Viera Strnisková was born on 30 October 1929 in Hlohovec and grew up in Modrý Kameň.
[1] Following the footsteps of her father, she enrolled to study medicine at the Comenius University but she failed to graduate.
[1] Already as a student, Strnisková started acting in the New Scene theatre in Bratislava.
She also regularly appeared in the long running TV program Sunday poetry moment.
[3] Over the course of her long career, Strnisková became best known for playing the characters of strong women, typically mothers, suffering a tragic fate.