Magda Vášáryová

Born: 1948-08-26

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.


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Marketa Lazarová

as Marketa Lazarová, Lazar's daughter
Released: 1967-11-24

Mikolás and his brother Adam end up with a young German hostage of noble blood during a robbery....

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Cutting It Short

as Maryška
Released: 1981-02-06

Francin, manager of a small-town brewery, has a charming wife whose abundant blonde locks are an...

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Birds, Orphans and Fools

as Marta
Released: 1969-09-27

In the aftermath of war, two men and a woman begin acting more like children than adults,...

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Granny

as Hortensie
Released: 1971-10-08

A tale based on novel by Czech writer Bozena Nemcova.

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Film Adventurer Karel Zeman

as Self
Released: 2015-03-31

A look at the life, work and importance of Czech filmmaker Karel Zeman (1910-89), a genius of...

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The Great Movie Robbery

as uncredited
Released: 1986-01-01

The film is essentially a feature-length commercial for an exhibition to mark the 40th...

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Dark Sun

as Kris
Released: 1980-09-19

A remake of Vávra's 1948 atomic age thriller Krakatit.

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Lion with a White Mane

as Calma Veselá
Released: 1987-12-01

The film tells the exciting life of the great Czech composer Leos Janácek (1854-1928), also...

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Skrytý prameň

as uncredited
Released: 1974-01-18

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On the Comet

as Angelika, dívka z Valencie
Released: 1970-10-09

When a comet passes the Earth very closely, it pulls a small part of North Africa, and a small...

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Silent Joy

as Soňa
Released: 1986-10-01

This film is a psychological study of a woman who chooses solitude as an escape from the...

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Prince Bajaja

as Princess Slavěna
Released: 1971-12-17

The hero of this popular fairy tale is a young prince who, after the death of his parents, goes...

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The Deserter and the Nomads

as Dominika (segment "Dominika")
Released: 1968-12-06

An apocalyptic story of three wars in three film tales encompassing the end of the WWI,WWII, as...

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Concert for the survivors

as Jana Varajová (voice)
Released: 1977-02-25

A picture of generational confrontations between children and parents. A young and ambitious...

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Krutá ľúbosť

as uncredited
Released: 1978-02-17

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And Give My Love to the Swallows

as Maruška Kudeříková
Released: 1972-05-26

This film, chronicling the last days of Czech resistance fighter Maruska Kuderikova (played by...

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Rusalka

as Rusalka
Released: 1978-09-29

Three arias from Antonín Dvořák´s fairytale opera Rusalka turned in to a movie, sung by Gabriela...

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Hry lásky šálivé

as uncredited
Released: 1971-10-22

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Radúz a Mahulena

as Mahulena
Released: 1971-05-14

Radúz, the son of a Magurian king, has lost his way hunting in the territory of the Tatra King...

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The Southern Mail

as Mária Jurkovičová
Released: 1988-04-07

Based on the eponymous novel by Ladislav Ballek.

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Fair Play

as Tereza
Released: 1986-01-01

Tereza lives and works in Prague. She meets a handsome man, Tommie, speaking in a language...

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To Make a Comedy Is No Fun

as Self
Released: 2016-10-05

Documentary feature about Czech director Jiří Menzel, featuring Menzel himself as well as Miloš...

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Noc smaragdového měsíce

as uncredited
Released: 1985-12-31

This downbeat, grim drama about three brothers who are reunited at their mother's funeral is...

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The World Knows Nothing

as Jirina
Released: 1988-09-01

The story takes place in the Czech-German border region in 1938. The hero Tomás Jakl marries but...

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The Sweet Time of Kalimagdora

as Kalimagdora
Released: 1968-05-24

A man changes his behavior according to the term of the year.

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Werther

as Sophie
Released: 1985-06-06

Jules Massanet's lyrical opera is transformed into a superb film production by Petr Weigl, shot...

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Vivat Beňovský!

as uncredited
First aired: 1975-10-06

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