Ingrid Timková (born 17 January 1967) is a Slovak

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. She is most notable for appearing in the first

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- Slovak

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produced in 1993 after the

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, ''Anjel Milosrdenstva'' (), directed by Miloslav Luther. The role of Anežka brought Timková the Magnolia Award at the 5th Shanghai TV Festival in 1994 as Best Actress in a

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Biography

Timková was born in

Sečovce Sečovce (; ; ) is a town in the Trebišov District in the Košice Region of south-eastern Slovakia. History The town was first mentioned in year 1255 on the list of king Béla IV of Hungary, Béla IV of Hungary. In 1494, a Roman Catholic churc ...

, formerly

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, as the second descendant of then mother-teacher and father who was a device/traffic chief. She attended the Gymnasium (class of 85') in

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, and continued with study of

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at the Slovak

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. As a

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of director Vladimír Strnisko, she became a member of the

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's ensemble after graduating in 1990. Along with playing on the

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, she developed her film career mainly on TV. She made her debut on television in ''Zázračná ihla'' (1988) by Ján Chlebík. She also took part in other over twenty television plays, some of which included

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. On the

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, Timková was cast occasionally; overall in five productions.For the

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of Ingrid Timková, use the general link. Since the new millennium, the actress is more active in instructing students at the Faculty of Theatre of her former college. Once she also tried a theatre direction (with

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's play '' Fool for Love'', 2004) in Bratislava City Theatre. She has an older brother. Timková is single and chidlless.

Filmography

Television

*A A TV version of the movie consisted of two episodes. *B The film was ranked by the US online database

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as the 47th Worst English-Language Film with the country of origin Czech Republic. *C Denotes a

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. *D Denotes a televised

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Awards

;Notes *E ''Anjel Milosrdenstva'' was produced by Slovak Television in co-production with

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and ARS Media. As such it was classified as a

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. As a result of being also screened in the country of its origin, the title was accepted for the

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ceremony, which awards mainly

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films. *F Won Ivana Chýlková for her role of Olga in '' Díky za každé nové ráno (1994),'' directed by

Milan Šteindler Milan Šteindler (born 12 April 1957) is a Czech actor, screenwriter and film director. He is a graduate of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. He won the Czech Lion Award for Best Director for his 1994 film, '' Thanks for Every New Morni ...

. *G Won Klára Melíšková for her role of Zdena in ''Mistři (2004),'' directed by Marek Najbrt.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Timkova, Ingrid 1967 births Living people People from Sečovce Slovak stage actresses Slovak film actresses 20th-century Slovak actresses 21st-century Slovak actresses