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

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

 actress and former fashion model. She was born in Budapest

Budapest

Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...

 and grew up in Tamási

Tamási

Tamási is a town in Tolna County, Hungary. Spa and open-air bath of Tamási is one of the most beautiful spas of Hungary. The excellent natural environment, the health-providing quality of the water and the superb surrounding has made Tamási a well-known spa. The thermal water is 52 Celsius warm and...

, a small town in the south of Hungary. Her parents divorced when she was five. Her father is a veterinarian. Osvárt attended N.2. Public School in Tamási, Zoltán Kodály

Zoltán Kodály

Zoltán Kodály was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, pedagogue, linguist, and philosopher. He is best known internationally as the creator of the Kodály Method.-Life:Born in Kecskemét, Kodály learned to play the violin as a child....

's Italian-Hungarian High School, and Italian Faculty of Arts at Eötvös Loránd University.

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 Spy Game, which starred Robert Redford

Robert Redford

Charles Robert Redford, Jr. , better known as Robert Redford, is an American actor, film director, producer, businessman, environmentalist, philanthropist, and founder of the Sundance Film Festival. He has received two Oscars: one in 1981 for directing Ordinary People, and one for Lifetime...

 and Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt

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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 Budapest

Budapest

Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...

. She was later admitted in the biennial International Acting School in Rome, Italy, where she has lived since 2003. She also attended a screen-writing course at the Schilling-Moharos Screenwriter School in Hungary.

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

Filmography

Actor

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2012	Transporter: The Series Transporter: The Series Transporter: The Series is an upcoming action television series, based on the Transporter film series by Luc Besson. It is co-produced by HBO, HBO Canada, French TV-channel M6 and German television company RTL, which, with the exception of HBO, will also air the series...	CIA Handler (Rumoured)	TV series pre-production
2011	The Whiskey Robber	Judith	pre-production
2011	Good from Evil	Clara	filming
2011	The Sunday Woman	Anna Carla Dosio	TV series, filming
2010	Visions of Murder	Annalisa Dossi	TV movie, post-production
2010	The End Is My Beginning	Saskia Terzani
2010	The Swing Girls	Alexandra Lescano	TV mini-series (two episodes: "Prima parte" and "Seconda parte")
2010	Lo scandalo della Banca Romana	Renata	TV movie
2009	Sisi	Kaiserin Eugenie	TV mini-series (Part 2)
2009	Poligamy	Girl 13
2009	The Valley	Giulia
2009	Duplicity	Stunning Blonde	uncredited
2008	Una piccola storia	Martina
2008	Soundtrack	Linda
2007	2061: Un anno eccezionale	Unna
2007	Il rabdomante	Harja
2007	Pompei	Valeria	TV mini-series
2007	Two Tigers	Gilda
2007	Exodus	Sarah	TV movie
2006	The Dark Sea	Valentina Martini
2005	Casanova	Fair Haired Beauty	uncredited
2005	Il bell'Antonio	Julia	TV mini-series
2005	The Clan	Patricia
2005	La caccia	Tania	TV movie
2004	Sara May	Ragazza in corridoio
2004	Diritto di difesa	Nadia	TV series (one episode: "La trappola")
2004	Surface	Surface	short
2003	Tea	Florist	TV series (one episode: "Romantika")
2003	Kistestvér	Orsolya Kalmár
2001	Spy Game	Muir's Cousin	uncredited
2001	Elsö generáció	Csilla	TV series (episodes #1.6-10)
2000	Contaminated Man	Hotel Maid

Prizes and awards

• 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 The Dowser, 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

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