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Krystyna Janda

Screenwriter / Stage Actress / Film Actress / Theatre Director / Film Director / Actress | * 12/18/1952 (71) | Starachowice (Poland)
Krystyna Jolanta Janda (born 18 December 1952) is a Polish film and theater actress best known internationally for playing leading roles in several films by Polish director Andrzej Wajda, including Man of Marble (Człowiek z marmuru, 1976) and Man of Iron (Człowiek z żelaza, 1981). In 1981, Janda 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. In 1993, she was a member of the jury at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival. Janda is also known for her leading role in the second episode of Dekalog series of Krzysztof Kieślowski. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

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In Stalinist Poland, cabaret singer Tonia decides to spend the evening drinking with a group of friends. The next morning, she awakes to find that, for reasons unknown to her, she has been jailed as a ...

Interrogation

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1989 | 3.6/5 | 1h 58min
Drama
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Extensive dialogue and the tight focus of a single apartment setting marks this romantic and politically symbolic drama about Malgorzata, a Polish photographer (Krystyna Janda) and her married French ...

Laputa

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1987 | 2.5/5 | 1h 32min
Drama
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The unusual bond between a blind female writer and an acclaimed poet changes their lives and forms an exceptional creative cooperation, free of politics and the complexities of mundane life. ...

A Few People, a Little Time

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2007 | 2.9/5 | 1h 44min
 
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Series of television plays. ...

Television Theater

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1953- | 3.0/5
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Krystyna Janda

Golden Medal for Merit To Culture Charlemagne Medal for European Media Officer of The Order of Polonia Restituta Chevalier Des Arts Et Des Lettres Meritorious Activist of Culture Commander With Star of The Order of Polonia Restituta Zbigniew Cybulski Award Gold Cross of Merit‎ Złota Kaczka Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress European Film Award for Best Actress
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Movies with Krystyna Janda as Actress(54)

as Rita2022 How I Fell in Love with a Gangster
as herself2021 Talking Heads 2021
as Janek's Mother (voice)2021 Kill It and Leave This Town
as Maria Linde2019 Dolce Fine Giornata
as występuje w roli samej siebie, gwiazdy eventu2018 Julius
as Dulska, babka Melanii2015 Damaged
as Grandmother2014 Pani z przedszkola
as Mutter2011 Elles
as herself2010 Kręć! Jak kochasz to kręć!
as Marta / Krystyna Janda2009 Sweet Rush
as Matka/Babcia Sabiny2009 Reverse
as Jadwiga2007 A Few People, a Little Time
as herself2005 Solidarność, Solidarność...
as Aleksandra Piatkowska2005 Unkenrufe
as Elka2001 Weiser
as Jadwiga Barykowa, matka Cezarego2001 Przedwiośnie
as Aktualna kobieta bohatera2000 The Yellow Scarf
as Anna2000 Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease
as Halina1998 Weekend Stories: Unwritten Law
as Ewa Kozłowska1996 Matka swojej matki
as Magda, lawyer1995 Daddy
as "Francuzka"1992 Dismissed From Life
as Margaret Szymanko1991 Polish Cuisine
as żeglarka Ewa Jaskólska1989 Inner State
as Dorota Geller1989 Decalogue II
as Dorota Geller1989 Decalogue V
as Julia1989 Inventory
as Antonina Dziwisz1989 Interrogation
as Dorota1988 A Short Film About Killing
as The Actress1988 On the Silver Globe
as Anna1987 Suspended
as Małgorzata1987 Laputa
as Krystyna Traczyk1986 My Mother's Lovers
as Gea1985 O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization
as Gerlinde1985 The Cop & the Girl
1985 Vertiges
as Amélie Tachezy1984 Eine blassblaue Frauenschrift
as Majka Lenczewska1984 It's Only Rock
1984 Synthesis
as Anna1983 Embers
as Lena1983 Bella Donna
as Anna Gretz1982 Espion, lève-toi
as Barbara Bruckner1981 Mephisto
as Ewa1981 In Broad Daylight
as Agnieszka1981 Man of Iron
as 2 role: prostytutka Gea, żona Idema1981 The War of the Worlds: Next Century
as Katzka Widuchowski1980 The Green Bird
as Marta1980 The Conductor
as Rozyna1980 Golem
as Christina1979 Rodzina Połanieckich
as Elżbieta Biecka, żona Ziembiewicza1978 The Border
as Agata1978 Without Anesthesia
as Krystyna1977 Madame Bovary, That's Me
as Agnieszka1977 Man of Marble

TV Shows/Series with Krystyna Janda as Actress(8)

2023 Warszawianka
2022 My Agent
as Ineza Klin2020 Królestwo kobiet
as Barbara Lewicka-Lukas, superwizorka Andrzeja2011 Bez tajemnic
as Jadwiga Barykowa2002 Przedwiośnie
as Dorota Geller1989 Dekalog
as Marianne1988 Wilder Westen inclusive
as dziewczyna tańcząca na weselu (nie występuje w napisach)1973 Clouds of War

Citizenship: Poland
Born: Thursday, 12/18 1952 (December) in Starachowice (Poland) (current age: 71 years + 128 days)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Languages: Polish (PL, native language)
Educated at: Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art
Member of: Polish Film Academy
Spouses (current/former): Andrzej Seweryn, Edward Kłosiński
Children: Maria Seweryn
Krystyna Janda frequently works together with these people:
Andrzej Wajda (17x, Crew)
Artur Barciś (15x, Actor)
Janusz Gajos (13x, Actor)
Edward Kłosiński (11x, Crew)
Krzysztof Zanussi (11x, Crew)
Andrzej Seweryn (9x, Actor)
Krzysztof Kieślowski (9x, Crew)
Jerzy Radziwiłowicz (8x, Actor)
Halina Dobrowolska (7x, Crew)
Olgierd Łukaszewicz (6x, Actor)
Piotr Szulkin (6x, Crew)
Maciej Stuhr (5x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:7791, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 04/22/2024