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Magda Vášáryová

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76 Years Old

Magda (Magdaléna) Vášáryová (* August 26, 1948, Banská Štiavnica) is a Slovak politician and former actress and diplomat. Since 2006, she has been a member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic for SDKÚ-DS. On 12 December 2013, she resigned from the party and until the start of the so-called The third government of Robert Fico (2016) worked in the National Council of the Slovak Republic as a non-attached member of parliament. She began her successful acting career as a 15-year-old in the film Senzi Mama (1964). From 1966 to 1971 she studied sociology at the Faculty of Arts of Comenius University in Bratislava. Since 1970 she has worked as an actress in the Korze Theater, the New Stage (1971 - 1983) and in the Slovak National Theater (1983 - 1990). She is the author of book memoirs about Banská Štiavnica Short Letters to a Town (1988). In 1988 she was awarded the title of Merited Artist. From 1990 to 1993, she served as the Czech-Slovak ambassador to Austria. During the diplomatic mission, she lived with her daughters in Vienna while her husband stayed in Bratislava. While they provide wife support for diplomats, Vášáryová, as a diplomat, did not receive compensation for the diplomat's non-working wife. Václav Havel and Jiří Dienstbier enforced her compensation payment. On May 3, 1993, she organized a meeting at home, where the Slovak Society for Foreign Policy (SFPA) began to form. From 1993 to 2000, she was its director. In 2020, she is the Honorary Chair of the SFPA Board. In 1998, she founded Občianske oko. In the 1999 elections, she ran as an independent candidate for the post of President of Slovakia. She won 194,635 votes, 6.6%, in the election. She did not make it to the second round. She announced her candidacy in February 1999 in Banská Bystrica. She wanted to confirm the changes in 1989 and 1998. She was the first woman in Slovakia to run for president. From 2000 to 2005, she served as Slovakia's ambassador to Poland. Its predecessor was Ondrej Nemčok and his successor was František Ružička. Since February 21, 2005, she has held the position of State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic in the second government of Mikuláš Dzurinda. In the summer of 2005, she joined the SDKÚ. On 12 December 2013, together with Lucia Žitňanská and Miroslav Beblavý, she resigned from SDKÚ-DS. Since November 15, 2013, she has been the president of the Živena association. Her goals after the election were “I still have three goals within Živena. One of them is, in particular, the modernization of communication, the addition of a membership base, and I would also like to raise more money in more modern ways, for example in the form of grants. " Her predecessor was Zora Breier. In 2016, she did not run for parliament again. In addition to Živena, she also led the Institute for Cultural Policy. He also teaches at the CEVRO INSTITUTE in the Czech Republic. In 2016, The Prague Society for International Cooperation awarded her the Hanno R. Ellenbogen Prize for Civil Service and the Lifelong Fight against Corruption. Sister of the actress Emilie Vášáryová. The first husband was the actor Dušan Jamrich. The second husband is Milan Lasica. He has two daughters.

Born

Banská Štiavnica, Czechoslovakia, Slovakia on 26th August 1948

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Vivat Beňovský! Image
Vivat Beňovský!
The Physician of a Dying Time Image
The Physician of a Dying Time
Floro (voice)
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Hurá na letný byt
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Straty a nálezy
Marketa Lazarová Image
Marketa Lazarová
Marketa Lazarová, Lazar's daughter
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Bratislavské pondelky
Self
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Elizabeth's Court
Celesta de Liess rod. Fabici
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Dobrí ľudia ešte žijú
Oľga
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Prvá
Birds, Orphans and Fools Image
Birds, Orphans and Fools
Marta
Film Adventurer Karel Zeman Image
Film Adventurer Karel Zeman
Self
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Sesternica Beta
Silent Joy Image
Silent Joy
Soňa
On the Comet Image
On the Comet
Angelika, dívka z Valencie
The Deserter and the Nomads Image
The Deserter and the Nomads
Dominika (segment "Dominika")
Cutting It Short Image
Cutting It Short
Maryška
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Ako ostrihať manžela
Adrienne
The Great Movie Robbery Image
The Great Movie Robbery
Lion with a White Mane Image
Lion with a White Mane
Marie Calma
Prince Bajaja Image
Prince Bajaja
Princess Slavěna
Noc smaragdového měsíce Image
Noc smaragdového měsíce
Slávka
Zenovo vedomie Image
Zenovo vedomie
Concert for the survivors Image
Concert for the survivors
Jana Varajová (voice)
Hry lásky šálivé Image
Hry lásky šálivé
The Sweet Time of Kalimagdora Image
The Sweet Time of Kalimagdora
Kalimagdora
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Ľahučký dych
Fair Play Image
Fair Play
Tereza
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Private Lives
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Dnes platí regulačný stupeň č. 6
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Staroružová dráma
The Southern Mail Image
The Southern Mail
Mária Jurkovičová
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun Image
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
Self
Eugene Onegin Image
Eugene Onegin
Tatyana(as Magdalena Vasaryova)
And Give My Love to the Swallows Image
And Give My Love to the Swallows
Maruška Kudeříková
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Dni Turbinovcov
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Second Love
Antónia
Radúz a Mahulena Image
Radúz a Mahulena
Mahulena
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Cesta na krvavé pole
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Doktor
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Hodina úsvitu
The World Knows Nothing Image
The World Knows Nothing
Jirina
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Za frontom
Anica Benková
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Tetované časom
Anita (voice)
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A Gentle Spirit
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Andrea
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Deň slnovratu
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The Royal Chase
Jeune Marthe
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Apollón z Bellacu
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Rok na dedine
(uncredited)
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Varič
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The Elective Affinities
Ottilie
Skrytý prameň Image
Skrytý prameň
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Demeterovci
Žofka
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Netrpezlivosť srdca
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Faidra
Aríkia
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Úklady a láska
Rusalka Image
Rusalka
Rusalka
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Biela stužka v tvojich vlasoch
Bernátová (voice)
Dark Sun Image
Dark Sun
Kris
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Blízki cudzí ľudia
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Jennie Gerhardtová
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Uzlíky nádeje
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Nečakaná návšteva
Emma
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Pustý dvor
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Rozvedená
Ružena
Krutá ľúbosť Image
Krutá ľúbosť
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Statky zmätky
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Parížsky život
Kristína
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Posledný pohárik
Die Nacht aus Blei Image
Die Nacht aus Blei
Blonde Lady
Granny Image
Granny
Hortensie
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Horacius
Kamila
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Záhradníkov pes
Marcela
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Elektra
The Turn of the Screw Image
The Turn of the Screw
Governess (acting)
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Záveje
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Zuzana Vojířová
Zuzana Vojířová
Werther Image
Werther
Sophie
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Ťaví zadok
Betty Medillová
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Senzi mama
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Malvína z Bretónska
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Listy Juliane
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Môj vienok zelený
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Čudný človek
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Pani Berta Garlanová
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Šesťkrát žena
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Košatý strom plný pozorných očí
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