Andrea Osvárt
Andrea Klára Osvárt (born 25 April 1979) is a Hungarian actress, film producer, and former fashion model.
Andrea Osvárt | |
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 Osvárt at the 2008 Venice Film Festival | |
| Born | Andrea Klára Osvárt 25 April 1979 |
| Occupation | Actress, producer, former fashion model |
| Years active | 2000–present |
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]
The 2018 short film, Susotázs, in which she plays, made the Oscar Shortlist in the Live Action Short Film category for the 91st Academy Awards.[4]
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Natale a cinque stelle | Berta Molnar | Italian movie; comedy genre. |
| 2018 | Susotázs | Lady | short |
| 2017 | Eleonora | co-writer, producer | American movie |
| 2016 | Blindspot | producer | Hungarian movie |
| 2016 | Madeleine | producer | Italian-Hungarian movie |
| 2016 | In search of Fellini | Cabiria | American movie |
| 2015 | The Manny | Helen | German movie |
| 2015 | Worlds Apart | Elise | Greek movie |
| 2014 | What Ever Happened to Timi | Hajnal Tímea | Hungarian movie |
| 2013 | Aftershock | Monica | American-Chilean movie |
| 2012 | Transporter: The Series | Carla Valeri | TV series |
| 2012 | Expired | Producer | short |
| 2011 | Maternity Blues | Clara, Co-producer | |
| 2011 | The Sunday Woman | Anna Carla Dosio | TV series |
| 2010 | Visions of Murder | Annalisa Dossi | TV movie |
| 2010 | The End Is My Beginning | Saskia Terzani | |
| 2010 | The Swing Girls | Alexandra Lescano | TV mini-series (two episodes: "Prima parte" and "Seconda parte") |
| 2010 | Lo scandalo della Banca Romana | Renata | TV mini-series |
| 2009 | Sisi | Kaiserin Eugenie | TV mini-series (Part 2) |
| 2009 | Poligamy | Girl 13 | |
| 2009 | The Valley | Giulia | |
| 2009 | Duplicity | Stunning Blonde | |
| 2008 | Una piccola storia | Martina | |
| 2008 | Soundtrack | Linda | |
| 2007 | 2061: An Exceptional Year | Unna | |
| 2007 | Il rabdomante | Harja | |
| 2007 | Pompei | Valeria | TV mini-series |
| 2007 | Two Tigers | Gilda | |
| 2007 | Exodus | Sarah | TV movie |
| 2006 | The Dark Sea | Valentina Martini | |
| 2005 | Casanova | Fair Haired Beauty | uncredited |
| 2005 | Il bell'Antonio | Julia | TV mini-series |
| 2005 | The Clan | Patricia | |
| 2005 | La caccia | Tania | TV movie |
| 2004 | Sara May | Ragazza in corridoio | |
| 2004 | Diritto di difesa | Nadia | TV series (one episode: "La trappola") |
| 2004 | Surface | Surface | short |
| 2003 | Tea | Florist | TV series (one episode: "Romantika") |
| 2003 | Kistestvér | Orsolya Kalmár | |
| 2001 | Spy Game | Muir's Cousin | uncredited |
| 2001 | Első generáció | Csilla | TV series (episodes #1.6-10) |
| 2000 | Contaminated Man | Hotel 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
