| Magdaléna Vášáryová | |
| Birth Date: | 1948 8, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Banská Štiavnica, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia) |
| Occupation: | Actress, diplomat |
| Years Active: | 1964–present |
Magdaléna Vášáryová (in Slovak pronounced as /ˈmaɡdaleːna ˈʋaːʂarjɔʋaː/; referred also as Magda Vášáryová in Slovak pronounced as /ˈmaɡda -/; born 26 August 1948) is a Slovak actress and diplomat, prominent for her liberal anti-nationalist stances.
Vášáryová was born in 1948. In 1971, she completed her studies at Comenius University in Bratislava. Until 1989, she acted in several Slovak theatres, including Slovak National Theatre, and in numerous movies. She was ambassador of Czechoslovakia in Austria (1990-1993)[1] and ambassador of Slovakia in Poland (2000-2005). She was one of the candidates in the 1999 presidential election, but did not advance to the second round of the election. From February 2005 to July 2006, she held the position of State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovakia. In the 2006 parliamentary elections, she was elected to the National Council of the Slovak Republic for Slovak Democratic and Christian Union - Democratic Party.
She was considered for the role of Sophie in Sophie's Choice.
In 2016, Vášáryová was awarded by the Prague Society for International Cooperation for fighting communism and corruption during her whole career with the Hanno R. Ellenbogen Citizenship Award.
The entrepreneur Michal Horáček stood to be President of the Czech republic. He announced his advisers on 9 February 2017 which included Vášáryová, nuclear expert Dana Drábová, and surgeon Pavel Pafko.[2]
In 1980, she married Milan Lasica a Slovak humorist, playwright and actor. They were married until his death of heart attack on July 18, 2021.[3]