
Magda Vášáryová
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.
92 acting credits
Acting · 92

The Physician of a Dying Time
1984

Marketa Lazarová
1967

Vivat Beňovský!
1975

Prvá
2013
Straty a nálezy
1974
Sesternica Beta
1978
Bratislavské pondelky
2021
Dobrí ľudia ešte žijú
1979
Hurá na letný byt
1976

Elizabeth's Court
1986

Eugene Onegin
1989

Film Adventurer Karel Zeman
2015

On the Comet
1970

The Turn of the Screw
1982

To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
2016

Cutting It Short
1981

Hry lásky šálivé
1971

Birds, Orphans and Fools
1969
The Elective Affinities
1974

Radúz and Mahulena
1971

The Great Movie Robbery
1987

Dark Sun
1980

Silent Joy
1986

The Sweet Time of Kalimagdora
1968
Tetované časom
1976

Concert for the survivors
1977

Prince Bajaja
1971
Ťaví zadok
1979

Lion with a White Mane
1987

Fair Play
1987

Granny
1971
Zuzana Vojířová
1983

Rusalka
1978
Šesťkrát žena
1988

The World Knows Nothing
1988

Estates confusion
1973
Netrpezlivosť srdca
1974

Zenovo vedomie
1976
Listy Juliane
1978
Rok na dedine
1968
Za frontom
1973
Pustý dvor
1979
Senzi mama
1965

Krutá ľúbosť
1978
Doktor
1973

The Southern Mail
1988
Biela stužka v tvojich vlasoch
1978

Skrytý prameň
1974
Záveje
1972
Deň slnovratu
1974

Werther
1985
Čudný človek
1976

Noc smaragdového měsíce
1985
Parížsky život
1978
Dni Turbinovcov
1976

The Deserter and the Nomads
1968
Second Love
1977
Demeterovci
1976

A Gentle Spirit
1967
Ako ostrihať manžela
1973
Záhradníkov pes
1979
Pávie pierko
1987
Úklady a láska
1971
Horacius
1980
Faidra
1980
Cesta na krvavé pole
1983
Posledný pohárik
1976
The Royal Chase
1969
Varič
1985
Uzlíky nádeje
1979
Hodina úsvitu
1975
Košatý strom plný pozorných očí
1988
Private Lives
1991
Karlovy Vary Promenades
1974
Staroružová dráma
1989

And Give My Love to the Swallows
1972
Ľahučký dych
1971
Taký obyčajný deň
1971
Pani Berta Garlanová
1989
Vážny život
1987
Elektra
1978
Apollón z Bellacu
1972
Dnes platí regulačný stupeň č. 6
1980
Jennie Gerhardtová
1980
Andrea
1973
Nečakaná návšteva
1980

Die Nacht aus Blei
1985

Maria Stuarda
1988
Malvína z Bretónska
1983
Rozvedená
1978
Blízki cudzí ľudia
1975
Môj vienok zelený
1968