Monika Hilmerová (), born October 7, 1974, in Bratislava, is a Slovak actress. She is a winner of the 2001 Silver Dolphin award at the annual Festroia International Film Festival in Setúbal, Portugal for Best Actress for her performance in Der Lebensborn - Pramen života (, 2000).
Hilmerová is multilingual and has acted in Czech, Slovak, English and German. Among others, she co-starred in the Golden Globe-nominated 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.
Biography She studied andragogy at the Faculty of Arts, Comenius University, while also studying acting at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. She began acting on stage at 16 years of age at the Naive Theatre Radošina, and later joined the Slovak National Theatre in 2003. She is married to Jaroslav Bekr, a dancer and choreographer, with whom she has two children.
Filmography
Feature films YearTitleDirector1984O sláve a trávePeter Solan2000Oběti a vraziAndrea SedláčkováSpring of Life - Pramen životaMilan Cieslar2002Brucio nel ventoSilvio Soldini200351 KHzJulius ŠevčíkBloodlinesRobb Williamson2007Svatba na bitevním poli aneb Hodiny před slávouDušan Klein Rozhovor s nepriateľomPatrik Lančarič2008BáthoryJuraj Jakubisko2009SuplentMartin Krejčí 2013Candidate - KandidátJonáš Karásek
Television YearTitleDirector1989Omyly tradičnej morálkyĽubo Kocka 1990Citové cvičeniaLaco Halama1991Anorexia mentalisĽuba Vančíková1993Výlety v pamätiJuraj Nvota1995Dobrá správaAnton Popovič ChichôtkaCyril Králik Zuzka TuranováĽubomír Paulovič1996Čierna ovcaJuraj NvotaModrá ružaMilan LasicaŽenský vtipJozef Banyák 1997V zajatí láskyJozefína Šujanová1998A ešte dve frašky...Emil Horváth JrKovladov darJán ChlebíkSvetloIgor KováčVšetci sú za dveramiMilan Lasica1999Prstene pre dámuYvonne Vavrová 2000Ako divé husiMartin Ťapák 2001UprisingJon AvnetVoľnomyšlienkárPeter Mikulík Vohnice a KilijánVěra Plívová-ŠimkováStrieborná HátaDrahomíra Reňáková-Králová 2004FrankensteinKevin ConnorTrautmann (Season 2)Thomas Roth2007Cudzia žena a muž pod posteľouVladimír Strnisko Světla pasážeJaromír Polišenský Ordinácia v ružovej záhradevariousTrapasy2008Devatenáct klavírůDušan Klein 2010Keby bolo keby (Season 2)Tomáš Jančo Nesmrteľnívarious2011Hoď svišťomMichal Vajdička2012PartičkaDano DanglBúrlivé vínovarious Notes A Denotes a short film. B Denotes a TV-series. C Denotes a televised theatre play. D Denotes a TV sitcom. E Denotes a talk show. F Denotes a reality show.
Awards Year Nominated work Award Category ResultCinema2001Der Lebensborn – Pramen životaFestróia IFF – Silver DolphinBest Actress Television2011HerselfOTO Awards TV Female Actor – Comedy 2012 TV Female Actor 2013 2014 OTO 20142015 OTO 2015
Discography 2008: Veľkí herci spievajú malým deťom II, CD compilation by various artists (including a book);
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External links
Monika Hilmerová by Google Images
Monika Hilmerová at Slovak Film Database