Zdena Studenková (born May 19, 1954) is a Slovak film and stage actress, and a

musical theater Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical – humor, pathos, love, anger – are communicated through words, music, moveme ...

singer.For biographical information concerning Studenková, use her general links. She is the holder of the most number of ''OTO'' Awards, having won eight times in total. In addition to performing arts, Studenková is an occasional host and author of literature with four published works, such as two cookbooks and a book featuring her interviews. In 2011, she released a picture book, ''Moji miláčikovia'', for children.

Selected filmography

*1975: '' Kean'' (TV) *1978: '' Women's Gossip'' (TV) *1978: '' Panna a netvor'' *1979: ''

Ruy Blas ''Ruy Blas'' () is a tragic drama by Victor Hugo. It was the first play presented at the Théâtre de la Renaissance and opened on November 8, 1838. Though considered by many to be Hugo’s best drama, the play was initially met with only ave ...

'' (TV) *1979: '' Life Is a Dream'' (TV) *1979: ''

Eugene Onegin ''Eugene Onegin, A Novel in Verse'' (, Reforms of Russian orthography, pre-reform Russian: Евгеній Онѣгинъ, романъ въ стихахъ, ) is a novel in verse written by Alexander Pushkin. ''Onegin'' is considered a classic of ...

'' (TV) *1979: '' Cousin Bette'' (TV, series) *1981: ''

The Misanthrope ''The Misanthrope, or the Cantankerous Lover'' (; ) is a 17th-century comedy of manners in verse written by Molière. It was first performed on 4 June 1666 at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal (rue Saint-Honoré), Théâtre du Palais-Royal, Paris by ...

'' (TV) *1981: ''

Rembrandt van Rijn Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (; ; 15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669), mononymously known as Rembrandt was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker, and draughtsman. He is generally considered one of the greatest visual artists in the h ...

'' (TV, series) *1981: '' Mojmir II'' (TV) *1982: '' I Enjoy the World With You'' *1982: '' Clavigo'' (TV) *1983: ''

Angel in a Devil's Body ''Angel in a Devil's Body'' () is a Czech comedy film directed by Václav Matějka. It was released in 1983. Cast * Zdena Studenková - Renáta * Božidara Turzonovová - Madam * Karel Heřmánek - Bulis * Miloš Kopecký - Boura * Radoslav ...

'' *1986: ''

Don Carlos ''Don Carlos'' is an 1867 five-act grand opera composed by Giuseppe Verdi to a French-language libretto by Joseph Méry and Camille du Locle, based on the 1787 play '' Don Karlos, Infant von Spanien'' (''Don Carlos, Infante of Spain'') by Fried ...

'' (TV, series) *1987: ''

The Miser ''The Miser'' (; ) is a five-act comedy in prose by the French playwright Molière. It was first performed on September 9, 1668, in the Théâtre du Palais-Royal (rue Saint-Honoré), theatre of the Palais-Royal in Paris. This is a character com ...

'' (theater) *1988: '' Miss Julie'' (theater) *1990: ''

Sleeping Beauty "Sleeping Beauty" (, or ''The Beauty Sleeping in the Wood''; , or ''Little Briar Rose''), also titled in English as ''The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods'', is a fairy tale about a princess curse, cursed by an evil fairy to suspended animation in fi ...

'' *1993: '' Everything I Like'' *1998: ''

Lady Chatterley's Lover ''Lady Chatterley's Lover'' is the final novel by English author D. H. Lawrence, which was first published privately in 1928, in Florence, Italy, and in 1929, in Paris, France. An unexpurgated edition was not published openly in the United Ki ...

'' (TV) *2003: '' It Will Stay Between Us''

Bibliography

Cookbooks

*2004: ''Recepty so štipkou hereckého korenia'', IKAR *2005: ''Nové recepty so štipkou hereckého korenia'', IKAR

Other releases

*2006: ''Som herečka: Rozhovory s Jánom Štrasserom''

with With or WITH may refer to: * With, a preposition in English * Carl Johannes With (1877–1923), Danish doctor and arachnologist * With (character), a character in ''D. N. Angel'' * ''With'' (novel), a novel by Donald Harrington * ''With'' (album ...

Ján Štrasser, FORZA Music *2011: ''Moji miláčikovia'' (

picture book A picture book combines visual and verbal narratives in a book format, most often aimed at young children. With the narrative told primarily through text, they are distinct from comics, which do so primarily through sequential images. The ima ...

including CD ''Fragile deťom''), IKAR. Illustrated by Dušan Pupala

Discography

*1995: ''Dotyky noci'', ENA Records

Awards

Controversies

In 2009, after being asked in an interview with Czech magazine Reflex why she refers to

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as "gypsies", which is considered to be a racial slur, Studenková opined that "90 percent of gypsies are social trash" and explained that she doesn't see a reason to be considerate of people that "basically refuse to be educated and to work, and ignore basic hygiene habits". She added that her views on the Roma community are rooted in her childhood, detailing an experience from elementary school when she had to sit next to a Roma girl with lice. Her comments were met with a wave of criticism in both Czechia and Slovakia for being racist and anti-roma, and were publicly condemned by personalities like Ernest Sarközi, artistic director of the Gypsy Devils orchestra, or Roman Kaiser, president of the European Roma Employment Agency, who called her statements "highly inappropriate". Studenková doubled down on her negative comments regarding the Roma in 2012, after the Krásna Hôrka Castle was destroyed in a fire caused by two young Roma boys who attempted to light a cigarette and accidentally set dry grass around the castle on fire. In an interview with Život magazine, Studenková asserted that "the Roma question" would be solved if the same laws applied to both white and Romani people, before continuing: "How come they burned down Krásna Hôrka and you see none of them there ? Why didn't march there the whole village of those who have nothing to do and don't work eight hours a day, and then: You want social benefits ? Did you work for it ? Here you go ! They burned down a historic landmark of incalculable value, brats ! Fuckers are destroying our property, how come they're invincible ?" She also criticized the

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(KDH) party's pro-life politics in the same interview, saying "why don't each of them have ten gypsy children adopted ?". In 2011, Studenková criticized the success of Turkish soap opera Binbir Gece in Slovakia, stating "I don't know if anybody realizes this, but this is another way we let the muslim world into our homes. In Arab states, they would never broadcast our soap operas". Her comments were branded islamophobic and racist by media.

References

Sources

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External links

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