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Anna Geislerová

Anna Geislerová is a Czech actress. The recipient of five Czech Lion awards, three for Best Leading Actress and a further two for Best Supporting Actress, Geislerová is best known for her role of Eliška in the Academy Award-nominated movie Želary (2003) and as Anna in The Idiot Returns (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 won multiple Czech Lion awards. She won Best Supporting Actress in 2000 for her performance in Saša Gedeon's The Idiot Returns,[3] before winning Best Leading Actress in 2004 for Ondřej Trojan's Želary,[4] which was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 2006 Geislerová again won a Czech Lion, this time for Best Supporting Actress in the film Something Like Happiness.[5] The following year she won a Best Leading Actress Czech Lion for her performance in Kráska v nesnázích.[6] She received her fifth Czech Lion award overall, after winning Best Leading Actress at the 2012 ceremony, for Innocence directed by Jan Hřebejk.[7]

In 2004, she was named one as European films' Shooting Stars by European Film Promotion.[8]

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.[9]

Personal life

Geislerová has three children from her former marriage to Zdeněk Janáček, a daughter Stella, and sons Bruno and Max.[10] She has two sisters, Lenka [cs] and Ester;[11] and her aunt Zuzana is also an actress.

Filmography

Year Title Role
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 The Idiot Returns 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 Zahradnictví: Rodinný přítel Vilma
Zahradnictví: Dezertér Vilma
Zahradnictví: Nápadník 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
TBA The Knife Thrower Magda Frybová

Awards

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
1995 Czech Lion Awards Best Actress Jízda Nominated
2000 Best Supporting Actress Návrat idiota Won
BAFICI Awards Best Actress Won[A]
2004 Undine Awards Best Young Actress in the New European Union Countries Želary Won
Czech Lion Awards Best Actress Won
2005 Golden Kinnaree Awards Won[B]
Silver Seashell Awards Štěstí Won
2006 Czech Lion Awards Best Supporting Actress Won
Sun in a Net Awards Best Actress Šílení Won[12]
2007 Czech Lion Awards Kráska v nesnázích Won
2008 Best Supporting Actress Medvídek Nominated
2011 Best Actress Občanský průkaz Nominated
Czech Film Critics' Awards Nevinnost Won[13]
2012 Czech Lion Awards Won
2013 Líbánky Nominated
2014 Best Supporting Actress Fair Play Nominated
Notes

References

  1. ^ "Anna Geislerova". Film Movement. Archived from the original on 4 July 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2007.
  2. ^ Ullrichová, Šárka (2007). "Anna Geislerová Interview". Prague Compass Magazine. Archived from the original on 30 December 2007. Retrieved 30 December 2007.
  3. ^ "Nejlepším filmem se stal Návrat idiota". idnes.cz (in Czech). 6 March 2000. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
  4. ^ Himalová, Evelina (8 March 2004). "Český lev se nenudil". Czech Radio (in Czech). Retrieved 4 April 2025.
  5. ^ Dvořáček, Marek (25 February 2006). "Český lev zařval sedmkrát Štěstím". idnes.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 4 April 2025.
  6. ^ "Českého lva získal snímek Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále". Hospodářské noviny (in Czech). 4 March 2007. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
  7. ^ Kořínek, Petr (4 March 2012). "Anna Geislerová: Lev skončí ve zděném výklenku". idnes.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 4 April 2025.
  8. ^ "Anna Geislerová – Biography". IMDb. 2007. Retrieved 30 December 2007.
  9. ^ Roxborough, Scott (11 November 2009). "EFP announces 2010 Shooting Stars jury". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 17 November 2009.
  10. ^ Durčák, Tomáš (9 March 2025). "Aňa Geislerová na Lvech zaujala. Do společnosti vyvedla 17letou osobitou dceru Stellu". Prima (in Czech). Retrieved 4 April 2025.
  11. ^ Kadlecová, Kateřina (20 October 2020). "Tři sestry Geislerovy: Máma od rodiny Lenka, labilní Aňa a magor Ester". Reflex (in Czech). Retrieved 4 April 2025.
  12. ^ "2006 – Winners". Slnko v sieti Awards. SFTA. slnkovsieti.sk. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  13. ^ "Sedláček je základ, rozhodli kritici. Jeho film o tuneláři získal nejvíc cen". Hospodářské noviny (in Czech). 14 January 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2017.