Éva Magyar

Éva Magyar was born on July 7, 1961 in Budapest, Hungary. She is an actress and director, known for X-Men: First Class (2011), Let Me Go (2017) and Villmark 2 (2015). Éva Magyar was born in Budapest, Hungary. She was a gymnast and studied classical ballet. She got her diploma at the University of Film and Theatre in Budapest, then playing several roles in major art theatres until 1990 when she played a leading part in an American film called Understudy in San Francisco. She created her own physical theatre company The Shamans in 1994, where she wrote and directed the shows besides performing in them. She received many awards in Europe, US and Egypt. She was also teaching acting at The Yale and many US Universities. In 2003 she started to work with English companies including The Royal Shakespeare Theatre, The Globe, The Gate, and was invited to play Yseult in Tristan and Yseult at The Royal National Theatre, where she later worked several times. She moved to London in 2010. She was e