Monika Hilmerová
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Monika Hilmerová (ˈmonica ˈhilmerovaː; born October 10, 1974 in ČSSR
) is a Slovak
actress
. She is a winner of the Silver Dolphin award received in 2001 at the annual Festroia International Film Festival
in Setúbal
, Portugal
as the Best Actress for her performance in Der Lebensborn
- Pramen života (Spring of Life, 2000).
The actress appears in multi-language productions, including the Czech
, Slovak
, English
and/or German
. Amongs other, she co-starred in Golden Globe-nominee Uprising
(2001) by Jon Avnet
, Silvio Soldini
's movie Brucio nel vento (2002) (e.g. Nastro d'Argento
award, BM IFF award and/or Flaiano FF
award) and the U.S.
Emmy Award
-winning TV-miniseries Frankenstein
(2004) by Kevin Connor
. In March 2010, the actress was named a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.
of the former country Czechoslovakia
. She studied andragogy
at the Faculty of Arts
, Comenius University
, while also acting at the Academy of Performing Arts
; both in Bratislava. Already as sixteen, she played on the stage
of the Naive Theatre Radošina. Later on, she joined the scene of the Slovak National Theatre
in 2003. The actress is married for a dancer/choreographer Jaroslav Bekr, with whom she has a daughter, Zara.
Notes
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....
) is a 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...
actress
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. She is a winner of the Silver Dolphin award received in 2001 at the annual Festroia International Film Festival
Festroia International Film Festival
The Festróia Festival Internacional de Cinema de Tróia is an annual film festival that takes place in Setúbal, Portugal since 1985.The festival's competitive section is open to films from countries producing less than 30 features per year...
in Setúbal
Setúbal
Setúbal is the main city in Setúbal Municipality in Portugal with a total area of 172.0 km² and a total population of 118,696 inhabitants in the municipality. The city proper has 89,303 inhabitants....
, Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
as the Best Actress for her performance in Der Lebensborn
Lebensborn
Lebensborn was a Nazi programme set up by SS leader Heinrich Himmler that provided maternity homes and financial assistance to the wives of SS members and to unmarried mothers, and also ran orphanages and relocation programmes for children.Initially set up in Germany in 1935, Lebensborn expanded...
- Pramen života (Spring of Life, 2000).
The actress appears in multi-language productions, including the Czech
Czech language
Czech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czechs worldwide. The language was known as Bohemian in English until the late 19th century...
, Slovak
Slovak language
Slovak , is an Indo-European language that belongs to the West Slavic languages .Slovak is the official language of Slovakia, where it is spoken by 5 million people...
, English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
and/or German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
. Amongs other, she co-starred in Golden Globe-nominee Uprising
Uprising (film)
Uprising is a 2001 war/drama television movie about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The film was directed by Jon Avnet and written by Avnet and Paul Brickman...
(2001) by Jon Avnet
Jon Avnet
Jonathan Michael "Jon" Avnet is an American director, writer and producer.-Early life:Avnet was born in Brooklyn, the son of Joan Bertha and Lester Francis Avnet, a corporate executive and electronics distributor. He attended Great Neck North High School in Great Neck, New York...
, Silvio Soldini
Silvio Soldini
Silvio Soldini is an Italian film director.Soldini has received 11 awards in his career as of June 2007 and 14 nominations.-Filmography:*Drimage *Paesaggio con figure *Giulia in ottobre...
's movie Brucio nel vento (2002) (e.g. Nastro d'Argento
Nastro d'Argento
The Nastro d'Argento is a movie award assigned each year, since 1946, for cinematic performances and production by Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani, the association of Italian film critics...
award, BM IFF award and/or Flaiano FF
Flaiano Film Festival
The Flaiano Film Festival is one of Italy International Film Festivals. It involves a lot because the city is conducted through a survey that takes about one month , with the presentation of films in competition and out of competition, allowing the participation of thousands of spectators...
award) and the U.S.
United States
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Emmy Award
Primetime Emmy Award
The Primetime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of excellence in American primetime television programming...
-winning TV-miniseries Frankenstein
Frankenstein (US TV miniseries)
Frankenstein is a 2004 U.S. television miniseries based on the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. It follows the original book more closely than other adaptions.The miniseries was edited into a film.-DVD:...
(2004) by Kevin Connor
Kevin Connor (director)
Kevin Connor is an English film and television director currently based in Hollywood.Connor was born in London on the 24 of September 1937 and grew up during the 2nd World War...
. In March 2010, the actress was named a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.
Biography
Hilmerová was born in the Slovak capitalBratislava
Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 431,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two independent countries.Bratislava...
of the former country Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
. She studied andragogy
Andragogy
Andragogy consists of learning strategies focused on adults. It is often interpreted as the process of engaging adult learners with the structure of learning experience. The term ‘andragogy’ has been used in different times and countries with various connotations. Nowadays there exist mainly three...
at the Faculty of Arts
Faculty of Arts
The Faculty of Arts was one of the four traditional divisions of the teaching bodies of medieval universities, the others being Theology, Law and Medicine...
, Comenius University
Comenius University in Bratislava
Comenius University in Bratislava is the largest university in Slovakia, with most of its faculties located in Bratislava. It was founded in 1919, shortly after the creation of Czechoslovakia. It is named after Jan Amos Comenius, a 17th century Czech teacher and philosopher.In 2006, Comenius...
, while also acting at the Academy of Performing Arts
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...
; both in Bratislava. Already as sixteen, she played 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...
of the Naive Theatre Radošina. Later on, she joined the scene 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...
in 2003. The actress is married for a dancer/choreographer Jaroslav Bekr, with whom she has a daughter, Zara.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| Cinema | ||
| 1984 | O sláve a tráve | Peter Solan |
| 2000 | Oběti a vrazi | Andrea Sedláčková |
| Der Lebensborn Lebensborn Lebensborn was a Nazi programme set up by SS leader Heinrich Himmler that provided maternity homes and financial assistance to the wives of SS members and to unmarried mothers, and also ran orphanages and relocation programmes for children.Initially set up in Germany in 1935, Lebensborn expanded... - Pramen života |
Milan Cieslar | |
| 2002 | Brucio nel vento | Silvio Soldini Silvio Soldini Silvio Soldini is an Italian film director.Soldini has received 11 awards in his career as of June 2007 and 14 nominations.-Filmography:*Drimage *Paesaggio con figure *Giulia in ottobre... |
| 2003 | 51 KHz | Julius Ševčík |
| Bloodlines | Robb Williamson | |
| 2007 | Svatba na bitevním poli aneb Hodiny před slávou | Dušan Klein |
| Rozhovor s nepriateľom | Patrik Lančarič | |
| 2008 | Bathory | Juraj Jakubisko Juraj Jakubisko Juraj Jakubisko is a Slovak film director. In his movies he managed to catch life's most beautiful colors, unhinge the poetry behind the ordinary and to be ahead of his time without forgetting his roots.... |
| 2009 | Suplent | Martin Krejčí |
| Television | ||
| 1989 | Omyly tradičnej morálky | Ľubo Kocka |
| 1990 | Citové cvičenia | Laco Halama |
| 1991 | Anorexia mentalis | Ľuba Vančíková |
| 1993 | Výlety v pamäti | Juraj Nvota |
| 1995 | Dobrá správa | Anton Popovič |
| Chichôtka | Cyril Králik | |
| Zuzka Turanová | Ľubomír Paulovič | |
| 1996 | Čierna ovca | Juraj Nvota |
| Modrá ruža | Milan Lasica | |
| Ženský vtip | Jozef Banyák | |
| 1997 | V zajatí lásky | Jozefína Šujanová |
| 1998 | A ešte dve frašky... | Emil Horváth Jr |
| Kovladov dar | Ján Chlebík | |
| Svetlo | Igor Kováč | |
| 1999 | Prstene pre dámu | Yvonne Vavrová |
| 2000 | Ako divé husi | Martin Ťapák |
| 2001 | Uprising Uprising (film) Uprising is a 2001 war/drama television movie about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The film was directed by Jon Avnet and written by Avnet and Paul Brickman... |
Jon Avnet Jon Avnet Jonathan Michael "Jon" Avnet is an American director, writer and producer.-Early life:Avnet was born in Brooklyn, the son of Joan Bertha and Lester Francis Avnet, a corporate executive and electronics distributor. He attended Great Neck North High School in Great Neck, New York... |
| Voľnomyšlienkár | Peter Mikulík | |
| Vohnice a Kiliján | Věra Plívová-Šimková | |
| Strieborná Háta | Drahomíra Reňáková-Králová | |
| 2004 | Frankenstein Frankenstein (US TV miniseries) Frankenstein is a 2004 U.S. television miniseries based on the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. It follows the original book more closely than other adaptions.The miniseries was edited into a film.-DVD:... |
Kevin Connor Kevin Connor Kevin Connor may refer to:*Kevin Connor , film and TV director*Kevin Connor , Australian... |
| Trautmann (Season 2) | Thomas Roth | |
| 2007 | Cudzia žena a muž pod posteľou | Vladimír Strnisko |
| Světla pasáže | Jaromír Polišenský | |
| Ordinácia v ružovej záhrade | various | |
| Trapasy | ||
| 2008 | Devatenáct klavírů | Dušan Klein |
| 2010 | Keby bolo keby (Season 2) | Tomáš Jančo |
| Nesmrteľní | various | |
| 2011 | Hoď svišťom | Michal Vajdička |
Notes
- A Denotes a short film.
- B Denotes a TV-series.
- C Denotes a televised theatre play.
- D Denotes a TV sitcom.
Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cinema | |||||
| 2001 | Silver Dolphin | Best Actress | Der Lebensborn Lebensborn Lebensborn was a Nazi programme set up by SS leader Heinrich Himmler that provided maternity homes and financial assistance to the wives of SS members and to unmarried mothers, and also ran orphanages and relocation programmes for children.Initially set up in Germany in 1935, Lebensborn expanded... - Pramen života |
||
Discography
- 2008: Veľkí herci spievajú malým deťom II, CDCompact DiscThe Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
compilationCompilation albumA compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
by various artists (including a book); ISBNInternational Standard Book NumberThe International Standard Book Number is a unique numeric commercial book identifier based upon the 9-digit Standard Book Numbering code created by Gordon Foster, Emeritus Professor of Statistics at Trinity College, Dublin, for the booksellers and stationers W.H...
: 978-80-969830-1-8
External links
- Monika Hilmerová gallery by Google Images