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 Å tiavnica 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 Jiřà 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 ObÄianske 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 NemÄok and his successor was FrantiÅ¡ek RužiÄka. 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.
Magda Vášáryová Biography / Wiki
Name | Magda Vášáryová |
Also Know | Magdaléna Vášáryová, Magda Vasaryova, Magda Vásáryová |
Gender | Female |
Known For | Acting |
Place of Birth | Banská Štiavnica, Czechoslovakia, Slovakia |
Date of Birth | 1948-08-26 |
Age(as in 2022) | 74 |
Deathday |
Magda Vášáryová Acting Movies
Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
The Southern Mail | Mária JurkoviÄová | 1988-04-07 | Based on the eponymous novel by Ladislav Ballek…. |
Silent Joy | Soňa | 1986-10-01 | This film is a psychological study of a woman who chooses solitude as an escape from the duplicity and emotional barrenness of the men around her…. |
And Give My Love to the Swallows | MaruÅ¡ka KudeÅ™Ãková | 1972-05-26 | This film, chronicling the last days of Czech resistance fighter Maruska Kuderikova (played by Magda Vasaryova), is based on her diaries. Though she w… |
Fair Play | Tereza | 1986-01-01 | Tereza lives and works in Prague. She meets a handsome man, Tommie, speaking in a language incomprehensible to her. It seems that he is the manager of… |
Rusalka | Rusalka | 1977-01-01 | Three arias from AntonÃn Dvořák´s fairytale opera Rusalka turned in to a movie, sung by Gabriela BeňaÄková (Rusalka), LibuÅ¡e Márová (Witch),… |
Radúz a Mahulena | Mahulena | 1971-05-14 | Radúz, the son of a Magurian king, has lost his way hunting in the territory of the Tatra King StojmÃr. He learns from his loyal servant Radovid the… |
ĽahuÄký dych | 1970-01-01 | … | |
Krutá ľúbosÅ¥ | 1978-02-02 | … | |
Hodina úsvitu | 1975-04-04 | … | |
Jennie Gerhardtová | 1979-01-01 | … | |
Å esÅ¥krát žena | 1988-01-01 | … | |
Pani Berta Garlanová | 1989-01-01 | … | |
Taký obyÄajný deň | 1971-01-01 | … | |
Apollón z Bellacu | 1972-10-17 | … | |
MalvÃna z Bretónska | 1983-08-01 | … | |
Marketa Lazarová | Marketa Lazarová | 1967-11-24 | Mikolás and his brother Adam end up with a young German hostage of noble blood during a robbery. While their clan prepares for the wrath of the Germa… |
On the Comet | Angelika, dÃvka z Valencie | 1970-10-09 | When a comet passes the Earth very closely, it pulls a small part of North Africa, and a small swathe of humanity, along with it…. |
Prince Bajaja | Princess SlavÄ›na | 1971-12-17 | The hero of this popular fairy tale is a young prince who, after the death of his parents, goes out into the world. During his travels he meets a magi… |
A Gentle Spirit | 1967-01-01 | Krotká is a 1967 Slovak black-and-white produced by TV a psychological drama directed by Stanislav Barabas on based a short story A Gentle Creature b… | |
Birds, Orphans and Fools | Marta | 1969-09-27 | In the aftermath of war, two men and a woman begin acting more like children than adults, leading to tragedy…. |
Private Lives | 1991-09-05 | In Bratislava at the end of the 1980s, two estranged sisters try to make up with each other while balancing their private lives and careers…. | |
VariÄ | 1985-01-01 | … | |
ÄŒudný Älovek | 1976-12-24 | … | |
Deň slnovratu | 1974-06-20 | … | |
NetrpezlivosÅ¥ srdca | 1974-01-01 | … | |
Doktor | 1972-01-01 | … | |
Demeterovci | Žofka | 1976-05-17 | A television film based on a play by Ján KákoÅ¡ with the theme of Slovak National Uprising…. |
The Elective Affinities | Ottilie | 1974-08-27 | Eduard and Charlotte live an isolated and idyllic life together. But soon Eduard feels that something is missing and he invites his friend Otto to com… |
Werther | Sophie | 1985-06-06 | Jules Massanet’s lyrical opera is transformed into a superb film production by Petr Weigl, shot on location in Prague, with music conducted by Libor P… |
Listy Juliane | 1978-09-16 | … | |
Senzi mama | 1965-03-19 | … | |
Faidra | 1980-01-01 | … | |
Noc smaragdového mesÃce | 1985-12-31 | This downbeat, grim drama about three brothers who are reunited at their mother’s funeral is actually visually as dark as its story, making it difficu… | |
Dark Sun | Kris | 1981-07-03 | A remake of Vávra’s 1948 atomic age thriller Krakatit…. |
Cutting It Short | MaryÅ¡ka | 1981-02-01 | Francin, manager of a small-town brewery, has a charming wife whose abundant blonde locks are an adornment to the town. Maryska looks ethereal but lov… |
The Sweet Time of Kalimagdora | Kalimagdora | 1968-05-24 | A man changes his behavior according to the term of the year…. |
Ťavà zadok | 1979-01-01 | … | |
Skrytý prameň | 1974-01-18 | … | |
To Make a Comedy Is No Fun | Self | 2016-10-05 | Documentary feature about Czech director Jiřà Menzel, featuring Menzel himself as well as MiloÅ¡ Forman, Emir Kusturica, István Szabó and others…. |
The Royal Chase | Jeune Marthe | 1969-12-26 | … |
Granny | Hortensie | 1971-10-08 | A tale based on novel by Czech writer Bozena Nemcova…. |
The Deserter and the Nomads | Dominika (segment “Dominika”) | 1968-12-06 | An apocalyptic story of three wars in three film tales encompassing the end of the WWI,WWII, as well as a vision of the world destroyed by nuclear wea… |
Film Adventurer Karel Zeman | Self | 2015-03-31 | A look at the life, work and importance of Czech filmmaker Karel Zeman (1910-89), a genius of world cinema, a wizard of special effects, revealing his… |
Lion with a White Mane | Calma Veselá | 1987-12-01 | The film tells the exciting life of the great Czech composer Leos Janácek (1854-1928), also known by the thick silver hair that crowned his head and … |
The World Knows Nothing | Jirina | 1988-09-01 | The story takes place in the Czech-German border region in 1938. The hero Tomás Jakl marries but the marriage is not very lucky and falls apart. His … |
Rok na dedine | 1968-05-21 | … | |
Hry lásky šálivé | 1971-10-22 | … | |
Credit: TMDB
Checkout The More Celebrities Profiles in Biography World