Emília Vášáryová
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Emília Vášáryová (often referred to as Milka Vášáryová, b. 18 May 1942, Horná Štubňa, Slovakia) is one of the most prominent contemporary Slovak actresses.
In 1963 she graduated at the Theatre Faculty of Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (VŠMU) in Bratislava. After two seasons at Nová scéna she joined Slovak National Theatre in 1964. She regularly performs in radio, films and TV inscenations. She also lectures at the Theatre Faculty of VŠMU.
Even after the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia Vášáryová often appears in Czech movies (Cosy Dens, Up and Down) and on stages of renowned Prague theatres (Činoherní klub, Divadlo na Zábradlí, Summer Shakespeare Festival).
Selected awards
- 1967 – Janko Borodáč Award
- 1968 – Zlatý krokodíl
- 1970 – Za vynikajúcu prácu
- 1978 – Zaslúžilá umelkyňa
- 1982 – Andrej Bagar Award for performing Iphigenia in Goethe's Iphigenia in Tauris
- 1991 – Minister of Culture Award
- 1992 – Telemúza 92
- 1995 – Telemúza 95
- 1996 – Alfréd Radok Award for performing Younger Sister in Ritter, Dene, Voss by Thomas Bernhard
- 1999 – Krištáľové krídlo 1998 for performing Agnes in A Delicate Balance by Edward Albee
- 1999 – Zlatá slučka
- 1999 – DOSKY Award for performing Old Woman in The Chairs by Eugène Ionesco
- 2000 – Jozef Kroner Award 1999 for performing Old Woman in The Chairs
- 2000 – chosen Actress of the Century by Slovak journalists
- 2000 – Igric Award for performing in TV inscenation Klietka
- 2000 – Literárny fond Award for performing Old Woman in The Chairs
- 2001 – Hercova misia (Art Film Trenčianske Teplice)
- 2002 – DOSKY Award for performing Maria Callas in Master Class by Terrence McNally
- 2003 – Karel Čapek Award 2002
- 2003 – Cena Václava Havla Medaile za zásluhy
- 2004 – DOSKY Award for performing Stevie in The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? by Edward Albee
Trivia
- sister of actress and ambassador Magda Vášáryová
- wife of a costume designer Milan Čorba
- nicknamed Milu (from Miluška) by her friends
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