This year, Andrea Waskovics won the Éva Ruttkai memorial ring for her performances in The Glass Shoe and Pinocchio based on a secret vote by the Vígszínház company, the theater announced.

As recalled, the Éva Ruttkai memorial ring was founded in 1986 by the daughter of the actress, Júlia Gábor, in memory of her mother, the Kossuth Prize-winning actress and legendary artist of the Vígszínház. Any artist of the theater can receive the award, even several times, for outstanding artistic performance during the given calendar year.

This year, the actors of Vígszínház recognized Andrea Waskovics' performances in The Glass Shoe and Pinocchio with a commemorative ring.

The award was presented by Júlia Gábor and her husband, theater historian Gábor Szigethy, on December 28 on the stage of the Vígszínház after the performance entitled Cabaret, they wrote in the announcement.

Andrea Waskovics was born in 1992 in Balmazújváros. In 2012, he graduated from the Ady Endre High School in Debrecen. Between 2012 and 2017, he was a student at the University of Theater and Film Arts in the class of Gábor Máté and András Dömötör. While still a university student, he played an important role in the film series Aranyélet. He spent his university internship at the National Theatre, then was a member of the Szeged National Theater in the 2017-2018 season. Since 2018, he has been a member of the Vígszínház troupe. One of the outstanding actors of her age group, her talent was recognized with the Junior Príma award in 2020, and in the same year she won the Ajtay Andor award for the best female performance of the season, they recalled in the announcement.

"In his sensitive playing, fragile purity, charm and honesty are mixed with determination and lean hardness. She is one of the leading actresses of the Vígszínház, and can be seen in several performances. In The Great Gatsby, she portrays the contradictory figure of Daisy Buchanan with special finesse, and as the female protagonist of The Emperor of the West, she shows with a sensitive balance the desires and vulnerability of a fragile girl hiding behind a thin hardness. In Apa, alongside András Kern, he portrays Laura, the nurse, with impressive simplicity, but he also gives a memorable performance in The Dictator, The Horse Riding Knights and The Bear Mothers. As Irma in The Glass Slipper, presented in the fall of 2023, she captivates the audience, from a naive child to a bright woman to a passionate lover who emerges from herself.

- the awardee was praised in the announcement.

In 1987, the company was the first to award Géza Tordy with the Éva Ruttkai memorial ring decorated with the actress' signature. Later, Enikő Eszenyi, Iván Darvas, Vera Pap, László Gálffi, Éva Igó and Béla Fesztbaum also received the recognition.

MTI

Cover photo: Andrea Waskovics won the Éva Ruttkai memorial ring in 2023 - Photo: Facebook / Vígszínház