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Magda Vášáryová

Magda Vášáryová
Photo: Jindřich Nosek (NoJin) · CC BY 4.0

About

Magda (Magdaléna) Vášáryová (born 26 August 1948 in Banská Štiavnica) is a Slovak actress, diplomat and politician. Her film career spans the 1960s to 1980s, with landmark roles in Marketa Lazarová (1967) and Jiří Menzel's Postřižiny (1980). After the Velvet Revolution she served as Czechoslovak ambassador to Austria (1990-1993) and Slovak ambassador to Poland (2000-2005), then sat in the National Council of the Slovak Republic from 2006 to 2016.

Born:
26 August 1948 (77 years)
Place of birth:
Banská Štiavnica, Czechoslovakia, Slovakia

What's new

  • 2026-05

    Vášáryová publicly expressed herself on current Slovak politics and commented on the situation in Robert Fico's government.

  • 2025-10

    In October 2025, the Bourdon publishing house released a book of interviews "Before I Disappear", in which Vášáryová together with journalist Petr Šabata evaluates contemporary politics and her own career.

  • 2025-12

    The book "Before I Disappear" generated reader interest - the publishing house prepared a reprint with a planned release on December 12, 2025.

Tracks

Marketa Lazarová (1967)cult Czech-Slovak film, Vášáryová in the lead role; considered one of the masterpieces of European cinema of the 1960s
Postřižiny (1980)film by Jiří Menzel based on Bohumil Hrabal; Vášáryová as Maryška - one of the most famous roles in her career
Vtáčkovia, siroty a blázni (1969)Slovak film by Juraj Jakubisko, Vášáryová in the lead role
Krotká (1967)television adaptation of a Dostoevsky story; won the Grand Prix - Golden Nymph at the Monte Carlo festival 1968
Než zmizím (2025)book of interviews with journalist Petr Šabata about politics, diplomacy and personal life; published by Bourdon

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