Biography
Graduated from the Institute of Applied Social Sciences of the University of Warsaw. At the age of 11, in 1985, she made her screen debut in a supporting role in Radosław Piwowarski's acclaimed My Mother's Lovers (Kochankowie mojej mamy, 1985). A student of Halina and Jan Machulskis' famous Theater Group at the Ochota Theater in Warsaw, she later collaborated with various prestigious theater scenes in Warsaw, like the Ochota Theater, Powszechny Theater, Prezentacje Theater, Kamienica and the Studio.
She starred in numerous highly popular TV series, such as A River of Lies (Rzeka kłamstwa, 1987); In the Labirynth (W labiryncie, 1988–1990); Transforming Machine (Maszyna zmian, 1995); Mothers, Daughters, Lovers (Matki, żony i kochanki, 1995–1998); Kate & Tom (Kasia i Tomek, 2002–2003); or L for Love (M jak miłość, 2000–2017), as well as feature films, including Slawomir Fabicki's Retrieval (Z odzysku, 2005), Wojciech Pacyna's Never Say Never (Nigdy nie mów nigdy, 2009), Katarzyna Rosłaniec's Baby Blues (2012), Michał Otłowski's Jeziorak (2014) or Anna Kazejak's The Promise (Obietnica, 2014).
Since the late 1990s she has been collaborating with Joanna Kos-Krauze and Krzysztof Krauze on all of their films, starting with Big Deals (Wielkie rzeczy, 2000) and The Debt (Dług, 1999), continuing with the award-winning My Nikifor (Mój Nikifor, 2004), and the leading roles in Saviour Square (Plac Zbawiciela, 2006) that brought her the Best Actress prizes at the Gdynia FF, the Polish Film Academy's Eagle prize, and the Valladolid IFF Best Actress Award; Papusza (2013), awarded in Karlovy Vary, Valladolid, Thessaloniki, Pune and Istanbul; and Birds Are Singing in Kigali (Ptaki śpiewają w Kigali, 2017).
MFF Karlovy Vary
Actress
Movies | |
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2023 |
Mother's Day |
2022 |
Orlęta. Grodno '39 |
2021 |
All Our Fears |
Brothers (TV movie) |
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In for a Murder |
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Jedyny gatunek w rodzaju człowieka |
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Po miłość |
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Przejście |
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Songs About Love |
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2020 |
Banksterzy |
2019 |
All for My Mother |
Icarus. The Legend of Mietek Kosz |
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2018 |
Playing Hard |
2017 |
Birds Are Singing in Kigali |
Double Trouble |
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Rachela (TV movie) |
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Silent Night |
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2014 |
Jeziorak |
Sophie Seeks 7 |
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The Word |
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2013 |
Papusza |
2010 |
7 minut |
2009 |
Nigdy nie mów nigdy |
2006 |
Saviour Square |
2004 |
My Nikifor |
2001 |
Portret podwójny |
2000 |
Wielkie rzeczy: Sieć (TV movie) |
1999 |
The Debt |
1996 |
Pokuszenie |
1989 |
Po upadku |
1985 |
Kochankowie mojej mamy |
Documentaries | |
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2017 |
Who Will Write Our History |
2015 |
Call Me Marianna |
Short | |
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2023 |
Be Somebody (student film) |
2018 |
Happiness |
Ukolysz mnie |
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2011 |
Glasgow |
2009 |
Don’t Be Afraid of a Dark Room |
Performer
Shows | |
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2017 |
Slavnostní zakončení MFF Karlovy Vary 2017 |