Iveta Malachovská
{{Short description|Slovak television presenter and actress (born 1965)}}
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| name = Iveta Malachovská
| image = Iveta Malachovská 2011.jpg
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| caption = Malachovská in 2011
| birth_name = Iveta Pašková
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|5|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
| occupation = TV presenter
| years_active = 1989-current
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Iveta Malachovská ({{nee|Pašková}}; born 11 May 1965) is a Slovak television presenter and actress. She has presented television programmes on stations including Czechoslovak Television, Slovenská televízia (STV) and Markíza. Malachovská has hosted the Slovak versions of The Biggest Loser and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.
Career
Malachovská studied at the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague and later worked for Czechoslovak Television and Slovenská televízia.{{cite web|url=http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/specialy/tobruk/sk/tvurci/ivetamalachovska/index.php|title=Iveta Malachovská - koproducent|publisher=Czech Television|date=2 May 2018|language=cs}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.sme.sk/c/169767/duel-iveta-malachovska-a-eva-pribylincova.html|title=Duel: Iveta Malachovská a Eva Pribylincová|newspaper=Sme|date=28 November 2001|access-date=2 May 2018|language=sk}} Her presenting debut came in 1989 with the programme {{lang|sk|Úsmev ako dar}}.{{Cite news|url=https://tlacovespravy.sme.sk/c/20581471/iveta-malachovska-pomahat-je-prirodzene.html|title=Iveta Malachovská: Pomáhať je prirodzené|newspaper=Sme|date=16 April 2012|access-date=2 May 2018|language=sk}} As an actress, she played a role in the 1990 film {{ill|Island of the Long Ears|sk|Dávajte si pozor!}}.{{Cite web|url=http://www.skcinema.sk/arl-sfu/sk/detail-sfu_un_cat.0-000029-Davajte-si-pozor-hrany-film/|title=Dávajte si pozor! [hraný film]|website=SK Cinema|access-date=2 May 2018|language=sk}} She also played a minor role in the 1997 Martin Šulík film Orbis Pictus. Malachovská first presented Slovak Footballer of the Year in 1995, going on to present it a record eight times.{{Cite web|url=https://futbal.pravda.sk/ostatne/clanok/454480-malachovskej-sa-sniva-o-ibrahimovicovi-upratuje-mu-dom/|title=Malachovskej sa sníva o Ibrahimovičovi. Upratuje mu dom|website=Pravda|date=13 January 2018|access-date=2 May 2018|language=sk}}
Malachovská joined private television network Markíza in 1996, staying until 2006. During her time at Markíza she presented programmes including {{lang|sk|Doma s Markízou}} and {{lang|sk|Hodina pravdy}}.{{Cite news|url=https://www.cas.sk/clanok/11185/iveta-malachovska-pochovala-milionara/|title=Iveta Malachovská pochovala Milionára!|newspaper=Nový čas|date=22 January 2008|access-date=2 May 2018|language=sk}} She returned to Slovenská televízia in 2006, going on to host the reality show {{lang|sk|SuperTelo}}, the Slovak version of The Biggest Loser.{{Cite news|url=https://korzar.sme.sk/c/4480284/iveta-malachovska-nema-supertelo-so-svojim-je-vsak-telom-spokojna.html|title=Iveta Malachovská nemá supertelo, so svojím je však telom spokojná|newspaper=Korzár|date=23 September 2006|access-date=2 May 2018|language=sk}} She subsequently fronted the Slovak version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? between 2007 and its final episode on 29 March 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.topky.sk/cl/15/201594/Iveta-Malachovska-pochovala-Milionara-|title=Iveta Malachovská pochovala Milionára!|website=Topky|date=22 January 2008|access-date=2 May 2018|language=sk}}
Malachovská functioned as co-producer on the 2008 Václav Marhoul film Tobruk.{{cite web|url=http://www.zivot.sk/clanok/1772/tobruk-s-ivetou|title=Tobruk s Ivetou|website=Život|date=18 September 2008|access-date=2 May 2018|language=sk}}
Personal life
Born in Bratislava as Iveta Pašková, she married opera singer Martin Malachovský in 1993.{{cite web|url=https://casprezeny.azet.sk/clanok/98488/iveta-malachovska-pozna-recept-na-manzelske-stastie|title=Iveta Malachovská pozná recept na manželské šťastie|language=sk|website=Čas pre Ženy|date=6 June 2012|access-date=2 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509080035/https://casprezeny.azet.sk/clanok/98488/iveta-malachovska-pozna-recept-na-manzelske-stastie|archive-date=9 May 2018}} The couple has a daughter together called Kristína. Malachovská has a sister who is two years older.{{Cite web|url=https://zdravie.pravda.sk/zdravie-a-prevencia/clanok/12807-iveta-malachovska-fajcenie-mi-prekaza/|first=Zora|last=Handzová|title=Iveta Malachovská: Fajčenie mi prekáža|website=Pravda|date=26 February 2010|access-date=2 May 2018|language=sk}}
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Category:Actresses from Bratislava
Category:Slovak film actresses
Category:Slovak television presenters