Edit Balázsovits (born in Budapest, 13 June 1975–) is a Jászai Mari-Award winning Hungarian actress, singer. She starred in numerous plays, TV dramas and films, as well as many major international productions. In 2008, she was presented the Kornay Mariann-Award.
Childhood and parental influence
Born to an actor family in 1975, with father Lajos Balazsovits (Nagykanizsa, 4 December 1946–), Balázs Béla-Award winning Hungarian actor, theatre director and theatre manager, meritorious artist. Her mother is Éva Almási (Budapest, 5 June 1942–) Kossuth- and Jászai Mari-Award winning actress, meritorious and honorary artist.
Education and career
Edit Balázsovits graduated from Városmajor Secondary Grammar School in 1993, then went on to earn her degree at the University of Theatre and Film Arts (1997), after which she had been a member of the Comedy Theatre of Budapest. She got her first leading role as an actress at the Comedy Theatre of Budapest in the fourth year of her university studies, she played the role of Natasa Rosztova in Tolstoy's War and Peace. After 2001, she became a freelance artist. She often worked together with her mother and father. In Popfestival 40, the 40th anniversary production of An Imaginary Report on an American Rock Festival (Comedy Theatre of Budapest, 2013) she played the same role as her mother did before her.
She got her first television role as a child in an episode of The Family Circle television series. Thanks to her English knowledge,later she got roles in many foreign television dramas and films shot in Hungary (Die Hard 5, 2013; Borgias, 2013; Silent Witness, 1996 – BBC series). She is also known as a dubbing actress, doing voice-over for many successful films. In 2008, she was awarded the Kornay Mariann Artistic Award for playing the role of Victoria in the musical comedy of Home and Beauty. Her life's work is acknowledged by her trade,in 2009, she got a Jászai Mari-Award. Music has always been an important part of her life, in 2009 she produced a special album entitled New Republic songs, where she sang songs written especially for her by the band Republic. After the release of the album, she toured for nearly a year with the band.
She got married to Dr József Fürstner in 2004, and her son Richard was born in 2005.
Kornay Mariann-Award (2008) Jászai Mari-Award (2009)
Alexander Breffort – Marguerite Monnot: Irma La Douce (IRMA) – Pince Theatre, 2013 dir.: Daniel DicsőFerenc Molnár: The Devil (ELZA TÓTH) – Karinthy Theatre, 2013 dir.: Tamás BalikóPopfestival 40 (ESZTER) – Comedy Theatre of Budapest, 2013 dir.: Enikő EszenyiSandor Hunyadi: Lovagias ügy (BABA) – Karinthy Theatre, 2012 dir.: István VerebesFerenc Herczeg: The Blue Fox (CECIL) – Játékszín, 2012 dir.: Lajos BalázsovitsCarlo Collodi: Pinocchio (THE FAIRY WITH TURQUOISE HAIR) – Madách Theatre, 2011 dir.: Kati Pesty-NagyRobert Harling: Steel Magnolias (SHELBY) – Játékszín, 2013 dir.: György KorcsmárosMolière: George Dandin, or the Confounded Husband (CLAUDINE), Játékszín 2008 dir.: Péter TelihayWilliam Somerset Maugham: Home and Beauty (VICTORIA), Játékszín 2008 dir.: Lajos BalázsovitsNeil Simon: Barefoot in the Park (CORIE BRATTER), Játékszín 2007 dir.: Lajos BalázsovitsDoris Dörrie: Happy (EMILIA), Játékszín 2004 dir.: Lajos BalázsovitsJános Ács: Casanova Nuova (YOUNG ACTRESS), Jozsef Katona Theatre Kecskemet 2004 dir.: János ÁcsGábor Vaszary-Szabolcs Fényes-Istvan Szenes: Bubus (KLÁRIKA), Játékszín 2004 dir.: Lajos BalázsovitsPublius Ovidius Naso: Children of Gods (Scenes from Metamorphoses), Comedy Theatre of Budapest 2003 dir.: Géza D. HegedűsJohn Osborne: Angry Young Men (ALISON), Thália Theatre 2003 dir.: Éva AlmásiCander-Ebb: Cabaret (SALLY BOWLES), Budapest Operetta and Musical Theatre 2002 dir.: Róbert AlföldiMark Ravenhill: Shopping and Fucking (LULU), Thália Theatre 2002 dir.: Róbert AlföldiRonald Harwood: The Dresser (IRENE), Játékszín 2002 dir.: Lajos BalázsovitsDostoevsky: Crime and Punishment (DUNYA), Comedy Theatre of Budapest 2001 dir.: Géza TordyShakespeare: Love’s Labour’s Lost (MARIA), Comedy Theatre of Budapest 2000 dir.: László KeszégCaryl Churghill: The Skriker (JOSIE), Comedy Theatre of Budapest 2000 dir.: Sándor ZsótérDaphne du Maurier: Rebecca (MRS. DE WINTER), Játékszín 1999 dir.: Károly MakkDostoevsky: The Brothers Karamazov (KATERINA), Comedy Theatre of Budapest 1999 dir.: János SzikoraShakespeare: The Tempest (MIRANDA), Comedy Theatre of Budapest 1999 dir.: Róbert AlföldiBen Elton: Popcorn (VELVET), Comedy Theatre of Budapest 1998 dir.: László MartonCarlo Collodi: Pinocchio (THE FAIRY WITH TURQUOISE HAIR), Hungarian Theatre of Pest 1998 dir.: Balázs SimonKern-Presser: 14 St Steven Boulevard, Comedy Theatre of Budapest 1998 dir.: László MartonArthur Miller: The Crucible (SUSANNA WALCOTT), Comedy Theatre of Budapest 1998 dir.: Péter RudolfTrembalay: The Sisters-in-law (LINDA LAUZON), Hungarian Theatre of Pest 1997 dir.: Géza D. HegedűsEuripides: The Pheadra-story (ARICIA), Comedy Theatre of Budapest 1997 dir.: Róbert AlföldiMrozek: Tango (ALA), Hungarian Theatre of Pest 1997 dir.: Géza D. HegedűsEde Szigligeti: Young Lilly (MARISKA), Castle Theatre of Gyula 1997 dir.: Tamás BalikóEndre Fejes: Good night summer, good night love (HŰVÖSNÉ KRISZ), Ódry Stage 1997 dir.: Imre CsiszárFriedrich Schiller: The Robbers (AMALIA), Ódry Stage1996 dir.: Géza D. HegedűsKipling-László Dés- Pál Békés: The Book of the Jungle, 1996, Hungarian Theatre of Pest dir.: Géza D. HegedűsTolstoy-Piscator: War and Peace (NATASA ROSTOVA), Comedy Theatre of Budapest 1996 dir.: Péter VallóPál Békés: Össztánc, Comedy Theatre of Budapest 1994 dir.: László MartonFilm and television roles
Die Hard 5 (2013) – supporting roleBorgias (2013) – supporting roleCasting everything (2007) dir.: Péter TímárOne human minute (2007) dir.: Zoltán VerebesThe abduction of the sabine women – TV drama (dir: Péter Valló)T?ICK – short film (2003) dir.: Pater SparrowAz Egérút (2001) dir: Júlia Sára"A boldogság felé indultam én..."(2002) – poetry television seriesSilent Witness (1996) – English (BBC) series,The Sixes dir.: István Verebes– cabaret series100 years of cabaret dir.: István Verebes– television seriesThe Skin Game [1931] – dir.: Alfred HitchcockTaras Bulba [1962] – dir.: J. Lee ThompsonTo Sir, with Love [1967] – dir.: James ClavellCurse of the Pink Panther [1983] – dir.: Blake EdwardsThe Crossing Guard [1995] – dir.: Sean PennLes Couloirs du temps: Les visiteurs 2 [1998] – dir.: Jean-Marie PoiréDr T and the Women [2000] – dir.: Robert AltmanLove's Labour's Lost [2000] – dir.: Kenneth BranaghCoyote Ugly [2000] – dir.: David McNallyReturn to Me [2000] – dir.: Bonnie HuntCrazy/Beautiful [2001] – dir.: John StockwellValentine [2001] – dir.: Jamie BlanksTwo Weeks Notice [2002] – dir.: Marc LawrenceThe Transporter [2002] – dir.: Louis Leterrier, Corey YuenAlien Hunter [2003] – dir.: Ron KraussThe Bridge of San Luis Rey [2004] – dir.: Mary McGuckianNew Republic Songs (2009) CD/studio album – EMI/Capitol An Imaginary Report on an American Rock Festival (1998) CD/cover album – BMG Ariola /Vinnélek, vinnélek… – Edit Balázsovits, Péter Novák
