Krystyna Janda
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
Movie
A Short Film About Killing
as Dorota
1988
Movie
How I Fell in Love with a Gangster
as Rita
2022
Movie
Decalogue II
as Dorota Geller
1989
Movie
Elles
as Mutter
2011
Movie
On the Silver Globe
as Aza
1989
Movie
Decalogue V
as Dorota Geller
1989
Movie
Mephisto
as Barbara Bruckner
1981
TV
Dekalog
as Dorota Geller
1989
Movie
Man of Iron
as Agnieszka
1981
Movie
Man of Marble
as Agnieszka
1977
Movie
O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization
as Gea
1985
Movie
Wałesa: Man of Hope
as Agnieszka (archive footage) (uncredited)
2013
Movie
Spy, Stand Up
as Anna Gretz
1982
Movie
Interrogation
as Antonina Dziwisz
1989
Movie
Golem
as Rozyna
1980
Movie
The War of the Worlds: Next Century
as Gea
1981
Movie
Tato
as Magda, lawyer
1995
TV
Kayko and Kokosh
as Flying School Principal (voice)
2021
Movie
Reverse
as Matka/Babcia Sabiny
2009
Movie
Sweet Rush
as Marta / Actress
2009
Movie
The Yellow Scarf
2000
Movie
Kill It and Leave This Town
as Janek's Mother (voice)
2020
Movie
Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease
as Anna
2000
Movie
Julius
as Krystyna Janda
2018
