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Anna Marie Cseh | |
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| Born | (1977-09-17)17 September 1977 (age 48) Budapest, Hungary |
| Occupations | Model, Actress |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Anna Marie Cseh (born 17 September 1977) is a Hungarian stage and filmactress and former fashionmodel. She rose to international fame as the face ofThierry Mugler's cult perfume,Angel. She played her first lead role inAttila Mispál'sPaths of Light (2005).[1]
Anna Marie Cseh was born in Budapest, Hungary. Her father is an engineer. At the age of 14 she enrolled in a modelling course, quickly gaining attention in the Budapest fashion scene.[2] In 1995 she won the prominent internationalFord Models Supermodel of the World modeling contest inLas Vegas.[3] Subsequently, she started to work withFord Modeling Agency inNew York City, later transferring toElite Model Management andKarin Models inParis.
For most of her modeling career, Anna Marie divided her time between New York and Paris. She later studied International Relations atCorvinus University of Budapest and received a diploma ofFrench literature atCergy-Pontoise University in Paris.
In 2005, she marriedWoyzeck actorLajos Kovács.[citation needed] She currently lives in Shoreditch, London with her husband Edson and their daughter Lara.
Having modeled from the age of 17, Anna Marie Cseh appeared on thecatwalks ofValentino,Yves Saint Laurent,Christian Lacroix,Fendi,Chanel,Gucci,Dolce & Gabbana,Giorgio Armani,Gianfranco Ferré,Christian Dior,Elie Saab,Pierre Balmain,Salvatore Ferragamo andMatthew Williamson.[citation needed]
Anna Marie was photographed for magazines likeElle,L'Officiel,Marie Claire,Vogue, andCosmopolitan among others, often appearing on the cover. She was also photographed for a number of leading labels, such asLa Perla,Garnier,Louis Vuitton, andBvlgari.[4] She was the muse and spokesperson ofThierry Mugler's highly popular perfume,Angel.[5]
Hungarian directorAttila Mispál approached Anna Marie Cseh during the Budapest promotion ofAngel, which resulted in her being cast as the lead in Mispál's acclaimed character drama,Paths of Light (2005).[6] The film premiered at the 36thHungarian Film Week. For her performance, Cseh was nominated for Best Actress at theSyracuseInternational Film Festival.[citation needed]
In 2006 she played the double lead role in the British short film The Porter, alongsideBryan Ferry ofRoxy Music andMax Beesley.[7]
In 2007 Anna Marie Cseh again played opposite to legendary Hungarian actressMari Törőcsik in the feature filmFragments, directed byGyula Maár. Anna Marie also appeared in theWorld War II dramaGood (2008), starringViggo Mortensen.[6]
After an academic hiatus, Anna Marie returned to cinema with short filmsSkinship,Equation for a Blind Date andStrawberries. She is now a regular on British television, having appeared inLaw & Order: UK,Doctors andCoronation Street. In 2015, she returned to the big screen inPaolo Sorrentino'sYouth. She debuted on the London stageOff West End inDostoevsky'sThe Idiot (as Varya, atTheatre Collection).
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | The Porter | The Girl | Short Film |
| 2005 | Paths of Light | Csilla | Feature Film - Nominated -Syracuse International Film Festival Best Actress |
| 2007 | Fragments | Feature Film | |
| 2008 | Good | Beautiful Woman | Feature Film |
| 2014 | Law & Order: UK | Magda | Television, 1 episode |
| 2014 | Skinship | Mel | Short Film |
| 2014 | Doctors | Aliska Levchenko | Television, 1 episode |
| 2014 | Equation for a Blind Date | Erika Tlak | Short Film |
| 2015 | Coronation Street | Justine Fabler | Television, 1 episode |
| 2015 | Youth byPaolo Sorrentino | Career Woman | Feature Film |
| 2018 | Genesis | Hanna | Feature Film |