Zuzana Mauréry

Mauréry has been nominated four times for a Slovak film and television academy (SFTA) award – twice for a main role and twice for a minor one. She has also been a three-time laureate for the Igric Awards, organized by the Slovak Film Union (SFZ), the Union of Creators for Slovak Television (ÚSTT), and the Literary Fund (LF).

She was nominated for a Sun in a Net award for her role in the feature film Return of the Storks (2007), directed by Martin Repka,[23] though she didn't win. She received the national movie award in 2014, when she was nominated by the SFTA twice at the same time. She managed to convince the expert jury with her performance in the bilingual drama Ďakujem, dobre (2012) by Mátyas Prikler.[1] At the same time, she was nominated by the Czech Movie and Television Academy (ČFTA) for the Czech Lion award, for her role in the movie Colette (2013) by Milan Cieslar.[24] She didn't win either award, but she received the Igric national creativity award for Best Female Performance.[25] The actress earned a second Igric award for her performance in the Radio and Television of Slovakia (RTVS) series Tajné životy (2014), directed by Ján Sebechlebský.[26]

Mauréry's performance in the competitive dance show Showdance (2010) on TV JOJ[4][27] earned her the title "Queen of Dance",[28][29] accompanied by a symbolic crown.

Since the end of the first decade of the 21st century, the actress has been active in the spheres of social responsibility and charity. While she focuses mostly on her home city when it comes to protecting the environment, she tends to focus mostly on children and the elderly when it comes to charity and social help.

In January 2010, Mauréry played a key role in a written appeal regarding the preservation of the local Park kultúry a oddychu to the leaders of cultural and scientific development. Other key members included ecologist Mikuláš Huba, actress Zuzana Kronerová, and the member of parliament for the Old Town city district in Bratislava, Ivan Bútora.[30][31][32] A year later, she became one of six diplomats of the environmental project of the capital, called Hanging Gardens of Bratislava.[33][34] She promoted this project in March 2011 by giving an interview to TV Bratislava.[34]

In 2009,[35] 2010,[36][37] and 2012,[38][39] she repeatedly supported the nonprofit organization Foundation of the Children of Slovakia, through their public charity Hour for kids,[37][38][39] without receiving royalties.[37][39] She took part in a similar campaign in September 2010, Konto bariéry, which was focused on helping children and disabled youths. It was founded by a nongovernmental organization, The Children's Fund of Slovakia.[40][41] Mauréry started working with the SOCIA (Foundation for the Support of Social Change) fund shortly afterwards. She worked on the marketing campaign for the calendar Age Affects Us (2011). The actress lent her likeness to the campaign Helping Ladybird, which is focused on helping elderly people.[42][43] During the Concert of All Generations, which was organized by the same group two years later, she performed together with her father.[44][45][46]

The actress has appeared in a similar capacity at various other concerts. She made an appearance at the seventh charitable concert of the Humanitarian council of Slovakia – Benificium (2008).[47][48] Two years later, she appeared at the concert Flame of Hope, taking place a day before Christmas and sponsored by the fund Headquarters of Hope.[49] In 2010, she symbolically supported the cause of homelessness by baptizing the book of Július, a former street vendor of the NotaBene magazine.[50]

“I am looking for paths to various people, hopefully fate helps me continue this endeavor, which would make me happy. After all, the journey is the goal, and nothing is as important as love…Finding a path to yourself, is in my opinion enough workload for half a lifetime. Even being a woman is tough enough.” [51] (Zuzana Mauréry)