
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.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.
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as Joanna Karolowa

as Krystyna Janda
as Maria Czułkowska · 3 episodes

1 episode
as Rita
as Flying School Principal (voice) · 1 episode
as Janek's Mother (voice)

as Ineza Klin · 8 episodes
as Maria Linde
as Krystyna Janda

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

as Dulska, babka Melanii

as Grandmother
as Agnieszka (archive footage) (uncredited)

as Barbara Lewicka-Lukas · 17 episodes
as Mutter
as Matka/Babcia Sabiny
as Marta / Actress

as Jadwiga
as Aleksandra Piatkowska
as Klara Zachanassian

as Jadwiga Barykowa · 6 episodes

as Jadwiga Barykowa
as Elka

as Halina

as Mme Leduroy

as Ewa Kozłowska

as Agata
as Magda, lawyer

as Margaret Szymanko, żona Stanisława · 2 episodes

as Maria Bellheim · 4 episodes

as "Francuzka"
as Antonina Dziwisz
as Dorota Geller · 2 episodes
as Dorota Geller

as żeglarka Ewa Jaskólska
as Dorota Geller
as Aza

as Marianne · 3 episodes
as Dorota

as Zoska 'Arletka' · 7 episodes
as Agata

as Elżbieta Biecka
as Krystyna
as Agnieszka

as Masza
as dziewczyna tańcząca na weselu (nie występuje w napisach) · 1 episode

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