Ingrid Timková
Encyclopedia
Ingrid Timková is a Slovak
actress. She is most notable for appearing in the first Czecho
-Slovak
film
produced after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia
, Anjel Milosrdenstva (The Angel of Mercy, 1993), directed by Miloslav Luther. The role of Anežka brought Timková the Magnolia Award at the 5th Shanghai TV Festival
in 1994 as Best Actress in a Television Film.
, formerly Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
, as the second descendent of then mother-teacher and father who was a device/traffic chief. She attended the Gymnasium
(class of 85') in Trebišov
, and continued with study of acting
at the Slovak Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava
. As a protégée of director Vladimír Strnisko, she became a member of the Slovak National Theatre
's ensemble after graduating in 1990. Along with playing on the stage
, she developed her film career mainly on TV
. She made her debut on television in Zázračná ihla (1988) by Ján Chlebík. In addition, she would take part in other over twenty TV play
s, some of which included TV series. On the screen
, Timková was casted occasionally; overall in five productions. Since the new millennium, the actress is more active in instructing
students at the Faculty of Theatre of her former college. Once she also tried a theatre direction
(with Sam Shepard
's play Fool for Love
, 2004) in Bratislava City Theatre. She has an older brother. Timková is single and chidlless.
Notes
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
actress. She is most notable for appearing in the first Czecho
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
-Slovak
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
produced after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia
Dissolution of Czechoslovakia
The dissolution of Czechoslovakia, which took effect on 1 January 1993, was an event that saw the self-determined separation of the federal state of Czechoslovakia. The Czech Republic and Slovakia, entities which had arisen in 1969 within the framework of Czechoslovak federalisation, became...
, Anjel Milosrdenstva (The Angel of Mercy, 1993), directed by Miloslav Luther. The role of Anežka brought Timková the Magnolia Award at the 5th Shanghai TV Festival
Shanghai Television Festival
The Shanghai Television Festival It awards several "Magnolia" Awards for best television film, best television series, best director, best actor/actress, and other categories, as well as a "Special Jury Award."Since 2004, STVF added animation category....
in 1994 as Best Actress in a Television Film.
Biography
Timková was born in SečovceSecovce
Sečovce is a town in the Trebišov District in the Košice Region of south-eastern Slovakia.-History:The town was first mentioned in year 1255 in the list of king Béla IV of Hungary. In 1494 was built Roman Catholic church in Gothic architecture style. Since 15th century started gradual development...
, formerly Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
The Czechoslovak Socialist Republic was the official name of Czechoslovakia from 1960 until end of 1989 , a Soviet satellite state of the Eastern Bloc....
, as the second descendent of then mother-teacher and father who was a device/traffic chief. She attended the Gymnasium
Gymnasium (school)
A gymnasium is a type of school providing secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English grammar schools or sixth form colleges and U.S. college preparatory high schools. The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, meaning a locality for both physical and intellectual...
(class of 85') in Trebišov
Trebišov
Trebišov is a small industrial town in the easternmost part of Slovakia, with a population of around 23,000. The town is an administrative, economic and cultural center with machine and building materials industries.-History:...
, and continued with study of acting
Acting
Acting is the work of an actor or actress, which is a person in theatre, television, film, or any other storytelling medium who tells the story by portraying a character and, usually, speaking or singing the written text or play....
at the Slovak Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava
Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava
The Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava is a university founded on June 9, 1949.The university consists of three faculties:*Theatre Faculty...
. As a protégée of director Vladimír Strnisko, she became a member of the Slovak National Theatre
Slovak National Theatre
The Slovak National Theatre denotes:* the oldest Slovak professional theatre consisting of 3 ensembles ,* a Neo-Renaissance theatre building in the Old Town of Bratislava, Slovakia, which formerly housed two of the theatre's ensembles , and* the theatre's large modern theatre building in...
's ensemble after graduating in 1990. Along with playing on the stage
Stage (theatre)
In theatre or performance arts, the stage is a designated space for the performance productions. The stage serves as a space for actors or performers and a focal point for the members of the audience...
, she developed her film career mainly on TV
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
. She made her debut on television in Zázračná ihla (1988) by Ján Chlebík. In addition, she would take part in other over twenty TV play
Television play
From the 1950s until the early 1980s, the television play was a popular television programming genre in the United Kingdom, with a shorter span in the United States. The genre was often associated with the social realist-influenced British drama style known as "kitchen sink realism", which depicted...
s, some of which included TV series. On the screen
Movie theater
A movie theater, cinema, movie house, picture theater, film theater is a venue, usually a building, for viewing motion pictures ....
, Timková was casted occasionally; overall in five productions. Since the new millennium, the actress is more active in instructing
Teacher
A teacher or schoolteacher is a person who provides education for pupils and students . The role of teacher is often formal and ongoing, carried out at a school or other place of formal education. In many countries, a person who wishes to become a teacher must first obtain specified professional...
students at the Faculty of Theatre of her former college. Once she also tried a theatre direction
Theatre direction
A theatre director or stage director is a practitioner in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production by unifying various endeavours and aspects of production...
(with Sam Shepard
Sam Shepard
Sam Shepard is an American playwright, actor, and television and film director. He is the author of several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs, and received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1979 for his play Buried Child...
's play Fool for Love
Fool for Love (play)
Fool for Love is a play written by American playwright/actor Sam Shepard.-Plot:The "fools" in the play are battling lovers at a Mojave Desert motel. May is hiding out at said motel when an old childhood friend and old flame, Eddie. Eddie tries to convince May to come back home with him and live in...
, 2004) in Bratislava City Theatre. She has an older brother. Timková is single and chidlless.
Filmography
| Cinema | ||||
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| Year | Title | Director | ||
| 1991 | Skús ma objať | Miloslav Luther | ||
| 1993 | Anjel milosrdenstva | |||
| 1999 | Návrat ztraceného ráje | Vojtěch Jasný Vojtech Jasný Vojtěch Jasný is a Czech director who came to prominence in the sixties. He won a Cannes Special Jury Prize for Až přijde kocour/The Cassandra Cat .... |
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| 2004 | Horem pádem | Jan Hřebejk Jan Hrebejk Jan Hřebejk is a Czech film director.-Early life and education:Born in Prague, Hřebejk studied together with his classmate Petr Jarchovský at high school. Now Jarchovsky is a frequent collaborator as a screenwriter... |
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| 2006 | Jak se krotí krokodýli | Marie Poledňáková | ||
| Television | ||||
| 1988 | Zázračná ihla | Ján Chlebík | ||
| Chlapci a chlapi | Evžen Sokolovský | |||
| 1989 | Staroružová dráma | Vido Horňák | ||
| 1991 | Jacobowski a plukovník | Martin Huba | ||
| Lorenzaccio | Miloslav Luther | |||
| Rozruch na onkológii | Ľuba Velecká | |||
| Dobrodinec | Ján Zeman | |||
| 1992 | Výstrel na Bonaparta | |||
| Kaviareň Lýra | Jozef Bednárik | |||
| 1993 | K.O. | Ľuba Velecká | ||
| Zurvalec | Vladimír Strnisko | |||
| 1994 | Hra o láske a smrti | Martin Huba | ||
| O Jankovi kľúčiarovi | Igor Kováč | |||
| Konec velkých prázdnin | Miloslav Luther | |||
| 1995 | Duchovo nájomné | Ján Zeman | ||
| Anatol | Vladimír Strnisko | |||
| Komorný spevák | ||||
| 1996 | Námluvy | |||
| 1997 | Legenda Emöke | Vojtěch Štursa | ||
| Scenár | Igor Kováč | |||
| 1998 | Svetlo | |||
| Knieža | Martin Kákoš | |||
| 2006 | Swingtime | Jaromír Polišenský | ||
| 2007 | Mačka na horúcej plechovej streche Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a play by Tennessee Williams. One of Williams's best-known works and his personal favorite, the play won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1955... |
Martin Kákoš | ||
- A A TV version of the movie consisted of two episodes.
- B The work was ranked by the USUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
online database IMDbInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...
as the 47th Worst English-Language Film with the country of origin Czech Republic. - C Denotes a TV series.
- D Denotes a televised theatre play.
Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cinema | |||||
| 1995 | Czech Lion Czech Lion The Czech Lion awards are annual awards that recognize accomplishments in filmmaking and television. It is the highest award of achievement in film awarded in the Czech Republic... |
Best Actress | Anjel milosrdenstva | ||
| 2005 | Best Supporting Actress | Horem pádem | |||
| Television | |||||
| 1994 | Magnolia Award | Best Actress | Anjel milosrdenstva | ||
| Stage | |||||
| 2005 | DOSKY Award Dosky Awards The Dosky Awards are presented annually for achievements in Slovak theatre. The winners are selected by vote by theatre critics. Recent winners in the principal categories have been as follows.-Best Actress:... |
Best Actress | Ignorant a Šialenec (by Thomas Bernhard Thomas Bernhard Thomas Bernhard was an Austrian novelist, playwright and poet. Bernhard, whose body of work has been called "the most significant literary achievement since World War II," is widely considered to be one of the most important German-speaking authors of the postwar era.- Life :Thomas Bernhard was... ) |
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| Literature Fund Reward | Outstanding Performance | ||||
| Crystal Wing | Theater and Audiovisual Art | ||||
Notes
- E Anjel Milosrdenstva was produced by Slovak Television in co-production with Czech TelevisionCeská televizeČeská televize is the public television broadcaster in the Czech Republic, broadcasting four channels.- Czechoslovak Television :Television in Czechoslovakia started to take its first steps before World War II. However, before visible results could be achieved, all activities were interrupted by...
and ARS Media. As such it was classified as a TV film. As a result of being also screened in the country of its origin, the title was accepted for the Czech LionCzech LionThe Czech Lion awards are annual awards that recognize accomplishments in filmmaking and television. It is the highest award of achievement in film awarded in the Czech Republic...
ceremony, which awards mainly feature lengthFeature lengthFeature length is motion picture terminology referring to the length of a feature film. According to the rules of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, a feature length motion picture must have a running time of more than 40 minutes to be eligible for an Academy Award.The term may also...
films. - F Won Ivana Chýlková for her role of Olga in Díky za každé nové ráno (1994), directed by Milan Šteindler.
- G Won Klára Melíšková for her role of Zdena in Mistři (2004), directed by Marek Najbrt.
- H Literature Fund Rewards are usually given to a large number of stage actors and/or directors at the same time, each calendar year in Slovakia.