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Joanna Pacula
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Joanna Pacula (born January 2, 1957) is a Polish actress. Pacula joined Warsaw Dramatic Theatre where she acted until 1981. She started her career playing in productions of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Othello and As You Like It. She also found work in a handful of films, including Krzysztof Zanussi's Barwy ochronne/Camouflage (1977). In 1981, Pacula was caught in Paris when communist authorities in Poland declared martial law. In 1982 she eventually emigrated to the U.S. where she has specialized in playing European temptresses since her feature debut opposite William Hurt in Gorky Park (1983). She played the part of the exotic beauty in numerous American TV series and movies, including …
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Joanna Pacula (born January 2, 1957) is a Polish actress. Pacula joined Warsaw Dramatic Theatre where she acted until 1981. She started her career playing in productions of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Othello and As You Like It. She also found work in a handful of films, including Krzysztof Zanussi's Barwy ochronne/Camouflage (1977). In 1981, Pacula was caught in Paris when communist authorities in Poland declared martial law. In 1982 she eventually emigrated to the U.S. where she has specialized in playing European temptresses since her feature debut opposite William Hurt in Gorky Park (1983). She played the part of the exotic beauty in numerous American TV series and movies, including the Holocaust drama Escape From Sobibor (CBS, 1987), The Kiss (1988), E.A.R.T.H. Force (CBS, 1990), and the TV series, The Colony (ABC, 1996). She was featured in Marked for Death (1990) as an expert on Jamaican voodoo and gangs; in the Italian erotic thriller Husbands And Lovers (1992) as a free spirited adultress (which featured a rather controversial bare-bottom spanking scene, a first in a mainstream film); Tombstone (1993) as Doc Holliday's lover, Kate (also known as Big Nose Kate and Mary Catherine Haroney, born November 7, 1850); in The Haunted Sea (1997); and in the movie Virus (1999), playing a Russian scientist. She currently resides in Southern California. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joanna Pacula, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Joanna Pacula's Filmography
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Buckle Up
as Evelyn Elger
Break Even
as Agent Crowe
Kill Her, Not Me
as Judith
ICE Agent
as Sheila Hayman
No Poster
Madoff: Made Off with America
as Ruth Madoff
Stolen Child
as Tatiana
Black Widow
as Olivia
Amazing Racer
as Emily Blair
Chicano Blood
as The Judge
When Nietzsche Wept
as Mathilda
Forget About It
as Talia Nitti
Honor
as Rose Tyrell
The Cutter
as Elizabeth Teller
Dead Easy
as Theresa
Moscow Heat
as Sasha
El padrino: The Latin Godfather
as Jessica Lancaster
Dinocroc
as Paula Kennedy
Lightning: Bolts of Destruction
as Valery Landis
No Place Like Home
as Gretchen Klein
Warrior Angels
as Elizabeth
Cupid's Prey
as Iris Wetherton
The Hit
as Sonia
Crash and Byrnes
as Lissette
The Art of Murder
as Elizabeth Sheridan
Error in Judgment
as Liz
Virus
as Nadia Vinogradova
The White Raven
as Julia Konneman
Sweet Deception
as Risa Gallagher
My Giant
as Lilliana Rotaru
The Haunted Sea
as 1st Mate Bergren
Business for Pleasure
as Anna
In Praise of Older Women
as Marta
Heaven Before I Die
as Selma
The Colony
as Noelle Simms
Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys
as Brenda Franelli
Last Gasp
as Nora Weeks
Not Like Us
as Anita Clark
Timemaster
as Evelyn
Every Breath
as Lauren
Deep Red
as Monica Quik
The Silence of the Hams
as Lily Wine
Kim Novak Is on the Phone
as Emilia
Normandy: The Great Crusade
as Ursula von Kardoff (voice)
Tombstone
as Kate
Under Investigation
as Abbey Jane Strong
Warlock: The Armageddon
as Paula Dare
Private Lessons II
as Sophie Morgan
Condition: Critical
as Dr. Lena Poole
Black Ice
as Vanessa
Body Puzzle
as Tracy Grant
Eyes of the Beholder
as Diana Carlyle
Husbands and Lovers
as Alina
The Good Policeman
Marked for Death
as Leslie
Commando Earth Force
as Diana Randall
Breaking Point
as Anna / Diana
Options
as Princess Nicole
The Kiss
as Felice Dunbar
Sweet Lies
as Joëlle
Escape from Sobibor
as Luka
Death Before Dishonor
as Elli
Not Quite Paradise
as Gila
Gorky Park
as Irina
No Poster
Yokohama
Tender Spots
as Pielęgniarka
Last Night of Love
as Lena Gheorghiu
No Poster
Córka albo syn
as Irena
You Will Not Have Peace
as Bożena Kaczmarek
Camouflage
as Student
Operation Arsenal
as Duska Bytnar