Eszter Balint
Biography
Eszter Balint is a Hungarian-American actress and musician who sings, writes songs and plays the violin. Born in Budapest, she grew up in New York City among the avant-garde theater troupe her father founded. Her first film role came in Jim Jarmusch's Stranger Than Paradise (1984), and she earned an Independent Spirit Award nomination as best female lead for Bail Jumper (1990). Her screen work includes Woody Allen's Shadows and Fog (1991), The Linguini Incident (1991), Steve Buscemi's Trees Lounge (1996) and The Dead Don't Die (2019), and she had a recurring part as Amia on Louis C.K.'s FX series Louie. She has released the albums Flicker, Mud, Airless Midnight and I Hate Memory!, and has recorded with Angels of Light, Los Cubanos Postizos and Ceramic Dog.
60years old
Turns 61 on July 7in 238 days
- Born Budapest
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 35 years1984 to 2019
Every film, newest first
- 2019The Dead Don't DieIMDb rating 5.4
- 1996Trees LoungeIMDb rating 7.1
- 1991The Linguini IncidentIMDb rating 6.2
- 1984Stranger Than ParadiseIMDb rating 7.4
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First role
Balint's first appearance in a movie came in 1984, in the independent film Stranger Than Paradise, which was directed by Jim Jarmusch.
Beyond film
J. D. Foster produced both of Balint's albums, Flicker (1998) and Mud (2004). The New York Times, The New Yorker, and Billboard all praised them.
Beyond film
Balint joined Marc Ribot's group Ceramic Dog as a featured guest, touring Europe in 2009, and she is featured on the group's 2013 release Your Turn.
Beyond film
Balint's third album Airless Midnight, produced by J. D. Foster, came out in 2015, and Paste magazine premiered her first official music video, "Trouble You Don't See", that same year.
Beyond film
Balint released the album I Hate Memory! in 2022. It was described as a song cycle and "a fervid tour of her avant-garde youth."
Eszter Balint movies on Netflix
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Jim Jarmusch directed two of these films. Four actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Jim Jarmusch
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