Krystyna Janda
Born: 1952-12-18 in Starachowice, Poland
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2026
- The Doll as Joanna Karolowa
2025
- Pan Olbrychski as Self
2024
- The Clowns as Krystyna Janda
2023
- Still Here as Maria Czułkowska
2022
2021
- Kayko and Kokosh as Flying School Principal (voice)
- Talking Heads 2021 as Self
2020
- Królestwo kobiet as Ineza Klin
- Kill It and Leave This Town as Janek's Mother (voice)
2019
- Dolce Fine Giornata as Maria Linde
- 1989 as Self (archive footage)
2018
- Julius as Krystyna Janda
2017
- Młynarski. Piosenka finałowa as Self
- Zygmunt Hübner. Gra z rzeczywistością as Self
2014
- All About My Parents as Grandmother
2013
- Wałesa: Man of Hope as Agnieszka (archive footage) (uncredited)
- We Film the People! as Self
2011
- In Treatment as Barbara Lewicka-Lukas
- Elles as Mutter
2010
- Kręć! Jak kochasz to kręć! as Self
2009
- Sweet Rush as Marta / Actress
- Reverse as Matka/Babcia Sabiny
2007
- A Few People, a Little Time as Jadwiga
2005
- The Call of the Toad as Aleksandra Piatkowska
- Solidarność, Solidarność... as Self
2002
- Przedwiośnie as Jadwiga Barykowa
2001
- Przedwiośnie as Jadwiga Barykowa
- Weiser as Elka
1998
- Weekend Stories: Unwritten Law as Halina
1997
- An Air So Pure as Mme Leduroy
1996
- Pestka as Agata
- Matka swojej matki as Ewa Kozłowska
1995
- Tato as Magda, lawyer
1993
- Kuchnia polska as Margaret Szymanko, żona Stanisława
- Der große Bellheim as Maria Bellheim
1992
- Dismissed From Life as "Francuzka"
1991
- Polish Cuisine as Margaret Szymanko
1989
- Dekalog as Dorota Geller
- On the Silver Globe as Aza
- Decalogue V as Dorota Geller
- Interrogation as Antonina Dziwisz
- Decalogue II as Dorota Geller
- Inner State as żeglarka Ewa Jaskólska
- Inventory as Julia
1988
- A Short Film About Killing as Dorota
- Wilder Westen inclusive as Marianne
- Fik-Mik as doktor Anita, kochanka wiceministra
1986
- Eine blassblaue Frauenschrift as Amélie Tachezy
- My Mother's Lovers as Krystyna Traczyk
1985
- Vertiges as Maria
- O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization as Gea
- The Cop & the Girl as Gerlinde
1984
- Synthesis
- It's Only Rock as Majka Lenczewska
- Eine blassblaue Frauenschrift as Amélie Tachezy
1983
- Bella Donna as Lena
- Embers as Anna
- On, ona, oni as Psychologist (segment 2)
1982
- Spy, Stand Up as Anna Gretz
1981
- Mephisto as Barbara Bruckner
- The War of the Worlds: Next Century as Gea
- Man of Iron as Agnieszka
- In Broad Daylight as Ewa
1980
- Golem as Rozyna
- The Green Bird as Katzka Widuchowski
- The Conductor as Marta
1979
- Doktor Murek as Zoska 'Arletka'
1978
- Without Anesthesia as Agata
- The Border as Elżbieta Biecka
1977
- Man of Marble as Agnieszka
- Madame Bovary, That's Me as Krystyna
1973
- Clouds of War as dziewczyna tańcząca na weselu (nie występuje w napisach)
- A Sketch in Six Parts