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Krystyna Janda
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Krystyna Jolanta Janda (Polish: [krɨˈstɨ.na ˈjan.da]; born 18 December 1952) is a Polish film and theatre actress, director, and singer. She is best known internationally for playing leading roles in several films by Polish film director Andrzej Wajda, including Man of Marble (Człowiek z marmuru, 1976) and Man of Iron (Człowiek z żelaza, 1981). She is widely considered one of the most popular and successful Polish actresses of her generation and an icon of Polish cinema.
In 1981, she played in the Academy Award-winning movie Mephisto. In 1982, she played the lead character in Ryszard Bugajski's film Przesłuchanie (Interrogation), which first premiered seven years later in 1989, following th…
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Krystyna Jolanta Janda (Polish: [krɨˈstɨ.na ˈjan.da]; born 18 December 1952) is a Polish film and theatre actress, director, and singer. She is best known internationally for playing leading roles in several films by Polish film director Andrzej Wajda, including Man of Marble (Człowiek z marmuru, 1976) and Man of Iron (Człowiek z żelaza, 1981). She is widely considered one of the most popular and successful Polish actresses of her generation and an icon of Polish cinema. In 1981, she played in the Academy Award-winning movie Mephisto. In 1982, she played the lead character in Ryszard Bugajski's film Przesłuchanie (Interrogation), which first premiered seven years later in 1989, following the collapse of communism. Despite the film's late release, she garnered international acclaim for her performance, including winning Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival and Polish Film Festival in 1990. Janda is also known for her leading role in the second episode of Dekalog series of Krzysztof Kieślowski. In 2020, she won the Polish Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in drama film Dolce Fine Giornata. Her accolades and honours also include the Zbigniew Cybulski Award (1978), Gold Cross of Merit (1989), Gloria Artis Gold Medal for Merit to Culture (2005), Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2011), and Special Jury Award for Acting at the Sundance Film Festival (2019). Because of her prominent role in Polish culture, has been described as a "legend of Polish cinema and theatre" and a "national treasure". Description above from the Wikipedia article Krystyna Janda, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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BODY OF WORK
Krystyna Janda's Filmography
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The Doll
as Joanna Karolowa
Pan Olbrychski
as Self
The Clowns
as Krystyna Janda
How I Fell in Love with a Gangster
as Rita
No Poster
Talking Heads 2021
as Self
Kill It and Leave This Town
as Janek's Mother (voice)
1989
as Self (archive footage)
Dolce Fine Giornata
as Maria Linde
Julius
as Krystyna Janda
Młynarski. Piosenka finałowa
as Self
No Poster
Zygmunt Hübner. Gra z rzeczywistością
as Self
Aktorka
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Damaged
as Dulska, babka Melanii
All About My Parents
as Grandmother
We Film the People!
as Self
Wałesa: Man of Hope
as Agnieszka (archive footage) (uncredited)
Elles
as Mutter
No Poster
Kręć! Jak kochasz to kręć!
as Self
Reverse
as Matka/Babcia Sabiny
Sweet Rush
as Marta / Actress
A Few People, a Little Time
as Jadwiga
The Call of the Toad
as Aleksandra Piatkowska
No Poster
Solidarność, Solidarność...
as Self
No Poster
Wizyta starszej pani
as Klara Zachanassian
Przedwiośnie
as Jadwiga Barykowa
Weiser
as Elka
The Yellow Scarf
Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease
as Anna
Weekend Stories: Unwritten Law
as Halina
An Air So Pure
as Mme Leduroy
Matka swojej matki
as Ewa Kozłowska
Pestka
as Agata
Tato
as Magda, lawyer
Dismissed From Life
as "Francuzka"
Polish Cuisine
as Margaret Szymanko
Inventory
as Julia
Interrogation
as Antonina Dziwisz
Decalogue V
as Dorota Geller
Inner State
as żeglarka Ewa Jaskólska
Decalogue II
as Dorota Geller
On the Silver Globe
as Aza
A Short Film About Killing
as Dorota
Fik-Mik
as doktor Anita, kochanka wiceministra
Suspended
as Anna
Laputa
as Małgorzata
My Mother's Lovers
as Krystyna Traczyk
The Cop & the Girl
as Gerlinde
No Poster
Vertiges
as Maria
O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization
as Gea
Eine blassblaue Frauenschrift
as Amélie Tachezy
Synthesis
as Gloria Lamb
It's Only Rock
as Majka Lenczewska
No Poster
On, ona, oni
as Psychologist (segment 2)
Embers
as Anna
Bella Donna
as Lena
Spy, Stand Up
as Anna Gretz
The War of the Worlds: Next Century
as Gea
Man of Iron
as Agnieszka
In Broad Daylight
as Ewa
Mephisto
as Barbara Bruckner
Golem
as Rozyna
The Conductor
as Marta
No Poster
The Green Bird
as Katzka Widuchowski
Without Anesthesia
as Agata
The Border
as Elżbieta Biecka
No Poster
Madame Bovary, That's Me
as Krystyna
Man of Marble
as Agnieszka
Trzy Siostry
as Masza
