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Cecília Esztergályos

actor
Budapest, 26 January 1943
Corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts (2023–2025)
Full member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts (2025–)
The development of an actor’s career is invariably exposed to certain ‘higher powers’ — ranging from that elusive good fortune, through the prevailing party politics, to the ‘grace of God’ itself. Cecília Esztergályos’s life story is a perfect textbook example of how, despite numerous constraining circumstances, a fully realised acting career can indeed be achieved.
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Works (249)
Career OverviewAwards
2018
governmental award

Kossuth Prize

The highest Hungarian state decoration for the cultivation and preservation of Hungarian culture.

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2013
governmental award

Outstanding Artist of Hungary

One of the most prestigious Hungarian state awards for the arts. The recipient is entitled to the title “Outstanding Artist of Hungary” (short: “Outstanding Artist”). Only those who already hold the Meritorious Artist award and have held it for at least five years are eligible.

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1996
governmental award

Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary

One of the four highest Hungarian state awards is the Hungarian Order of Merit, which is granted in various grades to individuals who perform exemplary activities in culture, science, art, or their own field, in order to advance Hungary’’s interests and promote universal human values.

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1982
governmental award

Meritorious Artist of the Hungarian People’s Republic

State award for artists who have created outstanding artistic values over a prolonged period in Hungarian national culture and artistic fields (theatre, music, dance, circus, film, visual, photography, applied arts), and who already hold an artistic award granted by the minister responsible for culture. The recipient is entitled to the title “Meritorious Artist of Hungary” (short: “Meritorious Artist”).

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1974
governmental award

Jászai Mari Award

The highest Hungarian state recognition in dramatic arts.

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