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Anna Geislerová
Anna Geislerová
	Geislerová in 2019
Born	17 April 1976 (age 48); Prague, Czechoslovakia
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1990–present
Spouse	Zdeněk Janáček
Children	3

Anna Geislerová, is a Czech actress. She is best known for her role of Eliška in the Academy Award-nominated movie Želary (2003) and as Anna in Návrat idiota (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 been nominated four times for a Czech Lion (Czech Academy Award) winning twice; first for Best Actress in 1999 for her performance in Saša Gedeon's The Idiot Returns, and again in 2003 for Ondřej Trojan's Želary, which was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

In 2004, she was named one as European films' Shooting Stars by European Film Promotion.^[3]

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.^[4]

Personal life

Geislerová and her husband Zdeněk Janáček have a daughter Stella, and sons Bruno and Max. She has two sisters, Lenka [cz] and Ester; 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	Queen of the Elves
1994	Jízda	Anna
1997	Výchova dívek v Čechách	Beáta
1999	Return of the Idiot	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
2019	Amnestie	Kelemenová
2020	Havel	Olga Havlová
2020	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	Czech Lion Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Návrat idiota	Won
2000	BAFICI Awards	Best Actress	Návrat idiota	Won^[A]
2004	Undine Awards	Best Young Actress in the New European Union Countries	Želary	Won
2004	Czech Lion Awards	Best Actress		Won
2005	Golden Kinnaree Awards			Won^[B]
2005	Silver Seashell Awards		Štěstí	Won
2006	Czech Lion Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Štěstí	Won
2006	Sun in a Net Awards	Best Actress	Šílení	Won^[5]
2007	Czech Lion Awards	Best Actress	Kráska v nesnázích	Won
2008		Best Supporting Actress	Medvídek	Nominated
2011		Best Actress	Občanský průkaz	Nominated
2011	Czech Film Critics' Awards		Nevinnost	Won^[6]
2012	Czech Lion Awards		Nevinnost	Won
2013			Líbánky	Nominated
2014		Best Supporting Actress	Fair Play	Nominated

Notes

A ^ The award shared with co-star Tatiana Vilhelmová for her role of Olga in the same movie by Saša Gedeon.
B ^ The award shared with Annette Bening for her role of Julia Lambert in Being Julia (2004) directed by István Szabó.

References

^ "Anna Geislerova". Film Movement. Archived from the original on 4 July 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2007.
^ Ullrichová, Šárka (2007). "Anna Geislerová Interview". Prague Compass Magazine. Archived from the original on 30 December 2007. Retrieved 30 December 2007.
^ "Anna Geislerová – Biography". IMDb. 2007. Retrieved 30 December 2007.
^ Roxborough, Scott (11 November 2009). "EFP announces 2010 Shooting Stars jury". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 17 November 2009.
^ "2006 – Winners". Slnko v sieti Awards. SFTA. slnkovsieti.sk. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
^ "Sedláček je základ, rozhodli kritici. Jeho film o tuneláři získal nejvíc cen". Hospodářské noviny (in Czech). 14 January 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2017.

External links

[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] "Anna Geislerová – Biography". IMDb. 2007. Retrieved 30 December 2007.

[4] Roxborough, Scott (11 November 2009). "EFP announces 2010 Shooting Stars jury". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 17 November 2009.

[5] "2006 – Winners". Slnko v sieti Awards. SFTA. slnkovsieti.sk. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2014.

[6] "Sedláček je základ, rozhodli kritici. Jeho film o tuneláři získal nejvíc cen". Hospodářské noviny (in Czech). 14 January 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2017.

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