Andrea Klára Osvárt (born 25 April 1979) is a Hungarian

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, film producer, and former

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Personal life

She was born in

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and grew up in

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, 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,

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Italian-Hungarian High School, and majored in Italian studies at the Faculty of Humanities of

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, Budapest. She is fluent in Hungarian, English and Italian, and speaks some German and French.

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 ''

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'', which starred

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and

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. She decided to leave behind modeling and focus on her acting career. She attended one year at the ''Földessy Margit Acting School'' in

. She was later admitted in the biennial International Acting School in

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, Italy, where she has lived since 2003. She also attended a screen-writing course at the Schilling-Moharos Screenwriter School in Hungary. The 2018 short film, ''Susotázs'', in which she plays, made the Oscar Shortlist in the Live Action Short Film category for the

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. Since 2012, she has been the managing director of Amego Film Kft. From 2020 – 2021, she was Community Chief Patron at the Margit Negyed Programme in the 2nd District Municipality of Budapest.
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Filmography

Acting Producing Adventures Italian Style (2021), HBO, Italy, Executive Producer Tékasztorik 2 (2020) Co-Executive Producer Natale a 5 stelle (2018) - Netflix Berta Molnar, Line Producer Remélem legközelebb sikerül meghalnod:) (2018) Co-Producer Földiek (2017) (Short) - Co-Producer Eleonora(2017) Actress, Producer Vakfolt (2017) Line Producer, Producer Emma (2016) (Short) - Producer Madeleine (2015) Line Producer, Producer Yes (2013) (Short) - Woman, Producer Maternity Blues (2011) Clara, Producer Expired (2011) (Short) - Producer Above the Clouds (2018– ) (TV Series) - Co-Executive Producer

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) * Sanremo Music Festival 2008, 58th Festival di Sanremo (2008), with

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, 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

References

External links

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Official Website
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