# Monika Hilmerová

Monika Hilmerová (Slovak pronunciation:; born October 7, 1974, in Czechoslovakia) is a Slovak actress. She is a winner of the Silver Dolphin award received in 2001 at the annual Festroia International Film Festival in Setúbal, Portugal as the Best Actress for her performance in Der Lebensborn - Pramen života (English: Spring of Life, 2000). The actress appears in multi-language productions, including the Czech, Slovak, English and/or German. Among others, she co-starred in the Golden Globe-nominated Uprising (2001) by Jon Avnet, Silvio Soldini's movie Brucio nel vento (2002) (e.g. Nastro d'Argento award, BM IFF award and/or Flaiano FF award) and the U.S. Emmy Award-winning TV-miniseries Frankenstein (2004) by Kevin Connor. In March 2010, the actress was named a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.

## Biography

Hilmerová was born in the Slovak capital of former Czechoslovakia. She studied andragogy at the Faculty of Arts, Comenius University, while also acting at the Academy of Performing Arts, both in Bratislava. At age sixteen, she played on the stage of the Naive Theatre Radošina. Later on, she joined the scene of the Slovak National Theatre in 2003. The actress is married to dancer/choreographer with whom she has a daughter.

## Filmography
### Feature films

| Year | Title | Director |
| 1984 | O sláve a tráve | Peter Solan |
| 2000 | Oběti a vrazi | Andrea Sedláčková |
| 2000 | Spring of Life - Pramen života | Milan Cieslar |
| 2002 | Brucio nel vento | Silvio Soldini |
| 2003 | 51 KHz | Julius Ševčík |
| 2003 | Bloodlines | Robb Williamson |
| 2007 | Svatba na bitevním poli aneb Hodiny před slávou | Dušan Klein |
| 2007 | Rozhovor s nepriateľom | Patrik Lančarič |
| 2008 | Báthory | Juraj Jakubisko |
| 2009 | Suplent | Martin Krejčí |
| 2013 | Candidate - Kandidát | Jonáš Karásek |

### Television

| Year | Title | Director |
| 1989 | Omyly tradičnej morálky | Ľubo Kocka |
| 1990 | Citové cvičenia | Laco Halama |
| 1991 | Anorexia mentalis | Ľuba Vančíková |
| 1993 | Výlety v pamäti | Juraj Nvota |
| 1995 | Dobrá správa | Anton Popovič |
| 1995 | Chichôtka | Cyril Králik |
| 1995 | Zuzka Turanová | Ľubomír Paulovič |
| 1996 | Čierna ovca | Juraj Nvota |
| 1996 | Modrá ruža | Milan Lasica |
| 1996 | Ženský vtip | Jozef Banyák |
| 1997 | V zajatí lásky | Jozefína Šujanová |
| 1998 | A ešte dve frašky... | Emil Horváth Jr |
| 1998 | Kovladov dar | Ján Chlebík |
| 1998 | Svetlo | Igor Kováč |
| 1998 | Všetci sú za dverami | Milan Lasica |
| 1999 | Prstene pre dámu | Yvonne Vavrová |
| 2000 | Ako divé husi | Martin Ťapák |
| 2001 | Uprising | Jon Avnet |
| 2001 | Voľnomyšlienkár | Peter Mikulík |
| 2001 | Vohnice a Kiliján | Věra Plívová-Šimková |
| 2001 | Strieborná Háta | Drahomíra Reňáková-Králová |
| 2004 | Frankenstein | Kevin Connor |
| 2004 | Trautmann (Season 2) | Thomas Roth |
| 2007 | Cudzia žena a muž pod posteľou | Vladimír Strnisko |
| 2007 | Světla pasáže | Jaromír Polišenský |
| 2007 | Ordinácia v ružovej záhrade | various |
| 2007 | Trapasy | various |
| 2008 | Devatenáct klavírů | Dušan Klein |
| 2010 | Keby bolo keby (Season 2) | Tomáš Jančo |
| 2010 | Nesmrteľní | various |
| 2011 | Hoď svišťom | Michal Vajdička |
| 2012 | Partička | Dano Dangl |
| 2012 | Búrlivé víno | various |

#### Notes

* A ^ Denotes a short film.
* B ^ Denotes a TV-series.
* C ^ Denotes a televised theatre play.
* D ^ Denotes a TV sitcom.
* E ^ Denotes a talk show.
* F ^ Denotes a reality show.

## Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Award | Category | Result |
| Cinema ||||||
| 2001 | Der Lebensborn – Pramen života | Festróia IFF – Silver Dolphin | Best Actress | Won |
| Television ||||||
| 2011 | Herself | OTO Awards | TV Female Actor – Comedy | Nominated |
| 2012 | Herself | OTO Awards | TV Female Actor | Won |
| 2013 | Herself | OTO Awards | TV Female Actor | Nominated |
| 2014 | Herself | OTO Awards | TV Female Actor | Nominated |
| 2015 | Herself | OTO Awards | TV Female Actor | Nominated |
| Note: The years are listed in order of the respective calendar years; the annual ceremonies are usually held the next. ||||||

## Discography

* 2008: Veľkí herci spievajú malým deťom II, CD compilation by various artists (including a book); ISBN 978-80-969830-1-8