Magdaléna Vášáryová (; referred also as Magda Vášáryová ; born 26 August 1948) is a former Slovak actress and diplomat, prominent for her liberal anti-nationalist stances.
Life Vášáryová was born in 1948. In 1971, she completed her studies at Comenius University in Bratislava. Until 1989, she acted in several Slovak theatres - including the Slovak National Theatre - and in numerous movies. The same year - 1989 - she was asked by Vaclav Havel to be the Vice President in the united-democratic Czechoslovakia. But declined. She was ambassador of Czechoslovakia in Austria (1990-1993) and ambassador of Slovakia in Poland (2000-2005). She was one of the candidates in the 1999 presidential election, but did not advance to the second round of the election. From February 2005 to July 2006, she held the position of State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovakia. In the 2006 parliamentary elections, she was elected to the National Council of the Slovak Republic for Slovak Democratic and Christian Union - Democratic Party.
She was considered for the role of Sophie in Sophie's Choice.
In 2016, Vášáryová was honored with the Hanno R. Ellenbogen Citizenship Award - given jointly by the Prague Society for International Cooperation and Global Panel Foundation - for her lifelong fight against communism and corruption.
The entrepreneur Michal Horáček stood to be President of the Czech republic. He announced his advisers on 9 February 2017 which included Vášáryová, nuclear expert Dana Drábová, and surgeon Pavel Pafko.
Private life In 1980, she married Milan Lasica a Slovak humorist, playwright and actor. They were married until his death of heart attack on July 18, 2021.
Filmography
Senzi mama (1964) (TV) .... Eva Marketa Lazarová (1967) .... Marketa Lazarová Zbehovia a pútnici (1968) .... Dominika - Dominika The Sweet Time of Kalimagdora (1968) .... Kalimagdora Kráľovská poľovačka (1969) .... Marta za mlada Birds, Orphans and Fools (1969) .... Marta Na kometě (1970) .... Angelika Radúz a Mahulena (1970) (TV) .... Mahulena The Tricky Game of Love (1971) .... Náušnice - služka Princ Bajaja (1971) .... Slavěna Babička (1971) (TV) .... Hortensie And Give My Love to the Swallows (1972) .... Maruška Skrytý prameň (1974) .... Mária Deň slnovratu (1974) .... Blanka Rusalka (1977) .... Rusalka Krutá ľúbosť (1978) .... 2. - Kristka Pustý dvor (1978) .... Kristina Temné slunce (1980) .... Kris Zkrocení zlého muže (1981) .... Tereza Cutting It Short (1981) .... Maryška The Night of the Emerald Moon (1984) .... Slávka Tichá radosť (1985) .... Soňa Lev s bílou hřívou (1986) .... Calma Veselá Svět nic neví (1987) .... Jiřina Južná pošta (1987) .... Mária Jurkovičová Eugene Onegin (1988) .... Tatyana
Family sister of actress Emília Vášáryová wife of comedian and writer Milan Lasica
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External links
Profile as a 2006 election candidate