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Quick Facts
Biography
Silvia Vargová (Hungarian: Varga Szilvia) is a Slovakian-Hungarian actress, today she lives in Budapest. She is a voice actress and moderator.
Youth
In 1984, she graduated from the Komárno Technical High School. She was a member of an arts group of the Thália theatre in Košicebetween1985-1987. The theatre at that point served as an extended stage of the Hungarian Regional Theatre, which was founded on the 1st of October 1952, and had its headquarters in Komárno. After the Velvet Revolution (1989), the theatre split into two independent theatres: Thália Theatre of Košice, and Jókai Theatre of Komárno.
The actress's first minor role on stage, was that of the young Marcius from Shakespeare's Coriolanus. Her next, and first major role, was in the fairy tale The Golden Key, on the Adventures of Buratino, written by the Russian author Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, where she starred as Buratino – a young wooden boy with a big nose(5). Children loved her artistic performance, and critics praised her sensitive portrayal of the character. Her next role, into which she was cast as an already a young woman, made her also popular with an older and more mature audience. She starred as Judith, a charming steward from Germany, in Boing- Boing, a comedy written by the French playwright Marc Camoletti. Right before she was accepted into the Academy of Performing Arts, she shined in Mrs.Bodnár/Bodnárné, a drama written by the Hungarian author László Németh, where she portrayed a young bride named Cica.
Studies
On the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, she studied acting between 1987 – 1991, during these years she also finished a semester studying acting on the Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest (now University of Theatre and Film arts)(4). She studied alongside people such as: Zuzana Mauréry, Zuzana Vačková, Dagmar Bajnoková (now Bruckmayerová), Henrieta Mičkovicová, Ingrid Slobodová (now Hanzelová). During her studies she also occasionally starred in various plays in the Slovak National Theater (Woe from Wit directed by Miloš Pietor, where she starred as the Countess Khryumina), Theatre Korzo ´90 (now Theatre Astorka Korzo ´90, where she starred in the absurd comedy The Bald Soprano as Mary), but also in Komárno (e.g. Gyuala Háy: Caligula/Caliguló, Sándor Weöres: Lunar Sailor/Holdbéli csónakos, Václav Havel: Unveiling/Verniszázs, and an operetta co-written by László Szilágyi and Béla Zerkovitz: Kissing Woman/Csókos asszony).
Creative work
After graduating from the Academy of Performing Arts, she briefly worked in Jókai Theatre of Komárno, and from 1991 to 1994 was a member of an arts group in Petőfi Theatre in Veszprém, where she played a role in the tragedy Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. During her four year presence in the Hungarian city, she performed in various dramas, comedies, operettas and even shows. In 1995, as an already married woman, she moved with her husband to the larger Hungarian city of Kecskemét, which is the administrative centre for the Bács-Kiskun County. She moved mostly due to work related reasons. Here she gained prominence in various roles during the crowd favourite in-between scenes, until 1998 when her daughter Réka Anna was born (for further detail, see the roles under text).
The actress also performed during her maternity leave, however not as often as beforehand. She starred in various roles in the Jókai Theatre in Komárno (Love/Szerelem by the prosaist Lajos Barta, The Folly of Youth/Fiatalság bolondság co-written by Mihály Eisenmann and Gyula Z. Halász), and in the Petőfi Theatre in Veszprém (e.g. The night of the Tribades/A tribádok éjszakája written by the Swedish author Per Orlov Enquist). While dealing with her familial responsibilities, she also worked as a voice actress, lending her gentle voice to various famous actresses from all over the world. She successfully dubbed dozens of characters from famous movies and TV series. After spending 5 years with her daughter, she started working in the city of Sopron, located near the Austrian border. In 2003 she became a member of an arts group the Petőfi Theatre of the city (not to be confused with the Petőfi Theatre in Veszprém). Here she also had to adapt to performing in musicals and operettas, due to her immense popularity in these genres (e.g.Casting, Summer of Old Times/Régi nyár).
Between 2007 – 2015 the actress worked as a freelance actor, starring in hits such as Chicago, The Madness of a day, or The Marriage of Figaro, The Csárdás Princess / The Gipsy Princess, Countess Maritza, Finito (Hungarian Zombie)/Finito (Magyar zombi). Since 2016 again performing in the Thália Theatre of Košice, where she has already starred in plays such as the comedy Misanthrope by Molière or the musical play The village outcast/A falu rossza from the Hungarian author Ede Tóth.
The actress Silvia Vargová has also starred in a couple of movies, e.g. Gas Light/Gázaláng (2004), Orpheus in the Underworld/Orfeusz az alvilágban (2005), Samba/Szamba (1996), Chameleon/Kaméleon (2008), Among Friends / Barátok közt (TV Series). She also successfully moderated the show Theopposite sex/Ellenkező nem while working at the Fiks/Fiksz radio station. Despite the plentiful offers from various different media, the actress has remained faithful to the theatre, performing some of her best roles and creations on many various stages all across Hungary and Slovakia.
Published works
Note: In the “Role Overview” there may be original names of those plays, which have a drastically different name when translated, or are unknown by a majority of the audience.
Overview of important theatrical roles
Author | Title | Year | Director | Theatre | Role |
William Shakespeare | Coriolanus | 1985 | Emőd Takáts | Thália Theatre of Košice, Slovakia | Young Marcius |
Oldřich Daněk | A message about the surgery of city N. / Zpráva o chirurgii města N | 1986 | József Konrád | Thália Theatre of Košice, Slovakia | Nurse I. |
Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy | The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Buratino | 1986 | Lajos Horváth | Thália Theatre of Košice, Slovakia | Buratino |
Marc Camoletti | Boeing-Boeing | 1986 | Jozef Feľbaba | Thália Theatre of Košice, Slovakia | Judith |
László Németh | Mrs. Bodnár / Bodnárné | 1987 | Béla Gyarmati | Thália Theatre of Košice, Slovakia | Cica |
Alexander Sergeyevich Griboyedov | Woe from Wit | 1989 | Miloš Pietor | Slovak National Theater of Bratislava, Slovakia | Countess Khryumina, the granddaughter |
Gyula Háy | Caligula /Caliguló | 1990 | Sándor Beke | Jókai Theatre of Komárno, Slovakia | Clodia |
Sándor Weöres | Lunar Sailor / Holdbéli csónakos | 1990 | László Vándorfi | Jókai Theatre ofKomárno, Slovakia | Peacock's Eye |
Václav Havel | Unveiling | 1990 | István Iglódi | Jókai Theatre of Komárno, Slovakia | Věra |
László Szilágyi, Béla Zerkovitz | Kissing Woman / Csókos asszony | 1991 | István Iglódi | Jókai Theatre of Komárno, Slovakia | Kató Pünkösdy |
Eugène Ionesco | The Bald Soprano | 1991 | Juraj Vaculík | Theatre Korzo `90 of Bratislava, Slovakia | Mary |
Tadeusz Różewicz | White Wedding | 1991 | Sándor Beke | Jókai Theatre ofKomárno, Slovakia | Paulina |
László Vándorfi | Jesus Christ | 1991 | László Vándorfi | Summer Plays on Sümeg Castle,Hungary | Magdaléna |
William Shakespeare | Romeo and Juliet | 1991 | László Vándorfi | Petőfi Theatre of Veszprém, Hungary | Juliet |
Lajos Zilahy | Peacetime comedies / Békebeli komédiák | 1991 | Róbert Rátonyi | Petőfi Theatre of Veszprém, Hungary | Margit Mályva |
Jenő Heltai | The Silent Levente | 1991 | Menyhért Szegvári | Petőfi Theatre of Veszprém, Hungary | Beatrix |
István Csukás | Talk, Münchhausen! | 1992 | László Vándorfi | Petőfi Theatre of Veszprém, Hungary | Amarilla |
Ferenc Molnár | Liliom | 1992 | János Vincze | Petőfi Theatre of Veszprém, Hungary | Juli |
István Asztalos | Prison Musical / Börtönmusical | 1992 | László Vándorfi | Petőfi Theatro of Veszprém, Hungary | Mary-Lou |
László Vándorfi | Joys of baroque / Barokk kori vigasságok | 1992 | László Vándorfi | Summer Plays on Veszprém Castle, Hungary | Bride |
Jenő Rejtő | Cabaret | 1992 | László Vándorfi | Petőfi Theatre of Veszprém, Hungary | Ibi |
András Sütő | A grin of sorrow / Vigyorgó búbánat | 1993 | László Vándorfi | Petőfi Theatre of Veszprém, Hungary | Little Juggie |
Bohumil Hrabal | Bambini di Praga | 1993 | Zoltán Lendvai | Petőfi Theatre of Veszprém, Hungary | Nadja |
Géza Csemer | Pista Dankó | 1993 | László Vándorfi | Petőfi Theatre of Veszprém, Hungary | Ilonka Joó |
László Vándorfi | Jesus Christ | 1993 | László Vándorfi | Petőfi Theatre of Veszprém, Hungary | Angel II. |
Károly Nóti, István Zágon | Lackey, Hypolit | 1993 | Róbert Koltai | Petőfi Theatre of Veszprém, Hungary | Terka |
Sándor Sultz, Krisztina Szalay | Adventure of Sleeping Beauty | 1993 | László Vándorfi | Petőfi Theatre of Veszprém, Hungary | Sleeping Beauty |
László Szilágyi | Kissing Woman / Csókos asszony | 1994 | István Holl | Petőfi Theatre of Veszprém, Hungary | Kató Pünkösdy |
William Shakespeare | Hamlet | 1995 | László Vándorfi | Petőfi Theatre of Veszprém, Hungary | Ophélia |
István Örkény | The Toth Family | 1995 | János Vincze | Theatre Harmadik of Pécs, Hungary | Ágika |
Ferenc Martos, Miksa Bródy | Sybill | 1996 | András Éry-Kovács | Katona JózsefTheatre ofKecskemét, Hungary | Sarah |
Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz | The Madman and the Nun | 1996 | Árpád Árkosi | Katona József Theatre ofKecskemét, Hungary | Nun Anna |
László Szilágyi | Me and my little brother / Én és a kisöcsém | 1996 | Zoltán Lendvai | Katona József Theatre of Kecskemét, Hungary | Piri |
Sławomír Mrożek | Tango | 1996 | János Vincze | Petőfi Theatre of Veszprém, Hungary | Ala |
Sándor Petőfi, Károly Bakonyi | John the Valiant | 1996 | József Bal | Katona József Theatre of Kecskemét, Hungary | Iluska |
Federico Garcia Lorca | Yerma | 1997 | Zoltán Lendvai | Katona József Theatre of Kecskemét, Hungary | Maria |
Tim Rice, Andrew Lloyd Webber | Jesus Christ Superstar (musical) | 1997 | Zoltán Lendvai | Katona József Theatre of Kecskemét, Hungary | Mary Magdalene |
George Gershwin | Everything's Fine / Minden jó | 1997 | József Bal | Katona József Theatre ofKecskemét, Hungary | Teacher, Singer |
László Dés, Péter Geszti | The Jungle Books (musical) | 1997 | József Bal | Katona József Theatre of Kecskemét, Hungary | Bagira |
Ede Tóth | The village outcast / A falu rossza | 1998 | György Schwajda | Katona József Theatre of Kecskemét, Hungary | Boriska |
Lajos Barta | Love / Szerelem | 1999 | Sándor Beke | Jókai Theatre of Komárno, Slovakia | Lujza |
Mihály Eisemann | The Folly of Youth / Fiatalság bolondság | 2000 | Péter Telihay | Jókai Theatre of Komárno, Slovakia | Vera |
Per Olov Enquist | The night of the Tribades | 2000 | Imre Csiszár | Petőfi Theatre of Veszprém, Hungary | Marie Caroline David |
Daniel Dafoe, Claire Luckham | Moll Flanders (musical) | 2003 | Kriszta Kováts | Millenáris, Budapest, Hungary | She portrayed multiple characters |
Patrick Hamilton | Gas Light | 2003 | György Molnár | Petőfi Theatre ofSopron, Hungary | Elisabeth |
Tibor Zalán | Amese will stay / Amese marad | 2003 | János Ács | Petőfi Theatre ofSopron, Hungary | Piros |
Ferenc Molnár | The Swan | 2004 | György Korcsmáros | Petőfi Theatre ofSopron, Hungary | Symphorosa |
Ernő Szép | Coffee hall / Kávécsarnok | 2004 | Tibor Szilágyi | Petőfi Theatre ofSopron, Hungary | Fanny |
Brandon Thomas | Charley`s Aunt | 2004 | Tibor Szilágyi | Petőfi Theatre ofSopron, Hungary | Donna Lucia d`Alvadorez |
Hector Crémieux, Ludovic Halévy | Orpheus in the Underwold | 2005 | István Iglódi | Petőfi Theatre ofSopron, Hungary | Venus |
Katalin Vajda | The lovers of Ancona/ Anconai szerelmesek | 2006 | Imre Sipos | Magyar Theatre of Budapest, Hungary | Dorina |
Katalin Thuróczy, Gábor Kemény, Attila Galambos | Casting (musical) | 2006 | György Molnár | Petőfi Theatre ofSopron, Hungary | Barabas |
Imre Sarkadi | Simeon Stylites / Oszlopos Simeon | 2006 | Tibor Szilágyi | Petőfi Theatre ofSopron, Hungary | Zsuzsi |
Romain Rolland | The Game of Love and Death | 2006 | Tibor Szilágyi | Petőfi Theatre ofSopron, Hungary | Sophie de Courvoisier |
Ray Cooney | Run for Your Wife | 2006 | Tibor Szilágyi | Petőfi Theatre ofSopron, Hungary | Mary Smith |
István Békeffi | Summer of Old Times / A régi nyár | 2007 | Tibor Szilágyi | Petőfi Theatre ofSopron, Hungary | Mária, famous actress |
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov | The Three Sisters | 2007 | Géza Tordy | Petőfi Theatre ofSopron, Hungary | Masha |
Jean-Claude Danaud | A creative work of Ladies / Un ouvrage de Dames | 2007 | Kata Varga | Theatre Thália of Budapest, Hungary | Widow |
John Kander, Fred Ebb, | Chicago (musical) | 2007 | Máté Szabó | Jókai Theatre of Komárno, Slovakia | Mama Morton |
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing | Nathan the Wise | 2008 | István O. Szabó | Evangélium Theatre, Budapest, Hungary | Sittah |
Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais | The Madness of a Day, or The Marriage of Figaro | 2010 | Imre Smuk | Chamber Theatre Bartók, Dunaújváros, Hungary | Countess Rosina |
Imre Kálmán, Dezső Kellér | The Csárdás (Gipsy) Princess (UK) The Riviera Girl (USA) | 2011 | Attila Keresztes | Jókai Theatre of Komárno, Slovakia | Cecília |
Imre/Emmerich Kálmán | Countess Maritza | 2012 | László Méhes | Petőfi Theatre ofVeszprém,Hungary | Liza |
Zsigmond Móricz, Károly Szakonyi | Relations / Rokonok | 2013 | Iván Hargitai | Jászai Mari Theatre, Tatabánya, Hungary | Mayor's Wife |
István Tasnádi | Finito (Hungarian Zombie) | 2013 | Bertalan Bagó | Jókai Theatre of Komárno, Slovakia | Tigris Niki |
Péter Horváth | Chao Bambino / Csaó Bambínó | 2016 | András Léner | Thália Theatre of Košice, Slovakia | Matka |
István Kerékgyártó | Reverse / Rükverc | 2016 | József Czajlik | Thália Theatre of Košice, Slovakia | She portrayed multiple characters |
Molière | The Misanthrope | 2016 | József Czajlik | Thália Theatre of Košice, Slovakia | Celimene |
Ede Tóth | The Village Outcast / A falu rossza | 2016 | Zoltán Puskás | Thália Theatre of Košice, Slovakia | Mrs. Csapó |
János Lackfi | How are the Hungarians? / Milyenek a magyarok? | 2017 | József Czajlik | Thalia Theatre of Košice, Slovakia | She portrayed multiplecharacters |
Ede Szigligeti, Róbert Lakatos | Young Lily / Liliomfi | 2017 | Péter Telihay | Thália Theatre of Košice, Slovakia | Nanny Kamila |
Dan Goggin | Nunsense | 2018 | István Mikó | Szerencs Rákóczi Castle, Hungary | Nun Lea |