Dagmar Havlová
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Dagmar Havlová

Czech actress (born 1953)

Dagmar Havlová (née Veškrnová; (1953-03-22)22 March 1953) is a Czech actress and former First Lady of the Czech Republic. She has appeared in over 50 films and made hundreds of television appearances.2

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Born Mar 22, 1953.1

About

She became First Lady upon marrying Václav Havel, the former Czech President, on 4 January 1997.

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Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedJanáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts3 4

Havlová was born to Markéta Veškrnová and harmonist Karel Veškrna on 22 March 1953 in Brno. She graduated from the Brno Conservatory in 1971. In 1975, she graduated with the title of "Magister artis" (equivalent to Master of Fine Arts) from the Janáček Academy of Musical Arts. In 1976 she married her first husband Radvít Novák, with whom she has a daughter, Nina. The marriage lasted five years.

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Career

Occupation: film actor, stage actor, television actor, actor.4 10

She made her debut on film in the 1974 Juraj Herz film Girls from the Crockery Shop. She made over 50 film appearances by 1996, as well as almost 200 appearances on television. In 2011 she was part of the cast in her husband Václav Havel's directorial debut Leaving, based on his play of the same name. In 2014 Havlová was named Best Actress, as well as the overall winner, of the TýTý television awards.

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Personal life

  • BornMar 22, 1953, Husovice11 12
  • CitizenshipCzech Republic13
  • SpousesRadvít Novák 1975 to 198014 15; Václav Havel 1997 to 201114 16

Awards

  • 2013TýTý17
  • 1997Supreme Order of the Renaissance17
  • Date not recordedOrder of the Smile17