Monika Hilmerová | |
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Born |
Bratislava, Czechoslovakia |
October 7, 1974
Occupation | actress |
Years active | 1958-present |
Employer | , Bratislava (1990-2003) SND, Bratislava (2003-2006) SND, Bratislava (2008-present) |
Organization | VŠMU, Bratislava |
Spouse(s) | Jaroslav Bekr (2009-present) |
Children | Zara (b. 2009) Leonard (b. 2013) |
Awards |
Golfinho de Prata (2001) OTO Awards (2012) |
Website | Slovak National Theater |
Monika Hilmerová (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈmonika ˈɦilmeroʋaː]; born October 7, 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 (English: Spring of Life, 2000). The actress appears in multi-language productions, including the Czech, Slovak, English and/or German. Among others, she co-starred in the Golden Globe-nominated Uprising (2001) by Jon Avnet,Silvio Soldini's movie (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.