Krystyna Janda
Actor, Director
December 18, 1952 (73 years)
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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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
| 2026 | Lalka · as Joanna Karolowa |
| 2024 | The Mothers of Penguins · as Profesor Lejman |
| 2023 | Warszawianka · as Maria Czułkowska |
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | How I Fell in Love with a Gangster · as Rita |
| 2021 | Kayko and Kokosh · as Flying School Principal (voice) |
| 2020 | Kill It and Leave This Town · as Janek's Mother (voice)On Plex |
| 2020 | Królestwo Kobiet · as Ineza Klin |
| 2019 | Slodki koniec dnia · as Maria Linde |
| 2015 | Damaged · as Dulska, Babka Melanii |
| 2014 | All About My Parents · as Grandmother |
| 2013 | Walesa: Man of Hope · as Agnieszka (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2011 | Without Secrets · as Barbara Lewicka-Lukas |
| 2011 | Elles · as Mutter |
| 2009 | The Reverse · as Matka/babcia Sabiny |
| 2009 | Sweet Rush · as Marta / Actress |
| 2007 | Rys · as Wiadro |
| 2005 | A Few People, a Little Time · as Jadwiga |
| 2005 | Unkenrufe · as Aleksandra Piatkowska |
| 2003 | The Early Spring · as Jadwiga Barykowa |
| 2001 | The Spring to Come · as Jadwiga Barykowa |
| 2001 | Weiser · as Elka |
| 2000 | |
| 2000 | |
| 1998 | Unwritten Law · as Halina |
| 1997 | An Air So Pure · as Mme Leduroy |
| 1996 | Matka swojej matki · as Ewa Kozłowska |
| 1995 | Pestka · as Agata |
| 1995 | Tato · as Magda, Lawyer |
| 1993 | Kuchnia polska · as Margaret Szymanko, Żona Stanisława |
| 1993 | Der grosse Bellheim · as Maria Bellheim |
| 1992 | Dismissed from Life · as "francuzka" |
| 1991 | Kuchnia polska · as Margaret Szymanko |
| 1990 | Decalogue II · as Dorota Geller |
| 1989 | Interrogation · as Antonina Dziwisz |
| 1989 | Dekalog · as Dorota Geller |
| 1989 | Stan posiadania · as Julia |
| 1988 | Decalogue V · as Dorota Geller |
| 1988 | Wilder Westen inclusive · as Marianne |
| 1988 | A Short Film About Killing · as Dorota |
| 1988 | On the Silver Globe · as Aza |
| 1987 | W zawieszeniu · as Anna |
| 1986 | Eine blaßblaue Frauenschrift · as Amélie Tachezy |
| 1986 | Laputa · as Małgorzata |
| 1986 | Kochankowie mojej mamy · as Krystyna Traczyk |
| 1985 | Vertiges · as Maria |
| 1985 | Der Bulle & das Mädchen · as GerlindeOn Plex |
| 1985 | O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization · as Gea |
| 1984 | To tylko rock · as Majka Lenczewska |
| 1983 | Glut · as Anna |
| 1983 | Bella Donna · as Lena |
| 1982 | Espion, lève-toi · as Anna Gretz |
| 1981 | The War of the Worlds: Next Century · as Gea |
| 1981 | Mephisto · as Barbara Bruckner |
| 1981 | Man of Iron · as Agnieszka |
| 1981 | W bialy dzien · as Ewa |
| 1980 | The Conductor · as Marta |
| 1980 | Golem · as Rozyna |
| 1980 | Der grüne Vogel · as Katzka Widuchowski |
| 1979 | Bestia · as Anna, Zona Pawla |
| 1978 | Rodzina Polanieckich · as Christina |
| 1978 | Without Anesthesia · as Agata |
| 1978 | Granica · as Elżbieta Biecka |
| 1977 | Man of Marble · as Agnieszka |
| 1973 | Czarne chmury · as Dziewczyna Tańcząca Na Weselu (nie Występuje W Napisach) |
| 1953 | Television Theater · as Wife - Narrator |
| 2023 | The Clowns · as Krystyna Janda |
| 2018 | Juliusz · as Krystyna Janda |
| 2017 | Mlynarski. Piosenka finalowa · as Self |
| 2016 | Wajda by Wajda · as Self |
| 2016 | CineKino · as Self |
| 2013 | We Film the People! · as Self |
| 2005 | The Nanny (PL) · as Self |
| 2005 | Solidarity, Solidarity · as Self |
| 2003 | Superprodukcja · as Self |
| 2002 | Kuba Wojewódzki · as Self |
| 1995 | |
| 1953 |
| 2009 | Sweet Rush · as Monologue "zapiski Ostatnie" |
| 1953 | Television Theater · as Teleplay |