Joanna Pacula
Born: 1957-12-30 in Tomaszów Lubelski, Lubelskie, Poland
Known For: Acting
Biography
Joanna Pacula (born January 2, 1957) is a Polish actress. Pacula joined Warsaw Dramatic Theatre where she acted until 1981. She started her career playing in productions of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Othello and As You Like It. She also found work in a handful of films, including Krzysztof Zanussi's Barwy ochronne/Camouflage (1977). In 1981, Pacula was caught in Paris when communist authorities in Poland declared martial law. In 1982 she eventually emigrated to the U.S. where she has specialized in playing European temptresses since her feature debut opposite William Hurt in Gorky Park (1983). She played the part of the exotic beauty in numerous American TV series and movies, including the Holocaust drama Escape From Sobibor (CBS, 1987), The Kiss (1988), E.A.R.T.H. Force (CBS, 1990), and the TV series, The Colony (ABC, 1996). She was featured in Marked for Death (1990) as an expert on Jamaican voodoo and gangs; in the Italian erotic thriller Husbands And Lovers (1992) as a free spirited adultress (which featured a rather controversial bare-bottom spanking scene, a first in a mainstream film); Tombstone (1993) as Doc Holliday's lover, Kate (also known as Big Nose Kate and Mary Catherine Haroney, born November 7, 1850); in The Haunted Sea (1997); and in the movie Virus (1999), playing a Russian scientist. She currently resides in Southern California. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joanna Pacula, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2023
- Buckle Up as Evelyn Elger
2020
- Break Even as Agent Crowe
2013
- Madoff: Made Off with America as Ruth Madoff
- ICE Agent as Sheila Hayman
- Kill Her, Not Me as Judith
2012
- Stolen Child as Tatiana
2010
- Black Widow as Olivia
2009
- Amazing Racer as Emily Blair
2008
- Chicano Blood as The Judge
2007
- When Nietzsche Wept as Mathilda
2006
- Honor as Rose Tyrell
- Forget About It as Talia Nitti
2005
- Bones as Drina Mirga
- The Cutter as Elizabeth Teller
2004
- El padrino: The Latin Godfather as Jessica Lancaster
- Dinocroc as Paula Kennedy
- Moscow Heat as Sasha
- Dead Easy as Theresa
2003
- Lightning: Bolts of Destruction as Valery Landis
2002
- Monk as Leyla Zlatavich
- Warrior Angels as Elizabeth
- Cupid's Prey as Iris Wetherton
- No Place Like Home as Gretchen Klein
2001
- The Hit as Sonia
2000
- Brutally Normal as Gogi
- Crash and Byrnes as Lissette
1999
- Virus as Nadia Vinogradova
- Error in Judgment as Liz
- The Art of Murder as Elizabeth Sheridan
1998
- My Giant as Lilliana Rotaru
- The White Raven as Julia Konneman
- Sweet Deception as Risa Gallagher
1997
- The Haunted Sea as 1st Mate Bergren
- In Praise of Older Women as Marta
- Business for Pleasure as Anna
- Heaven Before I Die as Selma
1996
- The Colony as Noelle Simms
1995
- Timemaster as Evelyn
- Last Gasp as Nora Weeks
- Not Like Us as Anita Clark
- Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys as Brenda Franelli
1994
- The Silence of the Hams as Lily Wine
- Every Breath as Lauren
- Deep Red as Monica Quik
- Normandy: The Great Crusade as Ursula von Kardoff (voice)
- Kim Novak Is on the Phone as Emilia
1993
- Tombstone as Kate
- Private Lessons II as Sophie Morgan
- Warlock: The Armageddon as Paula Dare
- Under Investigation as Abbey Jane Strong
1992
- Body Puzzle as Tracy Grant
- Black Ice as Vanessa
- Eyes of the Beholder as Diana Carlyle
- Condition: Critical as Dr. Lena Poole
1991
- Husbands and Lovers as Alina
- The Good Policeman
1990
- Marked for Death as Leslie
- E.A.R.T.H. Force as Diana Randall
- Commando Earth Force as Diana Randall
1989
- Options as Princess Nicole
- Breaking Point as Anna / Diana
1988
- The Kiss as Felice Dunbar
1987
- Escape from Sobibor as Luka
- Death Before Dishonor as Elli
- Sweet Lies as Joëlle
1986
- Crossings as Marissa Freilich
1985
- Not Quite Paradise as Gila
1983
- Gorky Park as Irina
- Życie Kamila Kuranta as Elwira
1981
- Przyjaciele as Krystyna
- Tender Spots as Pielęgniarka
1980
- Dom as Ewa Szymosiuk
- Last Night of Love as Lena Gheorghiu
- Puppy Love as Jola Morawiecka "Sarna"
1979
- Córka albo syn as Irena
1978
- You Will Not Have Peace as Bożena Kaczmarek
1977
- Operation Arsenal as Duska Bytnar
- Camouflage as Student
1976
- Calling 07 as prostytutka pracująca dla Walaska