Anna Geislerová Explained

Anna Geislerová
Birth Date:17 April 1976
Birth Place:Prague, Czechoslovakia
Occupation:Actress
Years Active:1990–present
Spouse:Zdeněk Janáček
Children:3

Anna Geislerová, is a Czech actress. She is best known for her role of Eliška in the Academy Award-nominated movie Želary (2003) and as Anna in Návrat idiota (1999).[1]

Career

Born in Prague in 1976, Geislerová's rise to fame began at the age of 14 when she landed the leading role in Filip Renč's Requiem pro panenku (1991). Her numerous acting credits include Jan Svěrák's Jízda in 1994 as well as the film adaptation of Michal Viewegh's acclaimed novel Výchova dívek v Čechách (1997).[2]

Geislerová has been nominated four times for a Czech Lion (Czech Academy Award) winning twice; first for Best Actress in 1999 for her performance in Saša Gedeon's The Idiot Returns, and again in 2003 for Ondřej Trojan's Želary, which was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

In 2004, she was named one as European films' Shooting Stars by European Film Promotion.[3]

Geislerová is part of the Shooting Stars jury 2010, which selected 10 European up-and-coming actors from the group of nominees for receiving the Shooting Star Award 2010 in February at the Berlin International Film Festival.[4]

Personal life

Geislerová and her husband Zdeněk Janáček have a daughter Stella, and sons Bruno and Max. She has two sisters, and Ester; and her aunt Zuzana is also an actress.

Filmography

YearTitleRole
1990 Pějme píseň dohola Tráva
1991 Requiem pro panenku Marika
1992 Přítelkyně z domu smutku Líba
1992 Fantaghirò 2 Queen of the Elves
1993 Fantaghirò 3
1994 Jízda Anna
1997 Výchova dívek v Čechách Beáta
1999 Return of the Idiot Anna
2000 Kytice Dornička / Háta
2003 Želary Eliška
2005 Something Like Happiness Dáša
Lunacy Charlotte
Sklapni a zastřel mě Líba Zemanová
2006 Kráska v nesnázích Marcela
2007 Medvídek Anna
2008 Smutek paní Šnajderové Mrs. Šnajderová
2009 The Case of Unfaithful Klara Professor Smidt
2010 Občanský průkaz Petra
2011 Nevinnost Lída
2013 Honeymoon Tereza
2014 Fair Play Irena
Až po uši Šárka
Pohádkář Dana
2016 Anthropoid Lenka Fafková
Polednice Eliška
Já, Mattoni Marie Löschnerová
Pohádky pro Emu Marie Urbanová
2017 Vilma
Vilma
Vilma
Milada Ludmila Brožová
2018 The Catcher Was a Spy Rathe
2019 The Sleepers member of the committee
Amnestie Kelemenová
2020 Havel Olga Havlová
Božena Němcová Božena Němcová
2022 The Ipcress File Dr. Polina Lavotchkin
The Knife Thrower Magda Frybová

Awards

YearAward CategoryNominated workResult
1995Czech Lion AwardsBest Actress Jízda
2000Best Supporting ActressNávrat idiota
BAFICI AwardsBest Actress
2004Undine AwardsBest Young Actress in the New European Union CountriesŽelary
Czech Lion AwardsBest Actress
2005Golden Kinnaree Awards
Silver Seashell AwardsŠtěstí
2006Czech Lion AwardsBest Supporting Actress
Sun in a Net AwardsBest ActressŠílení[5]
2007Czech Lion AwardsKráska v nesnázích
2008Best Supporting ActressMedvídek
2011Best ActressObčanský průkaz
Czech Film Critics' AwardsNevinnost[6]
2012Czech Lion Awards
2013Líbánky
2014Best Supporting ActressFair Play
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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Film Movement . Anna Geislerova . 30 December 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120704150336/http://www.filmmovement.com/filmcatalog/castandcrew.asp?CastAndCrewID=695 . 4 July 2012 . dead .
  2. Web site: Prague Compass Magazine . 2007 . Anna Geislerová Interview . Šárka . Ullrichová . Šárka Ullrichová . 30 December 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071230092238/http://www.praguenet.com/compass/number_2/feature.html. 30 December 2007 . live.
  3. Web site: . 2007 . Anna Geislerová – Biography . 30 December 2007 .
  4. Web site: . 11 November 2009 . EFP announces 2010 Shooting Stars jury . 17 November 2009 . Scott . Roxborough.
  5. Web site: 2006 – Winners. Slnko v sieti Awards. slnkovsieti.sk. SFTA. 8 July 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225132/http://www.slnkovsieti.sk/2006/drzitelia-slnka-vnbspsieti-2006/. 3 March 2016. dead.
  6. Web site: Sedláček je základ, rozhodli kritici. Jeho film o tuneláři získal nejvíc cen. cs. Hospodářské noviny. 14 January 2012. 16 October 2017.