Krystyna Janda
Acting
Born 1952-12-18
Starachowice, Poland
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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".
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Acting
57 credits
Dekalog
In Treatment
On the Silver Globe
Still Here
Elles
Kayko and Kokosh
Aktorka
Clouds of War
Decalogue V
Mephisto
A Short Film About Killing
Synthesis
Interrogation
Damaged
The Doll
The Clowns
Przedwiośnie
Kuchnia polska
Spy, Stand Up
Vertiges
Inner State
How I Fell in Love with a Gangster
Weiser
Eine blassblaue Frauenschrift
Wałesa: Man of Hope
Przedwiośnie
Laputa
The War of the Worlds: Next Century
Królestwo kobiet
Der große Bellheim
Kill It and Leave This Town
Doktor Murek
Man of Marble
Polish Cuisine
Pan Olbrychski
Weekend Stories: Unwritten Law
Sweet Rush
Fik-Mik
The Conductor
1989
Eine blassblaue Frauenschrift
Suspended
Bella Donna
Man of Iron
Golem
Wilder Westen inclusive
Dolce Fine Giornata
We Film the People!
Dismissed From Life
The Green Bird
O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization
Solidarność, Solidarność...
Matka swojej matki
Talking Heads 2021
My Mother's Lovers
Without Anesthesia
Reverse
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