Andrea Osvárt

Andrea Osvárt
Osvárt at the 2008 Venice Film Festival
Born Andrea Klára Osvárt
(1979-04-25) 25 April 1979
Budapest, Hungary
Occupation Actress, producer, former fashion model
Years active 2000–present

Andrea Klára Osvárt (born 25 April 1979) is a Hungarian actress, film producer, and former fashion model.

Personal life

She was born in Budapest and grew up in Tamási, a small town in the south of Hungary. Her parents divorced when she was five. Her father is a veterinarian. She has four siblings: Judit, Roxána, András, and Márton. Osvárt attended N.2. Public School in Tamási, Zoltán Kodály Italian-Hungarian High School, and majored in Italian studies at the Faculty of Humanities of Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest.[1]

She is fluent in Hungarian, English and Italian, and speaks some German and French.[2]

Career

She began modeling at the age of 16 and subsequently came second in the Hungarian "Look of the Year" competition in 1996. She moved to Budapest and began modeling professionally in Europe, Asia, and North America. She has also made more than 30 television commercials.

She played a small role in the film Spy Game, which starred Robert Redford and Brad Pitt. She decided to leave behind modeling and focus on her acting career. She attended one year at the Földessy Margit Acting School in Budapest. She was later admitted in the biennial International Acting School in Rome, Italy, where she has lived since 2003. She also attended a screen-writing course at the Schilling-Moharos Screenwriter School in Hungary.[3]

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
2017Eleonoraco-writer, producerAmerican movie
2016BlindspotproducerHungarian movie
2016MadeleineproducerItalian-Hungarian movie
2016In search of FelliniCabiriaAmerican movie
2015The MannyHelenGerman movie
2015Worlds ApartEliseGreek movie
2014What Ever Happened to TimiHajnal TímeaHungarian movie
2013AftershockMonicaAmerican-Chilean movie
2012Transporter: The SeriesCarla ValeriTV series
2012ExpiredProducershort
2011Maternity BluesClara, Co-producer
2011The Sunday WomanAnna Carla DosioTV series
2010Visions of MurderAnnalisa DossiTV movie
2010The End Is My BeginningSaskia Terzani
2010The Swing GirlsAlexandra LescanoTV mini-series (two episodes: "Prima parte" and "Seconda parte")
2010Lo scandalo della Banca RomanaRenataTV mini-series
2009SisiKaiserin EugenieTV mini-series (Part 2)
2009PoligamyGirl 13
2009The ValleyGiulia
2009DuplicityStunning Blonde
2008Una piccola storiaMartina
2008SoundtrackLinda
20072061 - An exceptional yearUnna
2007Il rabdomanteHarja
2007PompeiValeriaTV mini-series
2007Two TigersGilda
2007ExodusSarahTV movie
2006The Dark SeaValentina Martini
2005CasanovaFair Haired Beautyuncredited
2005Il bell'AntonioJuliaTV mini-series
2005The ClanPatricia
2005La cacciaTaniaTV movie
2004Sara MayRagazza in corridoio
2004Diritto di difesaNadiaTV series (one episode: "La trappola")
2004SurfaceSurfaceshort
2003TeaFloristTV series (one episode: "Romantika")
2003KistestvérOrsolya Kalmár
2001Spy GameMuir's Cousinuncredited
2001Első generációCsillaTV series (episodes #1.6-10)
2000Contaminated ManHotel Maid

Television

  • First Generation, directed by Szilard Szabo (2001)
  • Tea, directed by Gabor Herendi (sitcom; 2003)
  • Right of Defense, directed by Gianfranco Lazotti and Donatella Majorca (television episode: "The Trap"; 2004)
  • Hunting, directed by Massimo Spano (2005)
  • The bell'Antonio, directed by Maurizio Zaccaro (2005)
  • Exodus - Dreams of Ada, directed by Gianluigi Calderone (2006)
  • Pompeii, directed by Giulio Base (2006)
  • 58th Festival di Sanremo (2008), with Pippo Baudo, Piero Chiambretti and Bianca Guaccero (co-host)
  • The scandal of the Banca Romana, directed by Stefano Reali (2009)
  • Sissi, directed by Xaver Schwarzenberger (2009)

Prizes and awards

  • Golden Globes, Italy (2012) European Golden Globe for Maternity Blues
  • Silver Ribbons, Italy (2012) Biraghi Award as Best Young Actress for Maternity Blues
  • International Flaiano Awards (2011) Best Actress for The Swing Girls
  • Monte-Carlo Television Festival (2011) Best Actress for The Swing Girls (shared with Lotte Verbeek & Elise Schaap)
  • Filmspray (2009) — Best Actress for Il rabdomante, which won the prize for Best Film
  • Pro Urbe Tamási (2009) — award for activities in favor of the Hungarian town
  • WIFI (Women In Film Italy) Award (2007) — Best Newcomer

References

  1. ↑ http://celebritydays.com/andrea-osvart-profile-and-biography.html
  2. ↑ Andrea Osvárt on IMDb (bio)
  3. ↑ http://www.andreaosvart.com/bio
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