Known For
Acting
Born
Dec 18, 1952
Place of Birth
Starachowice, Poland
Credits
80 titles
Krystyna Janda
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Doll
Joanna Karolowa
Pan Olbrychski
Self
The Clowns
Krystyna Janda
Still Here
Maria Czułkowska
My Agent
How I Fell in Love with a Gangster
Rita
Talking Heads 2021
Self
Kayko and Kokosh
Flying School Principal (voice)
Kill It and Leave This Town
Janek's Mother (voice)
Królestwo kobiet
Ineza Klin
1989
Self (archive footage)
Dolce Fine Giornata
Maria Linde
Julius
Krystyna Janda
Młynarski. Piosenka finałowa
Self
Zygmunt Hübner. Gra z rzeczywistością
Self
Aktorka
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Damaged
Dulska, babka Melanii
All About My Parents
Grandmother
We Film the People!
Self
Wałesa: Man of Hope
Agnieszka (archive footage) (uncredited)
In Treatment
Barbara Lewicka-Lukas
Elles
Mutter
Kręć! Jak kochasz to kręć!
Self
Reverse
Matka/Babcia Sabiny
Sweet Rush
Marta / Actress
A Few People, a Little Time
Jadwiga
The Call of the Toad
Aleksandra Piatkowska
Solidarność, Solidarność...
Self
Przedwiośnie
Jadwiga Barykowa
Przedwiośnie
Jadwiga Barykowa
Weiser
Elka
The Yellow Scarf
Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease
Anna
Weekend Stories: Unwritten Law
Halina
An Air So Pure
Mme Leduroy
Matka swojej matki
Ewa Kozłowska
Pestka
Agata
Tato
Magda, lawyer
Kuchnia polska
Margaret Szymanko, żona Stanisława
Der große Bellheim
Maria Bellheim
Dismissed From Life
"Francuzka"
Polish Cuisine
Margaret Szymanko
Interrogation
Antonina Dziwisz
Dekalog
Dorota Geller
Inventory
Julia
Decalogue V
Dorota Geller
Inner State
żeglarka Ewa Jaskólska
Decalogue II
Dorota Geller
On the Silver Globe
Aza
Wilder Westen inclusive
Marianne