Magda Vášáryová

Magda Vášáryová

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Banská Štiavnica, Czechoslovakia, Slovakia, 1948-08-26

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1965	Senzi mama		0
2	1967	A Gentle Spirit		65
3	1967	Marketa Lazarová	Marketa Lazarová, Lazar's daughter	79
4	1968	Môj vienok zelený		0
5	1968	Rok na dedine	(uncredited)	80
6	1968	The Sweet Time of Kalimagdora	Kalimagdora	45
7	1968	The Deserter and the Nomads	Dominika (segment "Dominika")	71
8	1969	Birds, Orphans and Fools	Marta	72
9	1969	The Royal Chase	Jeune Marthe	0
10	1970	On the Comet	Angelika, dívka z Valencie	60
11	1971	Ľahučký dych		0
12	1971	Radúz a Mahulena	Mahulena	63
13	1971	Taký obyčajný deň		0
14	1971	Granny	Hortensie	77
15	1971	Hry lásky šálivé		20
16	1971	Prince Bajaja	Princess Slavěna	60
17	1971	Úklady a láska		0
18	1972	Záveje		0
19	1972	And Give My Love to the Swallows	Maruška Kudeříková	47
20	1972	Apollón z Bellacu		0
21	1973	Doktor		0
22	1973	Ako ostrihať manžela	Adrienne	0
23	1973	Statky zmätky		0
24	1973	Andrea		0
25	1973	Za frontom	Anica Benková	0
26	1974	Netrpezlivosť srdca		0
27	1974	Skrytý prameň		0
28	1974	Deň slnovratu		0
29	1974	The Elective Affinities	Ottilie	20
30	1975	Hodina úsvitu		0
31	1975	Blízki cudzí ľudia		0
32	1976	Tetované časom	Anita (voice)	0
33	1976	Demeterovci	Žofka	0
34	1976	Posledný pohárik		0
35	1976	Dni Turbinovcov		0
36	1976	Zenovo vedomie		0
37	1976	Čudný človek		0
38	1977	Concert for the survivors	Jana Varajová (voice)	0
39	1977	Second Love	Antónia	0
40	1978	Parížsky život	Kristína	0
41	1978	Rozvedená	Ružena	0
42	1978	Elektra		0
43	1978	Listy Juliane		10
44	1978	Krutá ľúbosť		0
45	1978	Biela stužka v tvojich vlasoch	Bernátová (voice)	0
46	1978	Rusalka	Rusalka	80
47	1979	Uzlíky nádeje		0
48	1979	Ťaví zadok	Betty Medillová	0
49	1979	Záhradníkov pes	Marcela	0
50	1979	Pustý dvor		0
51	1980	Horacius	Kamila	0
52	1980	Nečakaná návšteva	Emma	0
53	1980	Faidra	Aríkia	0
54	1980	Jennie Gerhardtová		0
55	1980	Dnes platí regulačný stupeň č. 6		0
56	1980	Dark Sun	Kris	48
57	1981	Cutting It Short	Maryška	73
58	1982	The Turn of the Screw	Governess (acting)	60
59	1983	Cesta na krvavé pole		0
60	1983	Malvína z Bretónska		0
61	1983	Zuzana Vojířová	Zuzana Vojířová	0
62	1985	Die Nacht aus Blei	Blonde Lady	80
63	1985	Varič		0
64	1985	Werther	Sophie	0
65	1985	Noc smaragdového měsíce	Slávka	0
66	1986	Silent Joy	Soňa	70
67	1987	The Great Movie Robbery		60
68	1987	Fair Play	Tereza	30
69	1987	Lion with a White Mane	Marie Calma	50
70	1988	Šesťkrát žena		0
71	1988	Košatý strom plný pozorných očí		0
72	1988	The Southern Mail	Mária Jurkovičová	63
73	1988	Eugene Onegin	Tatyana(as Magdalena Vasaryova)	0
74	1988	The World Knows Nothing	Jirina	35
75	1989	Pani Berta Garlanová		0
76	1989	Staroružová dráma		0
77	1991	Private Lives		0
78	2015	Film Adventurer Karel Zeman	Self	81
79	2016	To Make a Comedy Is No Fun	Self	60

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1974	Straty a nálezy		0
2	1975	Vivat Beňovský!		0
3	1976	Hurá na letný byt		0
4	1978	Sesternica Beta		0
5	1979	Dobrí ľudia ešte žijú	Oľga	0
6	1984	The Physician of a Dying Time	Floro (voice)	80
7	1986	Elizabeth's Court	Celesta de Liess rod. Fabici	20
8	2013	Prvá		0
9	2021	Bratislavské pondelky	Self	80

Magda Vášáryová

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