Krystyna Janda
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 18, 1952 (age 73)
- Birthplace
- Starachowice, Poland
Biography
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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Filmography
Biała Bluzka
Movie · as Elżbieta
The Doll
Movie · as Joanna Karolowa
Pan Olbrychski
Movie · as Self
The Clowns
Movie · as Krystyna Janda
Still Here
TV · as Maria Czułkowska · 3 eps
How I Fell in Love with a Gangster
Movie · as Rita
My Agent
TV · 1 ep
Talking Heads 2021
Movie · as Self
Kayko and Kokosh
TV · as Flying School Principal (voice) · 1 ep
Kill It and Leave This Town
Movie · as Janek's Mother (voice)
Królestwo kobiet
TV · as Ineza Klin · 8 eps
Dolce Fine Giornata
Movie · as Maria Linde
1989
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Julius
Movie · as Krystyna Janda
Młynarski. Piosenka finałowa
Movie · as Self
Zygmunt Hübner. Gra z rzeczywistością
Movie · as Self
Damaged
Movie · as Dulska, babka Melanii
Aktorka
Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
All About My Parents
Movie · as Grandmother
Wałesa: Man of Hope
Movie · as Agnieszka (archive footage) (uncredited)
We Film the People!
Movie · as Self
Elles
Movie · as Mutter
In Treatment
TV · as Barbara Lewicka-Lukas · 17 eps
Kręć! Jak kochasz to kręć!
Movie · as Self
Reverse
Movie · as Matka/Babcia Sabiny
Sweet Rush
Movie · as Marta / Actress
A Few People, a Little Time
Movie · as Jadwiga
The Call of the Toad
Movie · as Aleksandra Piatkowska
Solidarność, Solidarność...
Movie · as Self
Wizyta starszej pani
Movie · as Klara Zachanassian
Przedwiośnie
TV · as Jadwiga Barykowa · 6 eps
Weiser
Movie · as Elka
Przedwiośnie
Movie · as Jadwiga Barykowa
Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease
Movie · as Anna
The Yellow Scarf
Movie
Weekend Stories: Unwritten Law
Movie · as Halina
An Air So Pure
Movie · as Mme Leduroy
Pestka
Movie · as Agata
Matka swojej matki
Movie · as Ewa Kozłowska
Tato
Movie · as Magda, lawyer
Kuchnia polska
TV · as Margaret Szymanko, żona Stanisława · 2 eps
Der große Bellheim
TV · as Maria Bellheim · 4 eps
Dismissed From Life
Movie · as "Francuzka"
Polish Cuisine
Movie · as Margaret Szymanko
Inventory
Movie · as Julia
On the Silver Globe
Movie · as Aza
Interrogation
Movie · as Antonina Dziwisz
Decalogue II
Movie · as Dorota Geller
Inner State
Movie · as żeglarka Ewa Jaskólska
Decalogue V
Movie · as Dorota Geller
Dekalog
TV · as Dorota Geller · 2 eps
A Short Film About Killing
Movie · as Dorota
Fik-Mik
Movie · as doktor Anita, kochanka wiceministra
Wilder Westen inclusive
TV · as Marianne · 3 eps
Suspended
Movie · as Anna
Laputa
Movie · as Małgorzata
My Mother's Lovers
Movie · as Krystyna Traczyk
Eine blassblaue Frauenschrift
TV · as Amélie Tachezy · 2 eps
O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization
Movie · as Gea
The Cop & the Girl
Movie · as Gerlinde
Vertiges
Movie · as Maria
Eine blassblaue Frauenschrift
Movie · as Amélie Tachezy
It's Only Rock
Movie · as Majka Lenczewska
Synthesis
Movie · as Gloria Lamb
On, ona, oni
Movie · as Psychologist (segment 2)
Bella Donna
Movie · as Lena
Embers
Movie · as Anna
Spy, Stand Up
Movie · as Anna Gretz
Man of Iron
Movie · as Agnieszka
Mephisto
Movie · as Barbara Bruckner
The War of the Worlds: Next Century
Movie · as Gea
In Broad Daylight
Movie · as Ewa
Golem
Movie · as Rozyna
The Conductor
Movie · as Marta
The Green Bird
Movie · as Katzka Widuchowski
Doktor Murek
TV · as Zoska 'Arletka' · 7 eps
Without Anesthesia
Movie · as Agata
The Border
Movie · as Elżbieta Biecka
Man of Marble
Movie · as Agnieszka
Madame Bovary, That's Me
Movie · as Krystyna
Trzy Siostry
Movie · as Masza
A Sketch in Six Parts
Movie
Clouds of War
TV · as dziewczyna tańcząca na weselu (nie występuje w napisach) · 1 ep