Fairytale rise to fame for Czech singer turned actress

0 Comments | AFP, June, 2008

PRAGUE (AFP) — With low-budget musical movie "Once" winning awards from Hollywood to Moscow, and its soundtrack ballad "Falling Slowly" climbing the charts worldwide, Czech youngster Marketa Irglova has experienced a fairytale rise to stardom.

"There was a lot of very good fortune involved, almost magical" said the 20-year-old, whose star has risen alongside that of her partner, both onscreen and off, Irish singer Glen Hansard.

The couple's meteoric rise to stardom began last year when "Once," a film written and directed by John Carney, was given the audience award at the 2007 Sundance festival.

Irglova and Hansard, the singer with Irish group "The Frames," play two musicians who meet in the streets of Dublin and experience the musical ecstasy of performing...

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