Simona Stašová

Simona Stašová
Stašová in 2013
Born (1955-03-19) 19 March 1955 (age 69)
Prague, Czechoslovakia
OccupationActress
Years active1973–present
Parent(s)Jiřina Bohdalová (mother), Břetislav Staš (father)

Simona Stašová (born 19 March 1955) is a Czech stage, filmm and television actress. Since making her theatre debut in 1976, she has acted on stage in theatres and appeared in numerous films and television productions. Stašová has won multiple awards for her acting, both inside her native Czech Republic and internationally.

Career

Stašová studied at the Faculty of Theatre in Prague. After graduating, she acted at the Jihočeské divadlo [cs] in České Budějovice in 1976 before moving to Divadlo E. F. Buriana [cs] in Prague between 1977 and 1991.[1]

Stašová was nominated for an Elsa television award in 2004, for her role in the Česká televize production Místo nahoře.[2] At the 2007 Thalia Awards she won the category of Best Actress in a Play, for her performance of the role of Evy Meara in a production of Neil Simon's The Gingerbread Lady (Czech: Drobečky z perníku) at the Antonín Dvořák Theatre in Příbram.[3] Stašová was named Actress of the Year at the 2014 TýTý Awards.[4] At the 2014 Tiburon Film Festival, Stašová was named winner in the Best Actress category for her role in the 2013 television movie Sebemilenec.[1] She was also awarded for the same role, winning at the Seoul International Drama Awards in 2015.[5][unreliable source?][6]

Personal life

Stašová is the daughter of Czech actress Jiřina Bohdalová and Břetislav Staš, who are divorced.[7][8] She has been married three times: to Czech actor Pavel Trávníček, Italian professor Eusebio Ciccotti and Czech actor Pavel Skřípal. Stašová has two sons, Marek and Vojta, from her marriages to Ciccotti and Skřípal respectively.[9]

Selected filmography

Films

Television

Awards and nominations

Year Association Category Work Result
2004 Elsa Awards Best Actress in an Original Television Drama[2] Místo nahoře Nominated
2005 Czech Lion Awards Best Supporting Actress[10] Román pro ženy Nominated
2007 Thalia Awards Best Actress in a Play[3] The Gingerbread Lady Won
2014 TýTý Awards Actress of the Year[4] Won
Tiburon Film Festival Best Actress[1] Sebemilenec Won
2015 Seoul International Drama Awards Best Actress[6] Won

References

  1. ^ a b c "Po stopách hvězd: Simona Stašová" (in Czech). Czech Television. 30 August 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Český lev má sestru. Televizní Elsu". Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech). Mafra. 5 October 2004. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Ceny Thálie převzali herci Erik Pardus a Simona Stašová". ČT24 (in Czech). Czech Television. 30 March 2008. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Tentokrát jsem to opravdu čekal, komentoval vítězství v TýTý Karel Gott". Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech). Mafra. 11 April 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  5. ^ "Winners of the 10th Seoul Drama Awards 2015 Announced". Soompi. 10 September 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Obrazem: Stašová v Soulu vyhrála mezinárodní cenu pro nejlepší herečku". Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech). Mafra. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  7. ^ "Bohdalová myslí na závěť, dcera Stašová bude dědit diamanty". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Borgis. 22 December 2009. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  8. ^ "Na seriály nejsem. Vydělat si nepotřebuju a před kamerou už jsem byla, říká Simona Stašová". Czech Radio (in Czech). 14 May 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  9. ^ "Milování je pro ženu v pozdním věku malér, připouští Simona Stašová". Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech). Mafra. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  10. ^ "Nomináciám na Českého leva kraľuje Štěstí". Pravda (in Slovak). 2 February 2006. Retrieved 3 October 2017.