Ingrid Timková

Ingrid Timková (born January 17, 1967 in ČSSR) is a Slovak actress. She is most notable for appearing in the first Czech-Slovak film produced after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, Anjel Milosrdenstva (English: The Angel of Mercy, 1993), directed by Miloslav Luther. The role of Anežka brought Timková the Magnolia Award at the 5th Shanghai TV Festival in 1994 as Best Actress in a Television Film. Timková was born in Sečovce, formerly Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, as the second descendant of then mother-teacher and father who was a device/traffic chief. She attended the Gymnasium (class of 85') in Trebišov, and continued with study of acting at the Slovak Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. As a protégée of director Vladimír Strnisko, she became a member of the Slovak National Theatre's ensemble after graduating in 1990. Along with playing on the stage, she developed her film career mainly on TV. She made her debut on television in Zázračná ihla (1988) by Ján Chlebík. In addition, she would take part in other over twenty TV plays, some of which included TV series. On the screen, Timková was cast occasionally; overall in five productions. Since the new millennium, the actress is more active in instructing students at the Faculty of Theatre of her former college. Once she also tried a theatre direction (with Sam Shepard's play Fool for Love, 2004) in Bratislava City Theatre. She has an older brother. Timková is single and chidlless.