Krystyna Janda

Known for ActingBorn 1952-12-18 (age 73)Starachowice, Poland

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. Read more

Movies & web series

Aktorka

Bella Donna

Madame Bovary, That's Me

Inner State

The Green Bird

Dekalog

Kręć! Jak kochasz to kręć!

In Treatment

Decalogue V

On, ona, oni

Doktor Murek

The Doll

My Mother's Lovers

Der große Bellheim

On the Silver Globe

A Short Film About Killing

Królestwo kobiet

Wilder Westen inclusive

Laputa

Solidarność, Solidarność...

Pan Olbrychski

My Agent

Decalogue II

Reverse

Vertiges

Mephisto

Tato

Spy, Stand Up

Interrogation

Man of Marble

How I Fell in Love with a Gangster

Synthesis

Man of Iron

Kayko and Kokosh

Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease

O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization

Młynarski. Piosenka finałowa

Embers

The War of the Worlds: Next Century

The Yellow Scarf

Golem

Without Anesthesia

Kill It and Leave This Town

Inventory

Sweet Rush

A Few People, a Little Time

The Clowns

In Broad Daylight