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Eszter Balint
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Biography
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Eszter Balint is a Budapest-born actor, singer, songwriter and violinist who grew up within New York’s avant-garde Squat Theatre company. She played Eva in Jim Jarmusch’s Stranger Than Paradise (1984), and her subsequent screen work includes films by Woody Allen and Steve Buscemi and an appearance in the television series Louie.
Her solo recordings include Flicker, Mud and Airless Midnight. As a violinist and vocalist she has contributed to projects by Michael Gira’s Angels of Light and Swans, Marc Ribot and John Lurie, moving between songwriting, experimental music and performance.
Reviewed 2026-09-06Selected sources
- Eszter Balint — IMDb biographySelf-authored account of origins, theatre, acting and musical work.
- Criterion — Stranger Than ParadiseFilm date, director and Eva role.
- Le Poisson Rouge — Eszter BalintRecordings, instrumental work and collaborators.