Date of Birth: 28 February 1988 - Valasské Mezirící, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)

theOscarSite Bio: Czech musician, songwriter and actress. Irglová began playing music at age seven, when her parents bought her a piano and sent her to lessons. When she was nine, her father bought her a guitar and she immediately began playing and learning songs by ear. She released an album, "The Swell Season" on Overcoat Recordings in 2006 with Glen Hansard of the Irish rock band The Frames, whom she had met when he was visiting Valasské Mezirící. Both Markéta and Glen appeared on the I'M NOT THERE soundtrack with their version of "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere," released in 2007.

Irglová co-starred with Hansard in the 2007 movie ONCE, written and directed by John Carney. The movie won the World Cinema Audience Award for a dramatic film at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.

She and Hansard are "now dating." As of 2008, she resides in Dublin, Ireland.

· Best Achievement in Music - Original Song 2007: "Falling Slowly" from ONCE - Music & Lyric (w. Glen Hansard)