Anna Geislerová, also known as Aňa Geislerová (born 17 April 1976), is a Czech actress. She became well known for her double role of Eliška/Hana in movie '' Želary'' (2003) and as Anna in '' Návrat idiota'' (1999). A former model, Geislerová made her feature film debut at age 12.

Career

Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, Geislerová's rise to national fame began at the early age of 14 when she debuted in

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's '' Requiem pro panenku'' in 1991. Since then, the country has followed her career closely, watching her metamorphose into the Czech Republic's most recognised celebrity on the small and silver screens. Her numerous acting credits include Academy Award winner

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's ''Jízda'' in 1994 as well as the film adaptation of Michal Viewegh's internationally acclaimed novel ''Výchova dívek v Čechách'' (1997). Geislerová has been nominated four times for a

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(Czech Academy Award) winning twice; first for Best Actress in 1999 for her performance in Saša Gedeon's ''

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'', and again in 2003 for

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'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

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. 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

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Personal life

Geislerová and her husband Zdeněk Janáček have a daughter Stella, and sons Bruno and Max. She has two sisters, and

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; and her aunt

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is also an actress.

Filmography

Awards

;Notes *A The award shared with co-star

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for her role of Olga in the same movie by Saša Gedeon. *B The award shared with

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for her role of Julia Lambert in ''

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'' (2004) directed by

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References

External links

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Anna Geislerová at Shooting Stars

CSFD.cz – Anna Geislerová (Czech)

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