Winner of the Critics’ Choice Award and nominated for an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for her supporting role in The Movie borat next movieThe Bulgarian actor plays Czech Republic-born Ivana Zelníčková, Donald Trump’s first wife. A keen skier, Zelníčková studied at Charles University in Prague and received a master’s degree in physical education before marrying Austrian ski coach Alfred Winklmayr. After her divorce, she moved to Canada, worked as a ski instructor and model, and eventually moved to New York. That’s where she first met Donald Trump in 1976.
The two married in 1977 and became partners in life and business. Ivana served as a senior executive at the Trump Organization and was responsible for the interior design of Trump Tower. They were a frequent presence on Manhattan’s social scene in the 1980s and had three children: Donald Jr., Ivanka and Eric. However, their marriage eventually broke down and they divorced in 1990.apprentice They include a controversial marital rape scene between Trump and Ivana, inspired by incidents documented in Ivana’s 1990 divorce deposition, which was later retracted. “As a woman, I feel violated,” she later said of the incident. “I call it rape, but I don’t want my words to be interpreted in a literal or criminal sense.” Trump has always denied the accusation.
After her divorce, she received a $14 million settlement, developed a clothing line sold on television, published an autobiography, and married businessman and later actor Riccardo Mazzucchelli Rossano Rubicondi. In 2022, she died at the age of 73 from injuries sustained after falling down the stairs of her Manhattan home.
Martin Donovan as Fred Trump
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