Acting
Krystyna Janda
PL, FR, DE cinema · 70 credits
Born
18 December 1952 (age 73)
Birthplace
Starachowice, Poland
Also known as Krystyna Jolanta 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". Description above from the Wikipedia article Krystyna Janda, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
Biała Bluzka
Biała Bluzka
as Elżbieta
The Doll
as Joanna Karolowa
Pan Olbrychski
as Self
The Clowns
as Krystyna Janda
Kill It and Leave This Town
as Janek's Mother (voice)
Dolce Fine Giornata
as Maria Linde
1989
as Self (archive footage)
Julius
as Krystyna Janda
Zygmunt Hübner. Gra z rzeczywistością
2017
Zygmunt Hübner. Gra z rzeczywistością
as Self
Damaged
as Dulska, babka Melanii
Aktorka
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
All About My Parents
as Grandmother
Wałesa: Man of Hope
as Agnieszka (archive footage) (uncredited)
Elles
as Mutter
Reverse
as Matka/Babcia Sabiny
Sweet Rush
as Marta / Actress
A Few People, a Little Time
as Jadwiga
The Call of the Toad
as Aleksandra Piatkowska
Wizyta starszej pani
2002
Wizyta starszej pani
as Klara Zachanassian
Weiser
as Elka
Przedwiośnie
as Jadwiga Barykowa
An Air So Pure
as Mme Leduroy
Pestka
as Agata, Director
Matka swojej matki
as Ewa Kozłowska
Tato
as Magda, lawyer
Dismissed From Life
as "Francuzka"
Polish Cuisine
as Margaret Szymanko
Inventory
as Julia
Interrogation
as Antonina Dziwisz
Decalogue II
as Dorota Geller
Inner State
as żeglarka Ewa Jaskólska
Decalogue V
as Dorota Geller
Fik-Mik
as doktor Anita, kochanka wiceministra
Suspended
as Anna
Laputa
as Małgorzata
My Mother's Lovers
as Krystyna Traczyk
The Cop & the Girl
as Gerlinde
Vertiges
1985
Vertiges
as Maria
Eine blassblaue Frauenschrift
as Amélie Tachezy
It's Only Rock
as Majka Lenczewska
Synthesis
as Gloria Lamb
On, ona, oni
1983
On, ona, oni
as Psychologist (segment 2)
Bella Donna
as Lena
Embers
as Anna
Spy, Stand Up
as Anna Gretz
Man of Iron
as Agnieszka
Mephisto
as Barbara Bruckner
Golem
as Rozyna
The Conductor
as Marta
Der grüne Vogel
1980
The Green Bird
as Katzka Widuchowski
Without Anesthesia
as Agata
The Border
as Elżbieta Biecka
Man of Marble
as Agnieszka
Trzy Siostry
as Masza
