
Krystyna Janda
Born December 18, 1952 · 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.
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Fik-Mik

How I Fell in Love with a Gangster

Interrogation

The War of the Worlds: Next Century

Inner State

Polish Cuisine

The Doll

Weekend Stories: Unwritten Law

Wałesa: Man of Hope

A Short Film About Killing

1989

We Film the People!

Suspended

Mephisto

The Clowns

Man of Marble

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

My Mother's Lovers

Man of Iron

Golem

It's Only Rock

Bella Donna

Without Anesthesia

Pan Olbrychski

The Yellow Scarf

Matka swojej matki

Decalogue II

Młynarski. Piosenka finałowa

Reverse

Dolce Fine Giornata

Tato

The Cop & the Girl

Julius

Kill It and Leave This Town

The Conductor

A Sketch in Six Parts

The Call of the Toad

An Air So Pure

Solidarność, Solidarność...

Sweet Rush

Embers

A Few People, a Little Time

Inventory

All About My Parents

Dismissed From Life

Pestka

In Broad Daylight

Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease
























