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Krystyna Janda

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Krystyna Janda

Born December 18, 1952 in Starachowice, Poland58 films

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.

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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".

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On the Silver Globe posterFirst watchOn the Silver Globe19897.7as AzaA small group of cosmic explorers, including a woman, leaves Earth to start a new civilization. They do not realize that within themselves they carry the end of their own dream.View film

Essential films

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A Short Film About Killing poster7.6A Short Film About Killing1988Decalogue V poster8.0Decalogue V1989Decalogue II poster7.3Decalogue II1989Mephisto poster7.3Mephisto1981How I Fell in Love with a Gangster poster6.6How I Fell in Love with a Gangster2022Man of Marble poster7.1Man of Marble1977Spy, Stand Up poster7.2Spy, Stand Up1982Man of Iron poster7.0Man of Iron1981

Filmography

58 films as actor
  1. 2026The DollJoanna Karolowa
  2. 2024The ClownsKrystyna Janda
  3. 2022How I Fell in Love with a GangsterRita
  4. 2020Kill It and Leave This TownJanek's Mother (voice)
  5. 2019Dolce Fine GiornataMaria Linde
  6. 2018JuliusKrystyna Janda
  7. 2015DamagedDulska, babka Melanii
  8. 2014All About My ParentsGrandmother
  9. 2011EllesMutter
  10. 2009ReverseMatka/Babcia Sabiny
  11. 2009Sweet RushMarta / Actress
  12. 2007A Few People, a Little TimeJadwiga
  13. 2005The Call of the ToadAleksandra Piatkowska
  14. 2002Wizyta starszej paniKlara Zachanassian
  15. 2001PrzedwiośnieJadwiga Barykowa
  16. 2001WeiserElka
  17. 2000The Yellow Scarf
  18. 2000Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted DiseaseAnna
  19. 1998Weekend Stories: Unwritten LawHalina
  20. 1997An Air So PureMme Leduroy
  21. 1996Matka swojej matkiEwa Kozłowska
  22. 1996PestkaAgata
  23. 1995TatoMagda, lawyer
  24. 1992Dismissed From Life"Francuzka"
  25. 1991Polish CuisineMargaret Szymanko
  26. 1989InterrogationAntonina Dziwisz
  27. 1989InventoryJulia
  28. 1989Decalogue VDorota Geller
  29. 1989Inner Stateżeglarka Ewa Jaskólska
  30. 1989Decalogue IIDorota Geller
  31. 1989On the Silver GlobeAza
  32. 1988A Short Film About KillingDorota
  33. 1988Fik-Mikdoktor Anita, kochanka wiceministra
  34. 1987SuspendedAnna
  35. 1987LaputaMałgorzata
  36. 1986My Mother's LoversKrystyna Traczyk
  37. 1985The Cop & the GirlGerlinde
  38. 1985VertigesMaria
  39. 1985O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of CivilizationGea
  40. 1984Eine blassblaue FrauenschriftAmélie Tachezy
  41. 1984SynthesisGloria Lamb
  42. 1984It's Only RockMajka Lenczewska
  43. 1983On, ona, oniPsychologist (segment 2)
  44. 1983EmbersAnna
  45. 1983Bella DonnaLena
  46. 1982Spy, Stand UpAnna Gretz
  47. 1981The War of the Worlds: Next CenturyGea
  48. 1981Man of IronAgnieszka
  49. 1981In Broad DaylightEwa
  50. 1981MephistoBarbara Bruckner
  51. 1980GolemRozyna
  52. 1980The ConductorMarta
  53. 1980The Green BirdKatzka Widuchowski
  54. 1978Without AnesthesiaAgata
  55. 1978The BorderElżbieta Biecka
  56. 1977Madame Bovary, That's MeKrystyna
  57. 1977Man of MarbleAgnieszka
  58. 1973A Sketch in Six Parts