' (1974) .... Blanka *''Rusalka'' (1977) .... Rusalka *''Krutá ľúbosť'' (1978) .... 2. - Kristka *''Pustý dvor'' (1978) .... Kristina *''Temné slunce'' (1980) .... Kris *''Zkrocení zlého muže'' (1981) .... Tereza *''

Cutting It Short ''Cutting It Short'' (also released as ''Shortcuts'') ( - literraly: First haircut) is a 1980 in film, 1980 cinema of the Czech Republic, Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Jiří Menzel. It is based on the novel ''Postřižiny'' by Czech write ...

'' (1981) .... Maryška *''

The Night of the Emerald Moon ''The Night of the Emerald Moon'' () is a 1985 Czech drama film directed by Václav Matějka. It was entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast *Radoslav Brzobohatý as Janek Kysucan * Jerzy Trela as Cyril Kysucan * Pavol Vi ...

'' (1984) .... Slávka *''Tichá radosť'' (1985) .... Soňa *''Lev s bílou hřívou'' (1986) .... Calma Veselá *''Svět nic neví'' (1987) .... Jiřina *''Južná pošta'' (1987) .... Mária Jurkovičová *''Eugene Onegin'' (1988) .... Tatyana

Family

*sister of actress

Emília Vášáryová Emília Vášáryová, Doctor Artis Dramaticae ( hon.) (; born 18 May 1942) is a Slovak stage and screen actress, whom '' Variety'' and other publications refer to as the "First Lady of Slovak Theater". During a career of more than five decades ...

*wife of comedian and writer

References

External links

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Profile as a 2006 election candidate
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