Edit Balázsovits
| Edit Balázsovits | |
|---|---|
| Born |
13 June 1975 Budapest, Hungary |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Education | University of Theatre and Film Arts (1997) |
| Occupation | actress, singer |
Edit Balázsovits (born in Budapest, 13 June 1975–) is a Jászai Mari-Award winning Hungarian actress, singer. She starred in numerous plays, TV dramas and films, as well as many major international productions. In 2008, she was presented the Kornay Mariann-Award.
Born to an actor family in 1975, with father Lajos Balazsovits (Nagykanizsa, 4 December 1946–), Balázs Béla-Award winning Hungarian actor, theatre director and theatre manager, meritorious artist. Her mother is Éva Almási (Budapest, 5 June 1942–) Kossuth- and Jászai Mari-Award winning actress, meritorious and honorary artist.
Edit Balázsovits graduated from Városmajor Secondary Grammar School in 1993, then went on to earn her degree at the University of Theatre and Film Arts (1997), after which she had been a member of the Comedy Theatre of Budapest. She got her first leading role as an actress at the Comedy Theatre of Budapest in the fourth year of her university studies, she played the role of Natasa Rosztova in Tolstoy's War and Peace. After 2001, she became a freelance artist. She often worked together with her mother and father. In Popfestival 40, the 40th anniversary production of An Imaginary Report on an American Rock Festival (Comedy Theatre of Budapest, 2013) she played the same role as her mother did before her.
She got her first television role as a child in an episode of The Family Circle television series. Thanks to her English knowledge,later she got roles in many foreign television dramas and films shot in Hungary (A Good Day to Die Hard, 2013; Borgias, 2013; Silent Witness, 1996 – BBC series). She is also known as a dubbing actress, doing voice-over for many successful films. In 2008, she was awarded the Kornay Mariann Artistic Award for playing the role of Victoria in the musical comedy of Home and Beauty. Her life's work is acknowledged by her trade,in 2009, she got a Jászai Mari-Award. Music has always been an important part of her life, in 2009 she produced a special album entitled New Republic songs, where she sang songs written especially for her by the band Republic. After the release of the album, she toured for nearly a year with the band.
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