Monika Hilmerová

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.

• Name — Monika Hilmerová • Born — 7 October 1974 • Birthplace — Bratislava, Czechoslovakia • Occupation — actress • Years Active — 1984-present • Employer — RND, Bratislava (1990-2003) SND, Bratislava (2003 -2006) SND, Bratislava (2008-present) • Organization — VŠMU, Bratislava • Spouse — Jaroslav Bekr (2009-present) • Children — Zara (b. 2009) Leonard (b. 2013) • Awards — Golfinho de Prata (2001) OTO Awards (2012) • Website — Slovak National Theater

She studied andragogy at the Faculty of Arts, Comenius University, while also studying acting at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. She began acting on stage at 16 years of age at the Naive Theatre Radošina, and later joined the Slovak National Theatre in 2003. She is married to Jaroslav Bekr, a dancer and choreographer, with whom she has two children.

• 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 • Chichôtka — Cyril Králik • Zuzka Turanová — Ľubomír Paulovič • 1996 — Čierna ovca — Juraj Nvota • Modrá ruža — Milan Lasica • Ženský vtip — Jozef Banyák • 1997 — V zajatí lásky — Jozefína Šujanová • 1998 — A ešte dve frašky... — Emil Horváth Jr • Kovladov dar — Ján Chlebík • Svetlo — Igor Kováč • Všetci sú za dverami — Milan Lasica • 1999 — Prstene pre dámu — Yvonne Vavrová • 2000 — Ako divé husi — Martin Ťapák • 2001 — Uprising — Jon Avnet • Voľnomyšlienkár — Peter Mikulík • Vohnice a Kiliján — Věra Plívová-Šimková • Strieborná Háta — Drahomíra Reňáková-Králová • 2004 — Frankenstein — Kevin Connor • Trautmann (Season 2) — Thomas Roth • 2007 — Cudzia žena a muž pod posteľou — Vladimír Strnisko • Světla pasáže — Jaromír Polišenský • Ordinácia v ružovej záhrade — various • Trapasy • 2008 — Devatenáct klavírů — Dušan Klein • 2010 — Keby bolo keby (Season 2) — Tomáš Jančo • Nesmrteľní — various • 2011 — Hoď svišťom — Michal Vajdička • 2012 — Partička — Dano Dangl • Búrlivé víno — various • Notes • A note_a1 Denotes a short film. • B note_b1 Denotes a TV-series. • C note_c1 Denotes a televised theatre play. • D note_d1 Denotes a TV sitcom. • E note_e1 Denotes a talk show. • F note_f1 Denotes a reality show.